Max Baer Jr. starred in ‘The Beverly Hillbillies’ cast as Jethro Bodine Baer played Jethro Bodine in The Beverly Hillbillies. The character is the cousin of the Clampett family patriarch Jed ...

The actor who played Jethro Bodine in the 1960s television series “The Beverly Hillbillies” is suing CBS, arguing the broadcaster made inappropriate deals with an Iowa restaurant chain to use ...

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 ...

Max Baer Jr., who played Jethro Bodine on the show, filed the lawsuit Tuesday. The Des Moines Register reports that Baer had reached a deal with CBS that gave him rights to use the TV character to ...