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Paul Lynde

Paul Lynde

Actor · Born 1926-06-13 · Mount Vernon, Ohio, USA

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Biography

Paul Edward Lynde (June 13, 1926 – January 10, 1982) was an American comedian, actor, and game-show panelist. Lynde was well known for his roles as Uncle Arthur on Bewitched, as the befuddled father Harry MacAfee in Bye Bye Birdie, and as a regular "center square" panelist on the game show The Hollywood Squares from 1968 to 1981. He also voiced animated characters for five Hanna-Barbera productions. Lynde was one of six children and the middle of four boys. His father was a local police officer and the sheriff of the Mount Vernon Jail for two years. Lynde got his inspiration to become an actor at the age of four or five after his mother took him to see the original silent film Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925). After graduating from Northwestern University, Lynde relocated to New York City where his first break came from being a stand-up comedian at the Number One Fifth Avenue nightclub. Then came an appearance on a Broadway show, "New Faces of 1952".

Movies & TV Shows

  1. I Dream of Jeannie (1965) — Harry Huggins
  2. Bewitched (1964) — Uncle Arthur
  3. The Munsters (1964) — Dr. Edward Dudley
  4. Charlotte's Web (1973) — Templeton (voice)
  5. The Villain (1979) — Nervous Elk
  6. Send Me No Flowers (1964) — Mr. Akins
  7. Bye Bye Birdie (1963) — Harry McAfee
  8. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) — Self
  9. Son of Flubber (1963) — Sportscaster
  10. The Carol Burnett Show (1967) — Self
  11. The Glass Bottom Boat (1966) — Homer Cripps
  12. The Perils of Penelope Pitstop (1969)
  13. The Flying Nun (1967) — Father Lundigan
  14. Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968) — Self
  15. That Girl (1966)
  16. The Wonderful World of Disney (1954) — Sportscaster (archive footage)
  17. Beach Blanket Bingo (1965) — Bullets
  18. F Troop (1965)
  19. Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963) — Murphy
  20. Journey Back to Oz (1972) — Pumpkinhead (voice)
  21. The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) — Self
  22. Rabbit Test (1978) — Dr. Roger Vidal
  23. Love, American Style (1969)
  24. The Patty Duke Show (1963)
  25. Gidget (1965)
  26. How Sweet It Is! (1968) — Purser
  27. Burke's Law (1963) — Arthur Clark
  28. Hollywood Squares (1966) — The Center Square
  29. For Those Who Think Young (1964) — Syd Hoyt
  30. Cattanooga Cats (1969)
  31. Say Hey, Willie Mays! (2022) — Self
  32. The Mike Douglas Show (1961) — Self
  33. New Faces (1954) — Paul Lynde
  34. Donny & Marie (1976) — Self
  35. Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963) — Judge
  36. Kraft Music Hall (1958)
  37. The Paul Lynde Halloween Special (1976) — Self
  38. Gidget Gets Married (1972) — Louis B. Latimer
  39. Broadway's Lost Treasures (2003) — Mr. MacAfee (segment "Bye Bye Birdie")
  40. The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (1969) — Self