From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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, the dimwitted nephew of Jed Clampett (played by Buddy Ebsen) on The Beverly Hillbillies. After the ... death of Donna Douglas in January 2015, Baer became the last surviving member of that show's main cast. 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. In 1962, Baer was cast in the role of the doltish Jethro Bodine, Jed Clampett's cousin's son. It proved to be the high point of his acting career and the role for which he is best remembered. He continued to take other parts during the nine-year run of The Beverly Hillbilles and appeared on the television programs Vacation Playhouse and Love, American Style, as well as in the western A Time for Killing.
| Organization | Category | Movie |
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The Beverly Hillbillies
as Jethro Bodine
Episodes: 274
First Aired: Sep 26, 1962
Murder, She Wrote
as Johnny Wheeler
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 30, 1984
Sugarfoot
as Frank
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 1957
77 Sunset Strip
as Government Man
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 10, 1958
Murder, She Wrote
as St. Trooper Boone Willoughby
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 30, 1984
Maverick
as Ticket Taker / Ezra
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1957
Maverick
as Cowboy
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1957
Maverick
as Brazos
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1957
Hawaiian Eye
as Harry 'Stinger' Hurley (uncredited)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 07, 1959
The Roaring 20's
as Saunders
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 15, 1960
Cheyenne
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Sep 20, 1955
77 Sunset Strip
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 10, 1958
Surfside 6
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 06, 1960
E! True Hollywood Story
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Aug 21, 1996
Hawaiian Eye
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 07, 1959
Matt Houston
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 26, 1982
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 01, 1962
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