- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- June 13, 1926
- Place of Birth
- Mount Vernon, Ohio, USA
- Died
- January 10, 1982
Paul Lynde
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 nightc…
Filmography
movieElizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
2023 · Self/Uncle Arthur (archive footage)
movieSay Hey, Willie Mays!
2022 · Self
movieBroadway's Lost Treasures
2003 · Mr. MacAfee (segment "Bye Bye Birdie")
movieThe Villain
1979 · Nervous Elk
movieRabbit Test
1978 · Dr. Roger Vidal
movie'Twas the Night Before Christmas
1977
movieThe Paul Lynde Halloween Special
1976 · Self
tvDonny & Marie
1976 · Self
tvThe Smothers Brothers Show
1975
movieThe Sandy Duncan Special
1974 · Self
movieCharlotte's Web
1973 · Templeton (voice)
movieJourney Back to Oz
1972 · Pumpkinhead (voice)
tvThe Paul Lynde Show
1972
tvTemperatures Rising
1972 · Paul Mercy
movieGidget Gets Married
1972 · Louis B. Latimer
tvThe Pet Set
1971 · Self
tvWhere's Huddles?
1970
movieGidget Grows Up
1969 · Louis B. Latimer
movieThe Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour : Christmas Special 1969
1969
tvLove, American Style
1969 · , Griswald
tvThe Perils of Penelope Pitstop
1969
tvCattanooga Cats
1969
tvIt's the Wolf
1969 · Mildew
tvThe Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969 · Self
movieThe Dean Martin Christmas Show
1968 · Self (uncredited)
That's Life
tvThat's Life
1968
movieHow Sweet It Is!
1968 · The Purser
tvRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Self
tvThe Carol Burnett Show
1967 · Self, Self - Guest / Various Characters
tvThe Mothers-in-Law
1967 · Wally Logan
tvThe Flying Nun
1967 · Father Lundigan
tvHollywood Squares
1966 · The Center Square, Self - Center Square
tvThat Girl
1966
movieThe Glass Bottom Boat
1966 · Homer Cripps
tvI Dream of Jeannie
1965 · Harry Huggins, Porter, Allen Kerr
tvGidget
1965
tvF Troop
1965
movieBeach Blanket Bingo
1965 · Bullets
movieSend Me No Flowers
1964 · Mr. Akins
tvThe Munsters
1964 · Dr. Edward Dudley
tvThe Cara Williams Show
1964
tvBewitched
1964 · Uncle Arthur
movieFor Those Who Think Young
1964 · Syd Hoyt
tvThe Hollywood Palace
1964 · Self
movieUnder the Yum Yum Tree
1963 · Murphy
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
tvBob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · Judge
tvBurke's Law
1963 · Arthur Clark, Guy Hawthorne Jr., Dr. McCoy
tvThe Patty Duke Show
1963
movieBye Bye Birdie
1963 · Harry McAfee
movieSon of Flubber
1963 · Sportscaster
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self, Self (archive footage), Self - Co-Host
tvKraft Music Hall
1958 · , Self
The Lux Show
tvThe Lux Show
1957 · Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
tvTonight Starring Jack Paar
1957 · Self
tvStanley
1956 · Horace Fenton
tvTony Awards
1956 · Self - Performer
tvThe Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Sportscaster (archive footage)
The George Gobel Show
tvThe George Gobel Show
1954 · Self
movieNew Faces
1954 · Paul Lynde, Writer
tvThe Bob Hope Show
1950 · Self
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self