Max Baer Jr. starring as Jethro Bodine

Max Baer, Jr. (born December 4, 1937) is an American actor, screen writer, producer and director. Image File history File links This work is copyrighted. ... Image File history File links This work is copyrighted. ... December 4 is the 338th day (339th on leap years) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Screenwriters, or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies are made. ... A film producer oversees the making of movies. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ...

He was born Maximilian Adalbert Baer, Jr. in Oakland, California, the son of legendary boxing champion Max Baer and Mary Ellen Sullivan. His brother and sister are James Baer (born 1941) and Maude Baer (born 1943). His first acting role was in "Goldylocks and the three Bears" at the Blackpool Pavilion in England in 1949. Oakland, founded in 1852, is a major city on the east side (also called East Bay) of San Francisco Bay in Northern California in the United States. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  - Total   - Width   - Length    - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 3rd 158,302 sq mi  410,000 km² 250 miles  402. ... Professional boxing bout featuring Ricardo Dominguez (left) vs. ... Maximillian Adelbert Baer (February 11, 1909 – November 21, 1959) was a famous American boxer of the 1930s, onetime Heavyweight Champion of the World, and actor. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ...

Acting career, producing and directing

Baer grew up in Sacramento best known at the time as the son of a former world champion boxer. He attended Santa Clara University, where he received a bachelor's degree in business administration with a minor in philosophy and domestic science. Nickname: City of Trees Official website: http://www. ... Santa Clara University is a private, co-educational Roman Catholic university located in Santa Clara, California, USA. Chartered by the state of California, it operates in collaboration with the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), whose members founded the school in 1851. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ...

His acting career began in 1960 at Warner Bros., where he appeared on television programs including Maverick, Surfside 6, Hawaiian Eye, Cheyenne and 77 Sunset Strip. Look up Career in Wiktionary, the free dictionary A career is traditionally seen as a course of successive situations that make up a persons worklife. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... The WB Shield used from 2003 to present day Warner Bros. ... Maverick can refer to: Samuel Maverick, a Texas cattleman from whom the term maverick originated. ... Surfside 6 was a television series (1960-1962) about a Miami Beach detective agency set on a houseboat, featuring Van Williams as Kenny Madison (a character recycled from Bourbon Street Beat, a similar series that had appeared the the same time slot the season before), Lee Patterson as Dave Thorne... Hawaiian Eye was an American television series that ran from October 1959 to September 1963 on the American Broadcasting Company television network. ... The Cheyenne are a Native American nation of the Great Plains. ... 1959 Soundtrack - (L to R): Roger Smith, Kookie Byrnes, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. ...

Beverly Hillbillies, career sky-rockets

In 1962, Baer was cast in the role of doltish and somewhat dumb Jethro Bodine on the TV sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies, a role which he continues to be acclaimed for. This would be the high point of his acting career, and one of the most successful television programs in history. The hit comedy also starred Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, and Donna Douglas. During the nine year run of the show, he appeared also on Vacation Playhouse and Love, American Style, and in the Western movie A Time for Killing. See also: 1961 in television, other events of 1962, 1963 in television and the list of years in television. For the American network television schedule, please see 1962-63 American network television schedule. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... The Beverly Hillbillies The Beverly Hillbillies is a TV sitcom about a hillbilly family living in Southern California of the 1960s. ... Buddy Ebsen as Jed Clampett Buddy Ebsen (April 2, 1908 – July 6, 2003) was an American actor, who is best-remembered for his role as Jed Clampett in the popular television series The Beverly Hillbillies. ... Irene Ryan (born Irene Noblette) was one of the few entertainers who found success in vaudeville, radio, film, television, and Broadway. ... Image:Donnadouglas. ... Love, American Style is an hour-long television anthology which originally aired between September 1969 and January 1974. ... Broncho Billy Anderson, from The Great Train Robbery The Western movie is one of the classic American film genres. ...

Later career

After The Beverly Hillbillies went off the air in 1971, he made several more guest appearances on TV, but found himself typecast. His major contribution to the entertainment industry was in the field of feature motion pictures. See also: 1970 in television, other events of 1971, 1972 in television and the list of years in television. For the American network television schedule, please see 1971-72 American network television schedule. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed. ...

