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

  • Bewitched

    Bewitched

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • I Dream of Jeannie

    I Dream of Jeannie

  • I Dream of Jeannie

    I Dream of Jeannie

  • I Dream of Jeannie

    I Dream of Jeannie

  • Love, American Style

    Love, American Style

  • Love, American Style

    Love, American Style

  • The Carol Burnett Show

    The Carol Burnett Show

  • The Carol Burnett Show

    The Carol Burnett Show

  • The Munsters

    The Munsters

  • Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

  • Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

  • Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

  • The Bob Hope Show

    The Bob Hope Show

  • That Girl

    That Girl

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

  • Kraft Music Hall

    Kraft Music Hall

  • Kraft Music Hall

    Kraft Music Hall

  • Tonight Starring Jack Paar

    Tonight Starring Jack Paar

  • The Flying Nun

    The Flying Nun

  • The Patty Duke Show

    The Patty Duke Show

  • Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

    Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

  • F Troop

    F Troop

  • Donny & Marie

    Donny & Marie

  • The Villain

    The Villain

  • Rabbit Test

    Rabbit Test

  • The Mothers-in-Law

    The Mothers-in-Law

  • The Hollywood Palace

    The Hollywood Palace

  • Gidget

    Gidget

  • How Sweet It Is!

    How Sweet It Is!

  • Temperatures Rising

    Temperatures Rising

  • The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

    The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

  • Cattanooga Cats

    Cattanooga Cats

  • The George Gobel Show

    The George Gobel Show

  • Bye Bye Birdie

    Bye Bye Birdie

  • Charlotte's Web

    Charlotte's Web

  • Hollywood Squares

    Hollywood Squares

  • The Pet Set

    The Pet Set

  • Under the Yum-Yum Tree

    Under the Yum-Yum Tree

  • The Lux Show

    The Lux Show

  • Journey Back to Oz

    Journey Back to Oz

  • The Perils of Penelope Pitstop

    The Perils of Penelope Pitstop

  • The Wonderful World of Disney

    The Wonderful World of Disney

  • Son of Flubber

    Son of Flubber

  • The Glass Bottom Boat

    The Glass Bottom Boat

  • Beach Blanket Bingo

    Beach Blanket Bingo

  • Say Hey, Willie Mays!

    Say Hey, Willie Mays!

  • Broadway's Lost Treasures

    Broadway's Lost Treasures

  • The Paul Lynde Show

    The Paul Lynde Show

  • The Cara Williams Show

    The Cara Williams Show

  • It's the Wolf

    It's the Wolf

  • The Dean Martin Christmas Show

    The Dean Martin Christmas Show

  • Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life

    Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life

  • That's Life

    That's Life

  • Gidget Grows Up

    Gidget Grows Up

  • Gidget Gets Married

    Gidget Gets Married

  • Send Me No Flowers

    Send Me No Flowers

  • The Smothers Brothers Show

    The Smothers Brothers Show

  • The Paul Lynde Halloween Special

    The Paul Lynde Halloween Special

  • Where's Huddles?

    Where's Huddles?

  • The Sandy Duncan Special

    The Sandy Duncan Special

  • The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour : Christmas Special 1969

    The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour : Christmas Special 1969

  • Stanley

    Stanley

  • For Those Who Think Young

    For Those Who Think Young

  • New Faces

    New Faces

  • 'Twas the Night Before Christmas

    'Twas the Night Before Christmas