- He had two sons with his wife, Shirley: Garizaldy and Geno. Garizaldy later became Christine Endoso Burdick or simply Coco, a transgender entertainer.
- Named after Jose Rizal, the Philippines national hero who died on Dec. 30, 1896, exactly 41 year before Zaldy was born.
- Described golf as his "ultimate passion." In 1999, he was director of the executive committee that handled the first Erap Golf Cup, sponsored by then Philippine President Joseph Estrada.
- He finished high school at the Manila Central University.
- Wife, Shirley, became his leading lady in many of his movies. The couple's reel and real life romance resulted in a string of movies on their love life, such as Sweethearts (1957), Shirley, My Darling (1958), segment "Hong Kong" in Obra Maestra (1958), You're My Everything (1958), Pitong gatang (1959), Outside the Kulambo (1961), Hongkong Honeymoon (1960) and Fil-American Girl (1963).
- Founder of ZZ Productions after his contract with Premiere Studio [ph] expired.
- His first movie appeareance was in Sisa (1951), a film based on the novel "Noli me tangere" written by Jose Rizal, Philippines national hero to whom the actor was named after.
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