- First crossed paths with comic actress Jo Anne Worley when they were both Pasadena Playhouse troupe members circa 1958. They met up again as co-stars in the telefilm The Feminist and the Fuzz (1971) and became a couple, marrying in 1975. Perry's marriage to Worley was his second (of three) and longest marriage, lasting 25 years.
- Composer and songwriter; Barbra Streisand sang Perry's song, "A Kid Again", during her first TV special, My Name Is Barbra (1965). Perry also composed scores for L.A. theater productions of "Make a Promise, Keep a Promise" and a musical version of George Bernard Shaw's "You Never Can Tell", in which he starred with Joyce Bulifant, who would become his wife in 2002.
- Stepfather of John Asher.
- Doppelganger for Paul Carr.
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