Who played Mayor Roy Stoner on The Andy Griffith Show?

Parley Baer played Mayor Roy Stoner on The Andy Griffith Show. Baer was a veteran character actor whose brief Mayberry appearances helped establish the town's civic world beyond the courthouse and sheriff's office.

Roy Stoner is Mayberry's mayor, while Andy Taylor serves as sheriff and frequently acts as the community's practical problem-solver. The mayor is not a regular central character, so viewers can easily confuse him with other officials and townsmen who appear across the series.

Baer worked extensively in radio, television, and film. He was especially known as Chester Proudfoot on the radio version of Gunsmoke, a role that made him familiar to audiences before and alongside his television work. His television credits included many guest and supporting parts.

The Andy Griffith Show also featured other mayors: Dick Elliott played Mayor Pike, an earlier Mayberry mayor who appears in multiple episodes. That is the key mix-up behind this question: Roy Stoner and Mayor Pike are different characters, portrayed by different actors. Baer's Stoner is the correct pairing.