Max Baer Jr.

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 shows main cast Baers 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 Clampetts cousins 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 nineyear 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