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Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 13, 1926
Died
January 10, 1982
Place of Birth
Mount Vernon, Ohio, USA
Paul Lynde
0.5 Popularity
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
0.0
Self/Uncle Arthur (archive footage)
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
2023
6.0
Self
Say Hey, Willie Mays!
2022
6.1
Mr. MacAfee (segment "Bye Bye Birdie")
Broadway's Lost Treasures
2003
5.7
Nervous Elk
The Villain
1979
4.2
Dr. Roger Vidal
Rabbit Test
1978
0.0
'Twas the Night Before Christmas
1977
5.8
Self
The Paul Lynde Halloween Special
1976
6.7
Self
Donny & Marie
1976
🎬
0.0
The Smothers Brothers Show
1975
0.0
Self
The Sandy Duncan Special
1974
Credits
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
as Self/Uncle Arthur (archive footage)
2023
0.0
Say Hey, Willie Mays!
as Self
2022
6.0
Broadway's Lost Treasures
as Mr. MacAfee (segment "Bye Bye Birdie")
2003
6.1
The Villain
as Nervous Elk
1979
5.7
Rabbit Test
as Dr. Roger Vidal
1978
4.2
'Twas the Night Before Christmas
1977
0.0
The Paul Lynde Halloween Special
as Self
1976
5.8
Donny & Marie
as Self
1976
6.7
🎬
The Smothers Brothers Show
1975
0.0
The Sandy Duncan Special
as Self
1974
0.0
Charlotte's Web
as Templeton (voice)
1973
6.8
Journey Back to Oz
as Pumpkinhead (voice)
1972
5.2
The Paul Lynde Show
1972
5.0
🎬
Temperatures Rising
as Paul Mercy
1972
5.0
Gidget Gets Married
as Louis B. Latimer
1972
5.6
The Pet Set
as Self
1971
5.5
Where's Huddles?
1970
6.5
Gidget Grows Up
as Louis B. Latimer
1969
6.0
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour : Christmas Special 1969
1969
0.0
Love, American Style
1969
6.1
Love, American Style
as Griswald
1969
6.1
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
1969
6.1
Cattanooga Cats
1969
7.6
It's the Wolf
as Mildew
1969
6.0
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
as Self
1969
5.8
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
as Self (uncredited)
1968
7.6
🎬
That's Life
1968
6.0
How Sweet It Is!
as The Purser
1968
7.4
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
1968
6.6
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self
1967
7.7
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest / Various Characters
1967
7.7
The Mothers-in-Law
as Wally Logan
1967
5.8
The Flying Nun
as Father Lundigan
1967
6.3
Hollywood Squares
as The Center Square
1966
7.8
That Girl
1966
6.1
The Glass Bottom Boat
as Homer Cripps
1966
6.2
I Dream of Jeannie
as Harry Huggins
1965
7.8
I Dream of Jeannie
as Porter
1965
7.8
I Dream of Jeannie
as Allen Kerr
1965
7.8
Gidget
1965
6.6
F Troop
1965
6.2
Beach Blanket Bingo
as Bullets
1965
5.8
Send Me No Flowers
as Mr. Akins
1964
6.8
The Munsters
as Dr. Edward Dudley
1964
7.9
The Cara Williams Show
1964
5.0
Bewitched
as Uncle Arthur
1964
7.9
For Those Who Think Young
as Syd Hoyt
1964
5.3
The Hollywood Palace
as Self
1964
4.5
Under the Yum-Yum Tree
as Murphy
1963
5.9
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Judge
1963
5.7
Burke's Law
as Arthur Clark
1963
6.0
Burke's Law
as Guy Hawthorne Jr.
1963
6.0
Burke's Law
as Dr. McCoy
1963
6.0
The Patty Duke Show
1963
5.6
Bye Bye Birdie
as Harry McAfee
1963
5.8
Son of Flubber
as Sportscaster
1963
6.0
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self (archive footage)
1961
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
5.4
Kraft Music Hall
1958
4.7
Kraft Music Hall
as Self
1958
4.7
🎬
The Lux Show
as Self
1957
6.0
🎬
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
7.0
Stanley
as Horace Fenton
1956
5.0
Tony Awards
as Self - Performer
1956
5.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Sportscaster (archive footage)
1954
7.8
🎬
The George Gobel Show
as Self
1954
7.3
New Faces
as Paul Lynde
1954
5.5
The Bob Hope Show
as Self
1950
7.0
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8