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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.
Birth Name
Parley Edward Baer
Born
Wednesday, 05 August 1914
Died
Friday, 22 November 2002
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| War Factories | (archive footage) | 2019 |
| American Legends | Chris Crosshaul | 2001 |
| Last of the Dogmen | Mr. Hollis | 1995 |
| Star Trek: Voyager | Old Man #1 | 1995 |
| Roswell | Civilian Advisor | 1994 |
| Viper | Finch | 1994 |
| Dave | Senate Majority Leader | 1993 |
| Mad About You | The Husband | 1992 |
| Renegade | Wesley | 1992 |
| The Flash II: Revenge of the Trickster | Judge | 1991 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| War Factories | (archive footage) | 2019 |
| American Legends | Chris Crosshaul | 2001 |
| Last of the Dogmen | Mr. Hollis | 1995 |
| Star Trek: Voyager | Old Man #1 | 1995 |
| Roswell | Civilian Advisor | 1994 |
| Viper | Finch | 1994 |
| Dave | Senate Majority Leader | 1993 |
| Mad About You | The Husband | 1992 |
| Renegade | Wesley | 1992 |
| The Flash II: Revenge of the Trickster | Judge | 1991 |
| Inside Out | Elliott (segment "The Diaries") / Elliott - segment "The Diaries" | 1991 |
| Almost an Angel | George Bealeman | 1990 |
| Beverly Hills, 90210 | Al Brown | 1990 |
| The Flash | Judge | 1990 |
| The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Woodrow | 1990 |
| True Colors | Mr. Lukins | 1990 |
| Major Dad | Sgt. Lonigan | 1989 |
| Life Goes On | Mr. Hube | 1989 |
| Time Trackers | Lucius | 1989 |
| Quantum Leap | Judge Shiner / Dr. Rogers | 1989 |
| Coach | Frank | 1989 |
| License to Drive | Grandpa Anderson | 1988 |
| Eisenhower & Lutz | Judge Samuelson | 1988 |
| Breaking Home Ties | Sears | 1987 |
| Under the Influence | Rev. Caliquire | 1986 |
| One Big Family | Mr. Turner | 1986 |
| L.A. Law | Judge Parker / Supreme Court Judge Parker | 1986 |
| Shadow Chasers | Edward Zeillor | 1985 |
| The Twilight Zone | Grandfather Frost (segment "The Storyteller") | 1985 |
| Growing Pains | Counterman | 1985 |
| The Golden Girls | Chester T. Rainey | 1985 |
| Pray for Death | Sam Green | 1985 |
| Overnight Sensation | Lawyer | 1984 |
| Finder of Lost Loves | Minister | 1984 |
| Hunter | Bert | 1984 |
| Chattanooga Choo Choo | Alonzo Dillard | 1984 |
| Night Court | Judge Sims | 1984 |
| The Awakening of Candra | Chief Brooks | 1983 |
| Doctor Detroit | Judge | 1983 |
| The A-Team | Max Klein | 1983 |
| Newhart | Buck | 1982 |
| Madame's Place | Huntington Phelps | 1982 |
| White Dog | Wilber Hull | 1982 |
| Cry for the Strangers | Doc Phelps | 1982 |
| Simon & Simon | Tourist Husband | 1981 |
| Father Murphy | Banker | 1981 |
| Carbon Copy | Dr. Bristol | 1981 |
| Murder in Texas | Ann's attorney | 1981 |
| Harper Valley P.T.A. | Doctor | 1981 |
| Rodeo Girl | Doc Tanner | 1980 |
| Knots Landing | Old Man | 1979 |
| Young Maverick | Doctor | 1979 |
| Archie Bunker's Place | Judge Anthony Barzini | 1979 |
| Hart to Hart | Constantine Wainwright | 1979 |
| Supertrain | Heaton | 1979 |
| Hello, Larry | Barton Sr. | 1979 |
| The Dukes of Hazzard | Doc Appleby | 1979 |
| The Time Machine | Henry Haverson | 1978 |
| B.J. and the Bear | Mayor | 1978 |
| WKRP in Cincinnati | Mr. Armor | 1978 |
| True Grit: A Further Adventure | Rollins | 1978 |
| Dallas | Minister Brown | 1978 |
| Project U.F.O. | Tom Fairly / Judge B. Friedlander / Joe Steiner | 1978 |
| The Incredible Hulk | Raymond | 1977 |
| Halloween with the New Addams Family | Boss Crook / Bones Lafferty/John Quincy Addams/Boss Crook | 1977 |
| Lou Grant | Dr. Carlton Stiefel / Haggerty / Ray Elders / Sheriff Burkhardt | 1977 |
