Real name: José Pereira de Faria

Effective period / Period of releases: 1950

Born: July 25, 1908, San Leandro, California, USA
Died: March 30, 1985, Torrance, California, USA

Harold (Hal) Peary 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.