Paul Lynde
- Acting
- June 13, 1926 · Mount Vernon, Ohio, USA
- January 10, 1982
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".
Known for
Filmography
- Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life · Self/Uncle Arthur (archive footage)
- Say Hey, Willie Mays! · Self
- Broadway's Lost Treasures · Mr. MacAfee (segment "Bye Bye Birdie")
- The Villain · Nervous Elk
- Rabbit Test · Dr. Roger Vidal
- 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
- The Paul Lynde Halloween Special · Self
- Donny & Marie · Self
- The Smothers Brothers Show
- The Sandy Duncan Special · Self
- Charlotte's Web · Templeton (Voice)
- Journey Back to Oz · Pumpkinhead (Voice)
- The Paul Lynde Show
- Temperatures Rising · Paul Mercy
- Gidget Gets Married · Louis B. Latimer
- The Pet Set · Self
- Where's Huddles?
- Gidget Grows Up · Louis B. Latimer
- The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour : Christmas Special 1969
- Love, American Style · Griswald
- The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
- Cattanooga Cats
- It's the Wolf · Mildew
- The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour · Self
- The Dean Martin Christmas Show · Self
- That's Life
- How Sweet It Is! · Purser
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In · Self
- The Carol Burnett Show · Self
- The Mothers-in-Law · Wally Logan
- The Flying Nun · Father Lundigan
- Hollywood Squares · The Center Square, Self
- That Girl
- The Glass Bottom Boat · Homer Cripps
- I Dream of Jeannie · Harry Huggins, Porter
- Gidget
- F Troop
- Beach Blanket Bingo · Bullets
- Send Me No Flowers · Mr. Akins
- The Munsters · Dr. Edward Dudley
- The Cara Williams Show
- Bewitched · Uncle Arthur
- For Those Who Think Young · Syd Hoyt
- The Hollywood Palace · Self
- Under the Yum Yum Tree · Murphy
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre · Judge
- Burke's Law · Arthur Clark, Guy Hawthorne Jr.
- The Patty Duke Show
- Bye Bye Birdie · Harry McAfee
- Son of Flubber · Sportscaster
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson · Self
- The Merv Griffin Show · Self
- The Mike Douglas Show · Self
- Kraft Music Hall · Self
- The Lux Show · Self
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar · Self
- Stanley · Horace Fenton
- Tony Awards · Self
- THe Good Fairy · Dr. Metz
- The Wonderful World of Disney · Sportscaster (archive footage)
- The George Gobel Show · Self
- New Faces · Paul Lynde, Writer
- The Bob Hope Show · Self
- The Ed Sullivan Show · Self