Parley Baer

American actor (1914-2002)

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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Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 16 films (1950–1968) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 2 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲	Title	Creator	Length	Format	Color	Sound
1950	Comanche Territory.	Universal Pictures Co. Inc.	76 min.	35mm	Color	sound
1950	The Company She Keeps.	RKO Radio Pictures Inc.	83 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1951	PEOPLE WILL TALK.	Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp	110 min	35mm	B&W	sound
1951	The Fat Man.	Universal Pictures Co. Inc.	77 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1951	The Frogmen.	Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp	96 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1954	The Gambler From Natchez.	Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp	8 min	35mm	Color	sound
1956	Away All Boats.	Universal Pictures Co. Inc.	114 min	35mm	Color	sound
1956	D-Day, The Sixth Of June.	Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp	106 min	35mm	Color	sound
1958	The Young Lions.	Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp	167 min	35mm	B&W	sound
1960	The adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.	The table and the painting an ABC Television Network presentation ; Stage Five Productions ; sponsored by the Eastman Kodak Company ; produced and directed by Ozzie Nelson ; screen play by Perry Grant, Don Nelson, Ozzie Nelson, Jay Sommers, Dick Bensfield.	30	16mm	B&W	sound
1963	Bedtime Story.	Universal Pictures Co. Inc. Lankershim Co. & Pennebaker Inc.	99 min	35mm	Color	sound
1963	THE BRASS BOTTLE.	Universal Pictures Co. Inc. & Scarus Inc.	6 reels	35mm	Color	sound
1965	The Ugly Dachshund.	Walt Disney Productions.	93 min	35mm	Color	sound
1966	The Adventures Of Bullwhip Griffin.	Walt Disney Productions.	110 min	35mm	Color	sound
1968	Where Were You When The Lights Went Out	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.	89 min	35mm	Color	sound
1968	Where Were You When The Lights Went Out?	Hy Averback	89 min	16mm	Color