| The San Pedro Beach Bums | Gramps | 1977 |
| Three's Company | Bert Landers | 1977 |
| The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | Doc Wilson | 1977 |
| Incredible Rocky Mountain Race | Farley Osmond | 1977 |
| The Amazing Dobermans | Septimus--Circus Owner | 1976 |
| Charlie's Angels | Captain Jack McGuire / Grandpa | 1976 |
| How the West Was Won | Sheriff Aames / Dr. Gunnerson | 1976 |
| Three for the Road | Al Buckheister | 1975 |
| Winner Take All | Bob | 1975 |
| Punch and Jody | Dan Baxter | 1974 |
| Little House on the Prairie | Mr. Williams / J.W. Diamond | 1974 |
| The Manhunter | Bartender | 1974 |
| Apple's Way | Mr. Alfredd | 1974 |
| Ozzie's Girls | George Grundy | 1973 |
| The ABC Afternoon Playbreak | Dr. Burkelholder | 1972 |
| The Streets of San Francisco | Jack Leopold | 1972 |
| The New Temperatures Rising Show | Phineas Duncan / Duncan | 1972 |
| Sixteen | The Reverend / Reverend | 1972 |
| Kung Fu | Dr. Gormley | 1972 |
| The Don Rickles Show | Vanderpool / Vanderpoole | 1972 |
| Skin Game | Mr. Claggart | 1971 |
| The D.A. | George Watson | 1971 |
| The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again | The Mayor | 1970 |
| Wake Me When the War Is Over | Erhardt's Butler | 1969 |
| The Survivors | Grant Radcliffe | 1969 |
| The New People | John Pilgrim | 1969 |
| Young Billy Young | Bell | 1969 |
| The Bill Cosby Show | Mr. Tyler | 1969 |
| Medical Center | Dr. Fred Elter / Dr. Levine / Farraday | 1969 |
| The Queen and I | Palmer | 1969 |
| The Doris Day Show | Mr. Thornby | 1968 |
| Mod Squad | Koger | 1968 |
| Here's Lucy | Dr. Cunningham / Dr. Cummingham | 1968 |
| The Outcasts | Sam Bannerman | 1968 |
| Land of the Giants | Senator Obek | 1968 |
| The Name of the Game | Doctor | 1968 |
| Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? | Dr. Dudley Caldwell | 1968 |
| Day of the Evil Gun | Willford | 1968 |
| Counterpoint | Hook | 1967 |
| Mannix | Archie | 1967 |
| Ironside | Everett Brandt / Commander Stevens | 1967 |
| Judd for the Defense | Magistrate | 1967 |
| The Guns of Will Sonnett | Gilbey | 1967 |
| The Second Hundred Years | Widdicomb / Mr. Widdicomb | 1967 |
| The Gnome-Mobile | The Owl | 1967 |
| The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin | Chief Executioner | 1967 |
| Rango | Wilkins | 1967 |
| Follow Me, Boys! | Mayor | 1966 |
| Jericho | Major von Ernst | 1966 |
| Occasional Wife | Addison Cartwright | 1966 |
| The Phyllis Diller Show | Derwin / Morgan | 1966 |
| An Evening with Carol Channing | Mr. Adams | 1966 |
| The Ugly Dachshund | Mel Chadwick | 1966 |
| The Double Life of Henry Phyfe | Mr. Hamble | 1966 |
| Marriage on the Rocks | Dr. Newman | 1965 |
| I Dream of Jeannie | General Whiston | 1965 |
| Hogan's Heroes | Colonel Burmeister / Doctor Pohlmann / Julius Schlager / Professor Altman | 1965 |
| Laredo | Alcott Willingham | 1965 |
| The F.B.I. | Vernon Daniels / Newman / Jake Jason | 1965 |
| Green Acres | Lt. Governor / Mr. Peterson / Mr. Treffinger / Mr. Webster | 1965 |
| F Troop | Colonel Watkins | 1965 |
| The Money Trap | Banker | 1965 |
| Fluffy | Police Captain | 1965 |
| Bus Riley's Back in Town | Jules Griswald | 1965 |
| Those Calloways | Doane Shattuck | 1965 |
| Two on a Guillotine | 'Buzz' Sheridan / Jules 'Buzzy' Sheridan | 1965 |
| Profiles in Courage | Hillhouse | 1964 |
| Karen | Vonschmidt | 1964 |
| My Living Doll | Judge | 1964 |
| Gomer Pyle: USMC | Mr. Corbett / Judson Travers | 1964 |
| The Addams Family | Mr. Henson / Mayor Arthur Henson / Arthur J. Henson | 1964 |
