Paul Lynde
Acting
1926-06-13 · Mount Vernon, Ohio, USA
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".
Filmography
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
2023 · Movie
Say Hey, Willie Mays!
2022 · Movie
Broadway's Lost Treasures
2003 · Movie
The Villain
1979 · Movie
Rabbit Test
1978 · Movie
'Twas the Night Before Christmas
1977 · Movie
The Paul Lynde Halloween Special
1976 · Movie
Donny & Marie
1976 · Series
The Smothers Brothers Show
1975 · Series
The Sandy Duncan Special
1974 · Movie
Charlotte's Web
1973 · Movie
Journey Back to Oz
1972 · Movie
The Paul Lynde Show
1972 · Series
Temperatures Rising
1972 · Series
Gidget Gets Married
1972 · Movie
The Pet Set
1971 · Series
Where's Huddles?
1970 · Series
Gidget Grows Up
1969 · Movie
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour : Christmas Special 1969
1969 · Movie
Love, American Style
1969 · Series
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
1969 · Series
Cattanooga Cats
1969 · Series
It's the Wolf
1969 · Series
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969 · Series
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
1968 · Movie
That's Life
1968 · Series
How Sweet It Is!
1968 · Movie
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Series
The Carol Burnett Show
1967 · Series
The Mothers-in-Law
1967 · Series
The Flying Nun
1967 · Series
Hollywood Squares
1966 · Series
That Girl
1966 · Series
The Glass Bottom Boat
1966 · Movie
I Dream of Jeannie
1965 · Series
Gidget
1965 · Series
F Troop
1965 · Series
Beach Blanket Bingo
1965 · Movie
Send Me No Flowers
1964 · Movie
The Munsters
1964 · Series
The Cara Williams Show
1964 · Series
Bewitched
1964 · Series
For Those Who Think Young
1964 · Movie
The Hollywood Palace
1964 · Series
Under the Yum Yum Tree
1963 · Movie
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · Series
Burke's Law
1963 · Series
The Patty Duke Show
1963 · Series
Bye Bye Birdie
1963 · Movie
Son of Flubber
1963 · Movie
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Series
Kraft Music Hall
1958 · Series
The Lux Show
1957 · Series
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957 · Series
Stanley
1956 · Series
Tony Awards
1956 · Series
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Series
The George Gobel Show
1954 · Series
New Faces
1954 · Movie
The Bob Hope Show
1950 · Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Series