About Parley Baer

Parley Edward Baer was an American actor in radio and later in television and film. 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 in The Andy Griffith Show, as well as Arthur J. Henson in The Addams Family as the Mayor, an insurance executive and as the city controller.

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Parley Baer

American actor (1914-2002)

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About Parley Baer

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Occupation

television actor, film actor, voice actor, actor

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United States

Born

August 5, 1914

Died

November 22, 2002

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