Paul Lynde

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

71

Gender

Male

Birthday

1926-06-13

Day of death

1982-01-10 (55 years old)

Place of Birth

Mount Vernon, Ohio, USA

Paul Lynde

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

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • The Carol Burnett Show

    The Carol Burnett Show

  • The Carol Burnett Show

    The Carol Burnett Show

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Bewitched

    Bewitched

  • Love, American Style

    Love, American Style

  • Love, American Style

    Love, American Style

  • The Bob Hope Show

    The Bob Hope Show

  • I Dream of Jeannie

    I Dream of Jeannie

  • I Dream of Jeannie

    I Dream of Jeannie

  • I Dream of Jeannie

    I Dream of Jeannie

  • Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

  • The Munsters

    The Munsters

  • Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

  • Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

  • Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

  • That Girl

    That Girl

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • Kraft Music Hall

    Kraft Music Hall

  • Kraft Music Hall

    Kraft Music Hall

  • Tonight Starring Jack Paar

    Tonight Starring Jack Paar

  • Temperatures Rising

    Temperatures Rising

  • F Troop

    F Troop

  • Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

    Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

  • The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

    The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

  • The Hollywood Palace

    The Hollywood Palace

  • The Flying Nun

    The Flying Nun

  • Donny & Marie

    Donny & Marie

  • Cattanooga Cats

    Cattanooga Cats

  • The Patty Duke Show

    The Patty Duke Show

  • Under the Yum-Yum Tree

    Under the Yum-Yum Tree

  • Gidget

    Gidget

  • The George Gobel Show

    The George Gobel Show

  • The Mothers-in-Law

    The Mothers-in-Law

  • The Pet Set

    The Pet Set

  • The Villain

    The Villain

  • Rabbit Test

    Rabbit Test

  • The Glass Bottom Boat

    The Glass Bottom Boat

  • The Dean Martin Christmas Show

    The Dean Martin Christmas Show

  • Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life

    Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life

  • Hollywood Squares

    Hollywood Squares

  • Journey Back to Oz

    Journey Back to Oz

  • Charlotte's Web

    Charlotte's Web

  • Gidget Grows Up

    Gidget Grows Up

  • The Paul Lynde Show

    The Paul Lynde Show

  • The Cara Williams Show

    The Cara Williams Show

  • The Perils of Penelope Pitstop

    The Perils of Penelope Pitstop

  • Say Hey, Willie Mays!

    Say Hey, Willie Mays!

  • The Lux Show

    The Lux Show

  • Broadway's Lost Treasures

    Broadway's Lost Treasures

  • Bye Bye Birdie

    Bye Bye Birdie

  • That's Life

    That's Life

  • The Wonderful World of Disney

    The Wonderful World of Disney

  • Beach Blanket Bingo

    Beach Blanket Bingo

  • Where's Huddles?

    Where's Huddles?

  • How Sweet It Is!

    How Sweet It Is!

  • Son of Flubber

    Son of Flubber

  • Send Me No Flowers

    Send Me No Flowers

  • The Paul Lynde Halloween Special

    The Paul Lynde Halloween Special

  • Gidget Gets Married

    Gidget Gets Married

  • The Smothers Brothers Show

    The Smothers Brothers Show

  • It's the Wolf

    It's the Wolf

  • Stanley

    Stanley

  • The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour : Christmas Special 1969

    The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour : Christmas Special 1969

  • New Faces

    New Faces

  • For Those Who Think Young

    For Those Who Think Young

  • The Sandy Duncan Special

    The Sandy Duncan Special

  • 'Twas the Night Before Christmas

    'Twas the Night Before Christmas