| Bewitched | Desk Sergeant / Walter Franklin / Mr. Nickerson / Mr. Burkeholder / Mr. Brockway / James Dennis Robinson / Dr. Matthew Kramer / Bigelow | 1964 |
| Mickey | Sheriff | 1964 |
| Wendy and Me | Mr. Pruitt | 1964 |
| The Rogues | Briggs | 1964 |
| Bedtime Story | Col. Williams | 1964 |
| The Brass Bottle | Samuel Wackerbath | 1964 |
| My Favorite Martian | Mr. Babcock | 1963 |
| The Great Adventure | Major Beckham | 1963 |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Leonard F. Bellack | 1963 |
| Petticoat Junction | Mr. Bellingham / Judge Turner / Judge Madison / Henry Phillips / Bailiff Vince Tucker | 1963 |
| Burke's Law | Colonel Pavlov Popoff | 1963 |
| The Farmer's Daughter | Mr. Rapp / Otto Olsen | 1963 |
| Temple Houston | Sheriff Beckman / Claude Spanker | 1963 |
| The Fugitive | Al Cooney / Lee Burroughs | 1963 |
| The Outer Limits | Dr. Bernard Stone | 1963 |
| Gypsy | Mr. Kringelein | 1962 |
| The Lucy Show | Judge / Mr. Evans / Dr. Davis / Colonel Dietrich | 1962 |
| G.E. True | Harry Jones | 1962 |
| The Virginian | The Senator / Pat Magill / Judge Jeremiah Pitt / Henderson | 1962 |
| The Spiral Road | Mr. Boosmans | 1962 |
| Room for One More | Mr. Bailey | 1962 |
| Frontier Circus | Sheriff | 1961 |
| The Gertrude Berg Show | Prof. Nimetz / Professor Nimetz | 1961 |
| The New Breed | Pop O'Shea | 1961 |
| Bus Stop | Bisbee | 1961 |
| Target: The Corruptors | Mr. Pitts | 1961 |
| Father of the Bride | Policeman #1 | 1961 |
| Dr. Kildare | Dr. James Connors | 1961 |
| Hazel | Mr. Rowland | 1961 |
| The Dick Powell Theatre | Lt. Hockberg | 1961 |
| The Joey Bishop Show | Judge | 1961 |
| A Fever in the Blood | Charles 'Charlie' Bosworth / Charles Bosworth | 1961 |
| Westinghouse Playhouse | Edgar Fairbanks | 1961 |
| The Roaring 20's | C.W. Webster / 'Charley' | 1960 |
| Harrigan and Son | Williams | 1960 |
| The Law and Mr. Jones | Mayor / Mayor Gilwell | 1960 |
| Angel | Doctor Mathews | 1960 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | Mayor Roy Stoner | 1960 |
| Michael Shayne | Dr. Manx | 1960 |
| Outlaws | Harold Beam | 1960 |
| The Tom Ewell Show | Mayor Bradford | 1960 |
| Dan Raven | Shore | 1960 |
| National Velvet | Frank Winters / Mr. Winters | 1960 |
| Checkmate | Harris | 1960 |
| Thriller | Fisherman on Mountain | 1960 |
| The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Grangeford Man | 1960 |
| The Slowest Gun in the West | Collingswood | 1960 |
| Wake Me When It's Over | Col. Archie Hollingsworth | 1960 |
| Cash McCall | Harvey Bannon | 1960 |
| Johnny Midnight | Jeff Conrad | 1960 |
| Startime | Congressional Committeeman | 1959 |
| Adventures in Paradise | Penner Bell | 1959 |
| Dennis the Menace | Capt. Blast / Mr. Pindyck | 1959 |
| The FBI Story | Harry Dakins | 1959 |
| Lock Up | Wardman | 1959 |
| Fibber McGee and Molly | Charley Pritchard | 1959 |
| Laramie | Fred McAllen | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Jack Cunningham / Harry Crawford / Frank Armstead | 1959 |
| Black Saddle | Ed Gunther | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Bryant / Dinny | 1959 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | Charlie Cornwall | 1958 |
| Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | John Gaunt | 1958 |
| The Rifleman | Walter Mathers / Neff Packer | 1958 |
| The Texan | Drummer | 1958 |
| Steve Canyon | McJorgenson | 1958 |
| Paul Bunyan | Chris Crosshaul / Prologue Narrator (voice) / Prologue Narrator | 1958 |
| The Young Lions | Sgt. Brandt | 1958 |
| Trackdown | Ronald Desmond | 1957 |
| The Court of Last Resort | Constable Stokes | 1957 |
| The Real McCoys | Mr. Saunders / Mr. Venable | 1957 |
