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name: "Buddy Baer"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 June 1915"
died: "18 July 1986"
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average_as: "actor"
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updated: "2026-09-20T02:18:57.593109+00:00"
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# Buddy Baer

Actor. Born 11 June 1915 in Denver, Colorado, USA. Died 18 July 1986.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 June 1915, Denver, Colorado, USA
- **Died:** 18 July 1986
- **Also known as:** Jacob Henry "Buddy" Baer, Jacob Henry Baer
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Baer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2927516, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0046331/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/83468

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Quo Vadis*](https://film.one/film/quo-vadis.md) (65)

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## Biography

Buddy Baer (1915–1986) was an American actor and former professional boxer. Born Jacob Henry Baer in Denver, Colorado, he was the younger brother of heavyweight champion Max Baer and uncle of actor Max Baer Jr. Standing over six feet six inches tall, he frequently played giants and heavies in films and on television.

After a boxing career in the 1930s and 1940s that included two world-title bouts against Joe Louis, Baer moved into acting. His film roles include *Africa Screams* (1949), *Quo Vadis* (1951) as Ursus, *The Big Sky* (1952) and *Jack and the Beanstalk* (1952). He also appeared in guest roles on series such as *Gunsmoke*, *Rawhide*, *Have Gun – Will Travel* and *Adventures of Superman*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, boxrec.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Quo Vadis* (1951), Fi1m 65, as Ursus — [page](https://film.one/film/quo-vadis.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Ride Beyond Vengeance* (1966), as Mr. Kratz
- *Tender Hearted Tiger: Max Baer* (1964), Actor
- *The Bashful Elephant* (1962), as Tavern Owner
- *Snow White and the Three Stooges* (1961), as Hordred
- *Tales of the Vikings* (1959), series, Actor
- *Rawhide* (1959), series, as Big Will Cornelius
- *Peter Gunn* (1958), series, Actor
- *Once Upon a Horse...* (1958), as Beulah's Brother
- *Giant from the Unknown* (1958), as Vargas the Giant
- *Hell Canyon Outlaws* (1957), as Henchman Stan
- *Have Gun, Will Travel* (1957), series, Actor
- *Slightly Scarlet* (1956), as Lenhardt
- *Cheyenne* (1955), series, Actor
- *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, as Stobo
- *Sheena: Queen of the Jungle* (1955), series, as Bull Kendall
- *Climax!* (1954), series, as Moe
- *Jubilee Trail* (1954), as Nicolai Gregorovitch Karakozeff 'Handsome Brute'
- *The Marshal's Daughter* (1953), as Buddy Baer - Poker Game Player
- *Dream Wife* (1953), as Vizier
- *Fair Wind to Java* (1953), as King
- *Adventures of Superman* (1952), series, as Atlas
- *The Big Sky* (1952), as Romaine
- *Jack and the Beanstalk* (1952), as Sgt. Riley / The Giant
- *Flame of Araby* (1951), as Hakim Barbarossa
- *Two Tickets to Broadway* (1951), as Sailor on Bus
- *Quo Vadis* (1951), as Ursus — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/quo-vadis.md)
- *Africa Screams* (1949), as Boot Wilson
- *Transatlantic Trouble* (1937), as Kid Brody

## Gallery

- ![Buddy Baer](https://film.one/media/person/1236873/gallery-57eaabdfa43b.png) Buddy Baer — Screenshot by Wayne77, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/Quo_Vadis_-_Buddy_Baer.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Buddy Baer](https://film.one/media/person/1236873/gallery-c68636c59eca.jpg) Buddy Baer — Image via TMDB

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