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Monday, August 5, 2024

Podcast Actor Parley Baer Golden Age of Radio Tribute

On this day August 5, 1914 actor Parley Baer was born (died November 22, 2002). 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. On this special podcast listen to a Golden Age of Radio episode of Gunsmoke starting Parley Baer as Chester.