LAS VEGAS (AP) — Max Baer Jr. once played the burly, doltish Jethro Bodine on “The Beverly Hillbillies” television series. Now the 64-year-old Baer intends to prove he is no fool by leading the ...

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 ...

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 ...

The actor who played Jethro in The Beverly Hillbillies is claiming that a secret deal between CBS and Des Moines-based Jethro's BBQ is interfering with his opportunity to cash in on his role from the ...

This Rarely-Seen '60s TV Star's Enormous Fortune Has Nothing to Do With Acting originally appeared on Parade. As the last surviving cast member of The Beverly Hillbillies, Max Baer Jr. — better known ...

The Beverly Hillbillies' Jethro Bodine would fall somewhere between Barney Fife and Kramer on any list of great TV sidekicks. Part buffoon and part beautiful dreamer, Jethro was a childlike mind ...

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 ...

After 30 years of running his family-owned business, Hillbilly Oil Co., Jed Clampett decided to retire in 2013. The board of directors elects Jethro Bodine as Hillbilly’s President and Elly May as ...

The actor who played Jethro in "The Beverly Hillbillies" is claiming that a secret deal between CBS and Des Moines-based Jethro's BBQ is interfering with his opportunity to cash in on his role from ...