The Beverly Hillbillies helped elevate actor Max Baer, Jr.’s net worth, but that’s not the only way he’s made millions. Baer proved his abilities in business even after The Beverly Hillbillies went ...

LAS VEGAS — Jethro Bodine intends to prove he’s no fool. Max Baer Jr., who once played the burly, doltish character on the sitcom “The Beverly Hillbillies,” recently signed a deal with International ...

Beloved actor Max Baer, Jr. (who prefers to be known as just Max Baer) is now 87. Baer is best known for playing Jethro Bodine on the classic CBS sitcom, The Beverly Hillbillies, which originally ...

Take any successful television series—regardless of decade, genre or format—and you'll almost always find a cast of actors who become so associated with their roles that, to the audience, they are ...

LAS VEGAS - Jethro Bodine intends to prove he's no fool. Max Baer Jr., who once played the burly, doltish character on "The Beverly Hillbillies," recently signed a deal with International Game ...

When The Beverly Hillbillies made its TV debut in 1962, it was dismissed by critics as little more than a hillbilly cartoon, but the viewers knew better. With its fish-out-of-water premise, lovable ...

Max Baer Jr., who played the burly, doltish Jethro Bodine on "The Beverly Hillbillies," recently signed a deal with a Reno company to produce hundreds of penny slot machines featuring the show that ...

Max Baer, Jr., created a cultural icon with his portrayal of Jethro Bodine on the hit 1960s sitcom “The Beverly Hillbillies,” where he played a dim-witted bumpkin whose main goal in life – besides ...

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The Beverly Hillbillies first hit the air on Sept. 26, 1962, and within four weeks it had become the No. 1 show in the nation – the fastest rise to the top in television history. It went off the air ...