Both Buddy and his brother Max were known as the "professional good guys" or "the genial giants". After their deaths, Sacramento sports reporter Billy Conlin wrote, "When they died, the 'sweet science' lost two of the sweetest!" Partial filmography Take It from Me (1937) - Kid Brody Africa Screams (1949) - Boots Wilson Quo Vadis (1951) - Ursus, Lygia's bodyguard Two Tickets to Broadway (1951) - Sailor on Bus Flame of Araby (1951) - Hakim Barbarossa Jack and the Beanstalk (1952) - Sgt. Riley / The Giant The Big Sky (1952) - Romaine Fair Wind to Java (1953) - King Dream Wife (1953) - Vizier The Marshal's Daughter (1953) - Buddy Baer - Poker Game Player Jubilee Trail (1954) - Nicolai Gregorovitch Karakozeff 'Handsome Brute' Slightly Scarlet (1956) - Lenhardt Hell Canyon Outlaws (1957) - Henchman Stan Giant from the Unknown (1958) - Vargas the Giant Once Upon a Horse... (1958) - Beulah's Brother Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961) - Hordred The Magic Fountain (1961) - Big Benjamin (voice) The Bashful Elephant (1962) - Tavern Owner Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966) - Mr. Kratz (final film role) Television In 1957, Baer appeared in an episode of television's Gunsmoke, the episode entitled, "Never Pester Chester". In 1958, Baer appeared in an episode of the syndicated Adventures of Superman TV series, playing the role of Atlas, a circus strongman, who is duped by his fellow circus performers into stealing for them. They tell him that Superman is a crook and that he can help right the Man of Steel's wrongs by doing so. In 1958, Baer appeared in Season 1 Episode 33 of Wagon Train, “The Daniel Hogan Story”. He played a boxer nicknamed “The Tinsmith”. Baer's other television credits included guest roles on the Adventures of Superman, Captain Midnight, Cheyenne, Circus Boy, Climax!, Have Gun – Will Travel, Peter Gunn, Rawhide, Sky King, Wagon Train, Tales of the Vikings, Toast of the Town, and in the adventure series Sheena, Queen of the Jungle. Baer’s most memorable character role was, perhaps, Stobo, on the aforementioned episode of Gunsmoke''. References External links Baer Stops Galento in Seventh, Tony Claiming Broken Left Hand Louis Wins in Seventh Round When Buddy Baer Is Disqualified by Referee Louis Scores First-Round Knockout Over Buddy Baer in Charily Encounter; Louis Pounds Baer to Canvas Twice for 9-Counts Before Finishing Him in 2:56 1915 births 1986 deaths 20th-century