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American actor (1914–2002)

Parley Edward Baer (August 5, 1914 – November 22, 2002) was an American actor in radio and later in television and film.^[2] Despite dozens of appearances in television series and theatrical films, he remains best known as the original "Chester" in the radio version of Gunsmoke, and as the Mayor of Mayberry (Roy Stoner) in The Andy Griffith Show.

Early life, family and education

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Parley Edward Baer was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. He studied drama at the University of Utah.^[3]

Career

Baer had a circus background, but he began his radio career at Utah station KSL.

Circus

Early in his career, Baer was a circus ringmaster and publicist. He left those roles for military service in World War II. In the 1950s, he had a job training wild animals at Jungleland USA in Thousand Oaks, California.

Still later, he served a