jim's second father, max palmer was a character actor and there were two men who shared that name who worked in show business during similar time periods. the max who was jim's second dad worked mostly on tv on such programs as "dragnet", "bat masterson" and "the colgate comedy hour" and was jewish. the other max palmer, often erroneously credited as jim's father, worked in several movies as a monster. he was 8'2" tall and later became a professional wrestler and eventually a christian evangelist.