Max Baer is arguably best known today for siring Max Baer Jr., the actor who played Jethro Bodine on the classic TV series The Beverly Hillbillies (1962). However, old-timers, followers of the sweet science, and viewers of the film Cinderella Man (2005) all know that Max Sr. was boxing's heavyweight champion of the world for all of 364 days, from the time he knocked out Primo Carnera on June 14, 1934, to the day he lost his title to Jimmy Braddoc...
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The Harder They Fall
As Buddy Brannen
The Prizefighter and the Lady
As Steve Morgan
The Navy Comes Through
As Coxswain G. Berringer
Riding High
As Bertie (uncredited)
Buckskin Frontier
As Tiny
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
As Professor Samson
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Utah Blaine
As Gus Ortmann
Fisticuffs
As Himself
Over She Goes
As Silas Morner
Ladies' Day
As Hippo Jones
Bride for Sale
As Litka
Skipalong Rosenbloom
As Butcher Baer
Once Upon a Horse...
As Ben
Tender Hearted Tiger: Max Baer
Requiem for a Heavyweight
As Mike
Africa Screams
As Grappler McCoy
The Champs Step Out
As Max
Playhouse 90
As Mike