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.
They had a sneak preview (of The Thing with Two Heads (1972)) on a Friday night. I went down there and the place was packed. They showed the thing and everybody just laughed and laughed. It was a great comedy. They released it as some kind of a horror film, but it wasn't.
