[DmBarch]

Max Baer, Jr. is not the kind of guy who needs to live large. After the Berverly Hillbillies ended, he couldn't get an acting job. So he pulled every string he could to produce, write and star in the movie Macon County Line. While it is mostly forgotten today, that $100,000 film caught fire and grossed $35 Million in 1974. It probably cleared $8 Million for Max. He used it to carefully put out a couple more films, neither of any note. But I'm pretty sure he still had $5-6 million left after he realized that the first film was a fluke of timing, story, and luck. That plus the Hillbillies $$ made him very comfortable.

[ambrose]

Not everyone believes in the "if you got it, flaunt it" ethos that seems to pervade our society today.

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

Macon County Line was a good flick, I enjoyed it then, & now.

[SkyPilot]

I read that he also had an affinity for porn stars and drugs.

I wonder how much of that money he now has left.

[eastforker]

Max Baer produced the BH along with some other sitcoms.