Parley Baer’s Death – Cause and Date

The tv actor Parley Baer died at the age of 88. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Although he also appeared in episodes of such popular television shows as Johnny Midnight and Dennis the Menace, Baer is perhaps best remembered for his roles on The Andy Griffith Show (as Mayor Stoner); The Young and the Restless (as Miles Dugan); and The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (as Darby).

He grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah, and later settled in Los Angeles, California. His marriage to circus performer Ernestine Clarke lasted from 1946 until Clarke’s death in 2000 and resulted in daughters named Dale and Kim.

The actor, who worked steadily from the early 1930s to the mid-1990s, died Friday at the Motion Picture and Television Hospital in Woodland Hills of complications from a stroke suffered Nov. 11. A resident of Tarzana, Baer had had a major stroke in 1997 that affected his speech and ended his acting career.