1. Harold Peary had his own show as a singer, "The Spanish Serenader", in San Francisco.
11 Facts About Harold Peary
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Harold Peary worked on the horror series Lights Out and other radio programs, but his success and popularity as Gildersleeve set the stage for the character's own program, which became the peak of his career.
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Harold Peary found occasion to weave his singing voice into show episodes, such as "Mystery Voice" in which he referenced his former Spanish Serenader radio persona in a plot involving a Brazilian singer on a local radio show, concurrently referencing his Portuguese heritage.
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When CBS began luring Benny and others away from NBC, mostly by offering the performers better capital-gains terms against the still-high post-war US taxes than NBC was willing to do, Harold Peary signed with the network.
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At CBS, Peary began a new situation comedy, The Harold Peary Show, sometimes known as Honest Harold, a title that was actually the name of the fictitious radio show the new character hosted.
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Harold Peary was in the Walt Disney movie A Tiger Walks and the Elvis Presley film Clambake.
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Harold Peary worked as a disc jockey at radio station WMGM in New York City.
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Harold Peary spent most of the rest of his life voice-acting in animated work by Rankin-Bass and Hanna-Barbera and others.
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Harold Peary appeared in numerous commercials for products such as: Gibraltar Savings and Loan, Charmin, Faygo, Red Goose Shoes, and Challenge Dairy.
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Harold Peary was a Republican and a charter member of the Hollywood Republican Committee.
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On March 30,1985, at age 76, Harold Peary died in California at Torrance Memorial Hospital after suffering a heart attack.