Max Baer, Jr.

Maximilian Adalbert "Max" Baer Jr. (born December 4, 1937) is an American actor, screenwriter, producer, and director. He is best known for playing Jethro Bodine on The Beverly Hillbillies and in January 2015, after the death of Donna Douglas, Baer became the last surviving member of the show's cast.

Early life

Baer was born Maximilian Adalbert Baer Jr. in Oakland, California, the son of boxing champion Max Baer and his wife Mary Ellen Sullivan. His father was of Jewish and Scots-Irish descent. His brother and sister are James Manny Baer (1941–2009) and Maude Baer (b. 1943). His uncle was boxer and actor Buddy Baer.

He attended Christian Brothers High School in Sacramento.

Baer earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Santa Clara University, with a minor in philosophy.

Career

Baer's first acting role was in Goldilocks and the Three Bears at the Blackpool Pavilion in England in 1949. He began acting professionally in 1960 at Warner Bros., where he made appearances on television programs such as Maverick, Surfside 6, Hawaiian Eye, Cheyenne, The Roaring 20s, and 77 Sunset Strip. His career took off two years later, when he joined the cast of The Beverly Hillbillies.

Max Baer

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Max Baer (boxer)

Max Baer (February 11, 1909 – November 21, 1959) was an American boxer of the 1930s (one-time Heavyweight Champion of the World) as well as a referee, and had an occasional role on film or television. He was the brother of heavyweight boxing contender Buddy Baer and father of actor Max Baer, Jr. (best known as Jethro Bodine on The Beverly Hillbillies). Baer is rated #22 on Ring Magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time.

Early life

Maximilian Adelbert Baer was born on February 11, 1909 in Omaha, Nebraska to Jacob Baer (1875–1938), who was half Lutheran German and half Jewish German, and Dora Bales (1877–1938), who was of Scots-Irish Protestant American ancestry. Baer was nominally raised in a nonsectarian home. His eldest sister was Frances May Baer (1905–1991), his younger sister was Bernice Jeanette Baer (1911–1987), his younger brother was boxer-turned-actor Jacob Henry Baer, better known as Buddy Baer (1915–1986), and his adopted brother was August "Augie" Baer.

Max Baer (judge)

Max Baer (born December 24, 1947) is a justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

Born in Pittsburgh, he earned a B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh in 1971 and a J.D. from Duquesne University in 1975. From 1975-1979, he served as Deputy Attorney General for Pennsylvania. Baer was elected judge in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, and was retained for a second 10-year term in 1999. He was elected to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in 2003.

2003 Election

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