- Peary's radio program, "The Great Gildersleeve," is considered by many to be broadcasting history's first "spin-off," with the character having appeared on "Fibber McGee and Molly" originally.
- He was awarded 2 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for radio at 1639 Vine Street and for television at 1719 Vine Street in Hollywood, California.
- Profiled in "Old-Time Radio Memories" by Mel Simons (BearManor Media).
- He had a son, Harold Jose Faria (born March 9, 1947), with his second wife, Gloria. In 1958, when Harold was 11, he changed his name to Page Peary.
- Best known for playing Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve on radio in the 1940s.
- He and his second wife, Gloria, were wed unofficially in a ceremony on July 8, 1946, in Tijuana, Mexico. Their nuptials were in secret and not legal. They officially tied the knot on June 24, 1947, just four days after the dissolution of his marriage to Betty Jourdaine.
- Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith, pg. 193 (article "The Great Gildersleeve"). New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387
- He died from a heart attack at the Torrance Memorial Hospital in Torrance, CA.
- Both of his parents were Portuguese.
- His Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve character became so popular that it was spun off into his own radio program ("The Great Gildersleeve") and later, RKO would produce four feature films around him.
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