Peary also was in the Walt Disney movie "A Tiger Walks" (1964) and the Elvis Presley film "Clambake" (1967). He also worked in television, playing murderer Freddy Fell in the 1965 "Perry Mason" episode, "The Case of the Lover's Gamble." That same year he played Peabody in the Rod Serling-scripted "Sheriff of Fetterman's Crossing" episode of Lloyd Bridges' Western series "The Loner." He also appeared in recurring roles in several sitcoms, such as Herb Woodley in the TV version of "Blondie", as Mayor LaTrivia in the TV version of "Fibber McGee and Molly#Television", and as Perry Bannister in "Willy". Peary also made guest appearances in numerous sitcoms during the 1960s, including "The Dick Van Dyke Show", "My Three Sons", "The Addams Family," "My Mother the Car," "Petticoat Junction," "That Girl," "The Brady Bunch" and "Love, American Style". In the 1960s and 1970s, Peary was also featured in a series of popular television ads for Faygo pop.