| Goodyear Theatre | Roger Blake / Walter Brodsky | 1957 |
| The Californians | Troy Selby | 1957 |
| Perry Mason | Willard Hupp / Seward Quentin / Ian Jarvis / Frank Cummings / Edward Farraday / David Bickel | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | John Maitland / George Talley / Clyde Montgomery | 1957 |
| Sally | Quincey | 1957 |
| Bachelor Father | Dr. Whittaker | 1957 |
| Have Gun - Will Travel | John Ellsworth / Reston / Sam Thurber | 1957 |
| Panic! | Father Kennoy | 1957 |
| Whirlybirds | Julian | 1957 |
| Drango | George Randolph | 1957 |
| Official Detective | Sam Goodwin | 1957 |
| Zane Grey Theatre | Clem Doud / Dan Morriss / Frank Lloyd / Mayor Homer Bellam | 1956 |
| Wire Service | Wallace / Hogarth | 1956 |
| Hey, Jeannie! | Anderson | 1956 |
| Away All Boats | Dr. Gates | 1956 |
| D-Day the Sixth of June | Sgt. Gerbert / Sht. Gerbert | 1956 |
| Fury | Piggott | 1955 |
| The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Ralph Roberts / George Wixted | 1955 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Police Detective Grant | 1955 |
| Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre | Enos Finney / Fitch / Mr. Fitch | 1955 |
| The Bob Cummings Show | Wester | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Mayor / Doane Shattuck / Chief Executioner / Mayor Hancock / Mel Chadwick / Sheriff Rad Toler / The Owl / The Mayor / Kusak - Storekeeper | 1954 |
| December Bride | Coach | 1954 |
| Father Knows Best | Lyle | 1954 |
| Lassie | Austin Richmond / Austin Redmond | 1954 |
| It's a Great Life | Mailman / Mr. Scott | 1954 |
| The Gambler from Natchez | Captain of Mississippi Queen / Riverboat Captain | 1954 |
| Public Defender | Benjamin Carr | 1954 |
| The Man Behind the Badge | Fallon | 1953 |
| The Danny Thomas Show | Mr. Kendall / Mr. Haynes / Mr. Denton, Postal Inspector | 1953 |
| The Loretta Young Show | Mr. Banner | 1953 |
| Vicki | 2nd Detective | 1953 |
| Pickup on South Street | Headquarters Communist in Chair | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Harvey Seymour / Haveman / Mayor Douglas | 1953 |
| You Are There | Benjamin Franklin / Captain Lucas / Henry Janis / William O'Brian | 1953 |
| Our Miss Brooks | Bennett / Mr Chambers / Mr Maynard | 1952 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | Darby / Herb Darby / Attorney Hopkins / Captain | 1952 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | Anthony Melville | 1952 |
| Something for the Birds | Refrigerator Deliveryman | 1952 |
| Fearless Fagan | Emil Tauchnitz | 1952 |
| Campbell Summer Soundstage | (archive footage) | 1952 |
| Deadline - U.S.A. | Headwaiter | 1952 |
| Death Valley Days | Sager / Horace Greeley / Dr. Simon / Crowder | 1952 |
| The Dennis Day Show | Dr. Martin | 1952 |
| Red Skies of Montana | Dr. Henry | 1952 |
| Dragnet | District Attorney / Father on Phone | 1951 |
| Elopement | Charlie, Cafe Owner | 1951 |
| I Love Lucy | Mr. Perry / Mr. Reilly | 1951 |
| People Will Talk | Toy Store Salesman | 1951 |
| The Fat Man | Police Detective O'Halloran / O'Halloran | 1951 |
| Air Cadet | Major Jim Evans | 1951 |
| Three Guys Named Mike | Bakery Truck Driver | 1951 |
| The Company She Keeps | Steve | 1951 |
| The Frogmen | Dr. Ullman | 1951 |
| The Jack Benny Program | Erik the DMV Photographer | 1950 |
| The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | Detective Sharkey | 1950 |
| Treasury Men in Action | Alfred Mercer | 1950 |
| Union Station | Detective Gottschalk | 1950 |
| Comanche Territory | Boozer, the Bartender | 1950 |
| The Kid from Texas | Off-Screen Narrator | 1950 |
