- Near the end of his life, he became compulsive in his driving. According to his biography, if he had had bad service in a restaurant he would not drive past it. If a car had honked at him, he would not drive down that street again. At one point, he had to drive from the studio to his agent's office, which was only three miles away, with all his detours around streets he would not drive down he racked up over 25 miles.
- A lifetime sufferer of real and imagined ailments, his frequent stays in mental hospitals provided grist for his frequently biting humor.
- The role of Cosmo Brown in Singin' in the Rain (1952) was written with him in mind, but was instead immortalized by Donald O'Connor.
- Some of his last public appearances were on the television quiz show The Celebrity Game (1964) in 1964; he also appeared October 17, 1965 on What's My Line? (1950) as the mystery guest promoting his book "Memoirs of an Amnesiac". It was around this time that he increasingly withdrew from the public eye (although he continued to write and his book "The Unimportance of Being Oscar" was published in 1968) and lived the remainder of his life (he died in 1972) with his second wife June and their three daughters out of the limelight.
- Known for his world class wit and wisecracks, Levant is best-remembered for a quip that pokes fun at a co-star who made her screen debut opposite him in 1948's Romance on the High Seas: "I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin!".
- He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for recording at 6728 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
- Was a regular panelist on the popular radio quiz show "Information, Please" in the late 1930s and early 1940s, as well as a semi-regular on Al Jolson's radio program in the late 1940s.
- A composer as well as a pianist, he had more than 50 published songs to his credit, most notably the standard "Blame It on My Youth," and several short instrumental works, including the whimsically titled "A Polka for Oscar Homolka.".
- Brother of Harry S. Levant, a Broadway musical director and conductor.
- Recorded for Columbia and American Decca records.
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