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Parley E Baer 1914 - 2002

Parley E Baer of Tarzana, Los Angeles County, CA was born on August 5, 1914 in Salt Lake City, Comté de Salt Lake County, UT États-Unis, and died at age 88 years old on November 22, 2002 in Los Angeles, Comté de Los Angeles County, CA. Parley Baer was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park 6300 Forest Lawn Dr, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County.

Parley E Baer

Tarzana, Los Angeles County, CA 91356

August 5, 1914

Salt Lake City, Comté de Salt Lake County, UT, États-Unis

November 22, 2002

Los Angeles, Comté de Los Angeles County, CA, États-Unis

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Parley Baer was born on August 5, 1914 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. He was an actor, known for Plein pot (1988), A Fever in the Blood (1961) and Président d'un jour (1993). He was previously married to Ernestine Clark. He died on November 22, 2002 in Los Angeles, California, USA. The voice of Ernie Keebler on the Keebler cookies commercials. In addition to the role of Chester on the Gunsmoke radio series which ran from 1952 to 1961 (the part was played by Dennis Weaver in the long-running television series), Baer was frequently heard on the Lux Radio Theater, Escape and Suspense radio programs, among others. During his struggling years, he served as a ringmaster for Circus Vargas and Barnum & Bailey. He would later serve on the board of the community L.A. Circus, and as a docent at the Los Angeles Zoo. Wrote publicity for Al. G. Barnes Circus, in winters. Announcer at Salt Lake City radio station, KSL. Hefty, balding character actor of mostly comedy hijinks who, during his six-decade career, proved a durable, hot-headed foil for TV's top sitcom stars such as Lucille Ball, Ozzie Nelson and Andy Griffith. In 1946, he met and married circus aerialist and bareback rider Ernestine Clarke. They were together for 54 years until her death, producing two daughters, Kim and Dale. Studied drama at the University of Utah. Once worked an act of seven tigers at the long-defunct Jungleland in Thousand Oaks, California. With Ralph Edwards, co-founded Pioneer Pacific Broadcasters. Created and toured with his own circuses, doubling as ringmaster and performance director, roles he filled with other circuses as well. Served in the Army Air Corps in the Pacific theater in WWII, earning seven battle stars and a presidential citation. Attained rank of captain. His wife Ernestine was born October 17, 1921 in New York. Her birth name was Elizabeth Laura Clarke. Ernestine picked up the nickname Ernestine after her father. She died August 5, 2000 in Tarzana California, approximately two years before her husband Parley. Ernestine's father (Ernie Clark) was the first person to complete the triple somersault on the "flying trapeze". Worked in radio from the 1930s in series such as 'The Whistler', 'Tales of the Texas Rangers' and originated the role of Chester opposite William Conrad's Marshal Dillon on the series of 'Gunsmoke' and in television series of 'The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet'(1955 -61) and 'The Andy Griffith Show in the early 1960s. Was the voice of elf Ernie Keebler in Keebler cookie commercials.
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August 5, 1914

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Salt Lake City, Comté de Salt Lake County, UT États-Unis

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November 22, 2002

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complications from a stroke

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Los Angeles, Comté de Los Angeles County, CA États-Unis
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Forest Lawn Memorial Park 6300 Forest Lawn Dr, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA 90068, États-Unis
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Parley E Baer lived 12 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 88.

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