Harold Peary

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1908-07-25 (77 years old)

Deathday

1985-03-30

Place of Birth

San Leandro, California

Harold Peary

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Harold (Hal) Peary (July 25, 1908 – March 30, 1985) was an American actor, comedian and singer in radio, film, television and animation remembered best as Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, a supporting character on radio's Fibber McGee & Molly that moved to its own radio hit, The Great Gildersleeve, the first known spinoff hit in American broadcasting history. Description above from the Wikipedia article Harold Peary, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1976

Rudolph's Shiny New Year

as Big Ben (voice)

1943

Gildersleeve on Broadway

as Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve

1942

The Loan Stranger

as Hudson C. Dann

1943

The Screwball

as Policeman

1942

Seven Days' Leave

as Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve

1956

Wetbacks

as Juan Ortega

1942

The Great Gildersleeve

as Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve

1943

Gildersleeve's Bad Day

as Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve

1944

Gildersleeve's Ghost

as Gildersleeve

1944

The Shining Future

as The Great Gildersleeve

1942

Here We Go Again

as Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve

1964

A Tiger Walks

as Uncle Harry

1941

Look Who's Laughing

as Gildersleeve

1957

Outlaw Queen

as Bartender (as Hal Peary)

1967

Clambake

as Doorman at Shores Hotel

1945

Hot Spot

as The Devil (voice)

1954

1965

Invisible Diplomats

as Mr. Bullard

1940

Comin' Round the Mountain

as Mayor Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve

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