Parley Baer (August 5, 1915 - November 22, 2002) was an American character actor in film, television, and radio. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Parley Baer had a circus background, but began his radio career at local station KSL. With a fairly high pitched voice often accompanied by a Western twang, he became one of the busiest radio performers in the late 1940s and 1950s. August 5 is the 217th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (218th in leap years), with 148 days remaining. ... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... November 22 is the 326th day (327th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A character actor is an actor who predominantly performs supporting parts, often in similar roles throughout the course of a career. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... The Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is Salt Lake Citys top tourist draw. ... State nickname: Beehive State Other U.S. States Capital Salt Lake City Largest city Salt Lake City Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. ... The term circus originates from Latin and can mean several things: A public equipped space for shows and other spectacles of the Classical period (e. ... KSL may mean: radio station KSL AM in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA TV station KSL-TV in Salt Lake City Kate Sharpley Library Knowledge Systems Laboratory This page concerning a three-letter acronym or abbreviation is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise... Events and trends The 1940s were dominated by World War II, the most destructive armed conflict in history. ... Millennia: 1st millennium - 2nd millennium - 3rd millennium // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the...

His first network show was The Whistler which was soon followed by appearances on Escape (notably narrating "Wild Jack Rhett" and as the title patriot in an adaptation of Stephen Vincent Benet's "A Tooth for Paul Revere"), Suspense, Tales from the Texas Rangers (as various local sheriffs), Dragnet, The CBS Radio Workshop, Lux Radio Theater, The Six Shooter, and more. In 1952, he first played Chester, the unofficial deputy to Marshal Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke, eventually ad libbing the characters full name, Chester Wesley Proudfoot; this protrayal was almost undoubtedly his finest and most memorable performance. Next to Suspense, The Whistler was perhaps the most popular old-time radio mystery drama. ... Stephen Vincent Benét (July 22, 1898–March 13, 1943) was a United States author, poet, short story writer and novelist, best known for his narrative poem of the American Civil War, John Browns Body, published in 1928. ... One of the premier programs of the Golden Age of Radio (now known as old-time radio), Suspense advertised itself as radios oustanding theater of thrills and was heard in one form or another from 1942 through 1962. ... Dragnet was a popular, influential and long-running radio and television police procedural about the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles, California police detective, Joe Friday, and his partners. ... An anthology series, devoted to hourlong radio adaptations of film productions, usually with some of the films stars in the cast. ... The Six Shooter was an old-time radio program in the USA. James Stewart starred as Brit Ponset, a drifting cowboy in the final years of the wild west. ... 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Marshal Matt Dillon is a fictional character featured on both the radio and television versions of Gunsmoke. ... Gunsmoke was a long-running old-time radio and television western drama program. ...

Baer worked on several other Norman MacDonnell produced radio shows, including the situation comedy The Harold Peary Show (aka Honest Harold) as Pete the Marshal, Rogers of the Gazette (loosely based on the early life of Will Rogers) as Doc Clemmens, and Fort Laramie . Other recurring roles included Eb the farm hand on Granby's Green Acres (the radio predecessor to television's Green Acres), Gramps on The Truitts, and Rene the manservant on the radio version of The Count of Monte Cristo. His later radio work included playing Reginald Duffield and Uncle Joe Finneman on the Focus on the Family series Adventures in Odyssey in the 1980s and 1990s. A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... Harold Hal Peary (born Harrold Jese Pereira de Faria, July 25, 1908 - March 30, 1985) was an American actor and comedian in radio, film, television, and animation, best known as the original portrayer of Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, aka The Great Gildersleeve. ... Will Rogers. ... Fort Laramie was a U.S. radio program that aired Sundays on CBS from January 22 to October 28, 1956. ... Aerial photo featured in the opening sequence of Green Acres There is also the US town of Green Acres, Washington Green Acres was an American television series that was produced by Filmways, Inc. ... The Count of Monte Cristo is a classic adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. ... Focus on the Family (FOTF or FotF), founded in 1977, is a evangelical Christian non-profit organization based in the United States. ... Adventures in Odyssey, commonly referred to as AIO or Odyssey, is a Christian-themed radio sitcom/melodrama series owned by Focus on the Family and created by Phil Lollar and Steve Harris. ... // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but keeping the same mind-set. ...

As an on-camera performer, he was recognizable by both his voice and his balding, paunchy appearance, often as fussy or obstinate officials or neighbors. Television roles included obnoxious Mayor Stoner on The Andy Griffith Show neighbour Darby on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet frequent guest appearances on The Addams Family as Arthur J. Henson, and in later years, Miles Dugan on The Young and the Restless in the late 90s. Film roles included parts in several live action Disney features, including Follow Me Boys, The Ugly Dachshund, and Those Calloways, and Dave (as the Senate majority leader). Griffith as Andy Taylor and Howard as Opie Knotts as Barney Fife and Griffith as Andy Taylor The Andy Griffith Show was an American television series that aired from 1960 to 1968. ... The Nelson family The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet was an American radio and television series. ... Four major characters from the original television adaptation: Thing (foreground) with Uncle Fester, Morticia and Gomez Addams The Addams Family is the creation of American cartoonist Charles Addams. ... The Young and the Restless (commonly abbreviated to Y&R) is an American soap opera that takes place in Genoa City, Wisconsin (named after a vacation spot that series creators William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell visited annually). ... In film and video, live action refers to works that are acted out by flesh-and-blood actors, as opposed to animation. ... The Walt Disney Company (also known as Disney) (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. ... Dave is a 1993 comedy movie written by Gary Ross, directed by Ivan Reitman, and starring Kevin Kline. ... The Senate Majority Leader is a member of the United States Senate who is elected by his or her party conference to serve as the chief Senate spokesman for his or her party and to manage and schedule the legislative and executive business of the Senate. ...

He also voiced Ernie Keebler in the cookie commercials before suffering a stroke in 1997 which affected both speech and movement. He recovered sufficiently to make a handful of appearances at old-time radio conventions before finally passing away from related complications in 2002, at the age of 87. The Keebler Company is the second-largest cookie and cracker manufacturer in the United States. ... A stroke or cerebrovascular accident (CVA) occurs when the blood supply to a part of the brain is suddenly interrupted by occlusion (an ischemic stroke- approximately 90%of strokes) or by hemorrhage (a hemorrhagic stroke - approximately 10% of strokes). ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Old-Time Radio (OTR) and the Golden Age of Radio are phrases used to refer to radio programs mainly broadcast during the 1920s through the late 1950s. ...