Baer wrote and produced the drama Macon County Line (1974), in which he also played Deputy Reed Morgan. It was the highest-grossing movie per dollar invested of all time (a record that would later be smashed by The Blair Witch Project). Made for US$110,000, it garnered almost US$25,000,000 at the box-office. See also: 1973 in film 1974 1975 in film 1970s in film years in film film // Events February 7 - Blazing Saddles is released in USA May 1 - George Lucas creates the first draft of what would eventually become Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. ... The Blair Witch Project is a low budget American horror film released in 1999. ...

He wrote, produced, and directed the drama The Wild McCullochs (1975), in which he also played Culver Robinson. Baer then conceived the idea of using the title of a popular song to make a movie and acquired the rights to a 1967 Bobbie Gentry hit. // Events January 28 - George Lucas creates the second draft of what would eventually become Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. ... // Events December 26 - The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour airs on British television. ... Bobbie Gentry (born July 27, 1944) is an American singer-songwriter. ...

Baer produced the drama Ode to Billy Joe (1976), which turned a big profit for the studio. Made for US$1.1 million, it grossed US$27,000,000 at the box-office, plus earnings in excess of US$2.65 million in the foreign market, US$4.75 million from television, and US$2.5 million from video. The movie starred Robbie Benson and Glynnis O'Connor. Ode to Billy Joe was a hit song in August-September 1967 written and performed by Bobbie Gentry, a singer-songwriter from Chickasaw County, Mississippi. ... // Events March 22 - Filming begins on George Lucas Star Wars science fiction film. ... Glynnis OConnor (b. ...

Since the success of Ode to Billy Joe, the first movie made at the time based on a popular song, the motion picture industry has capitalized on the trend, producing over 100 song title movies. Baer later decided to pursue the rights to the 1984 song "Like a Virgin" by Madonna. When ABC tried to prevent him from making the movie, he sued and won a judgment of over US$2,000,000. See also: 1983 in music, other events of 1984, 1985 in music, 1980s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 27 - singer Michael Jacksons hair catches fire during the filming of a Pepsi commercial. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is a television and radio network in the United States. ...

He directed the comedy Hometown USA (1979), then retired to his home at Lake Tahoe, Nevada, making occasional guest appearances on TV. // Events March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. ... Lake Tahoe Lake Tahoe is a freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada, on the border between California and Nevada, near Carson City. ... Official language(s) None Capital Carson City Largest city Las Vegas Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 7th 286,367 km² 519 km 788 km 0. ...

In 1985, Baer began studying the gambling industry. He also noticed that tourists would pay US$5.00 to US$6.00 admission to tour the "Ponderosa Ranch", which was the site location for filming on some episodes of TV's Bonanza. Once inside, all there was to see was a working ranch, but people enjoyed it mostly because of the Bonanza connection. Baer decided if tourists would pay to see a ranch because of a well-known series, then surely they would gladly pay "nothing" to see something dealing with the series The Beverly Hillbillies, whose TV audience was much larger than that of Bonanza. This article is about the year. ... Gambling has had many different meanings depending on the cultural and historical context in which it is used. ... The Bonanza logo was superimposed upon a map of a wild west frontier area. ...

Jethro's Casino

While a lot of people think of him as "Jethro Bodine" from The Beverly Hillbillies (much like actor Alan Hale as The Skipper from Gilligan's Island fame), he came to terms with that and doesn't seem to mind. He began to see it as a good marketing opportunity toward the gambling and hotel industry and began acquiring the contracts necessary to obtain the rights for marketing his latest idea. Alan Hale can refer to: Alan Hale, Sr. ... The cast of Gilligans Island. ...

In late 2003, Baer began developing an empty Wal-Mart building and its property at the south end of Carson City into a Beverly Hillbillies-themed hotel and casino called Jethro's Beverly Hillbillies Mansion & Casino, which has yet to open. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ... Motto: Proud of its Past. ...

Personal

• He has had only one wife, Joanna Hill, in a short-lived marriage from 1970 to 1971.

• He dated, for a time, adult film actress Christy Canyon.

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Trivia

• Max Baer, Jr. is left-handed.

• His father, a former World Heavyweight Champion boxer, is depicted in the 2005 motion picture Cinderella Man. The portrayal of Baer Sr. in that film has since been criticized, as it placed him in a very negative light. Baer Jr. has not spoken publically about the film as of yet.

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External links

• Max Baer, Jr. at The Internet Movie Database
• Official site of Jethro's Beverly Hillbillies Mansion & Casino