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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 ...

Born: February 11, 1909
Star sign: Aquarius
Height: 6' 4" (1.93 m)
Known for: Africa Screams (1949), The Harder They Fall (1956), The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933), The Champs Step Out (1951)
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