Paul Lynde
Known for: Acting
Born: June 13, 1926
Died: January 10, 1982
Place of birth: 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".
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Filmography
23 movies · 39 TV shows, newest first
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Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
2023
6.0
Say Hey, Willie Mays!
2022
6.4
Broadway's Lost Treasures
2003
5.7
The Villain
1979
4.5
Rabbit Test
1978
NR
'Twas the Night Before Christmas
1977
5.6
The Paul Lynde Halloween Special
1976
6.8
Donny & Marie
1976
9.0
The Smothers Brothers Show
1975
8.0
The Sandy Duncan Special
1974
6.9
Charlotte's Web
1973
5.4
Journey Back to Oz
1972
5.3
The Paul Lynde Show
1972
7.5
Temperatures Rising
1972
6.3
Gidget Gets Married
1972
6.7
The Pet Set
1971
7.3
Where's Huddles?
1970
6.7
Gidget Grows Up
1969
NR
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour : Christmas Special 1969
1969
6.2
Love, American Style
1969
6.2
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
1969
7.4
Cattanooga Cats
1969
6.0
It's the Wolf
1969
6.8
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969
7.6
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
19686.5
That's Life
1968
6.9
How Sweet It Is!
1968
6.8
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
7.7
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
6.0
The Mothers-in-Law
1967
6.3
The Flying Nun
1967
7.5
Hollywood Squares
1966
6.2
That Girl
1966
6.3
The Glass Bottom Boat
1966
7.8
I Dream of Jeannie
1965
6.8
Gidget
1965
6.3
F Troop
1965
6.0
Beach Blanket Bingo
1965
6.8
Send Me No Flowers
1964
7.9
The Munsters
1964
6.5
The Cara Williams Show
1964
7.9
Bewitched
1964
5.7
For Those Who Think Young
1964
5.0
The Hollywood Palace
1964
6.1
Under the Yum Yum Tree
19635.9
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
6.3
Burke's Law
1963
6.2
The Patty Duke Show
1963
5.9
Bye Bye Birdie
1963
6.1
Son of Flubber
1963
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
5.4
Kraft Music Hall
19586.0
The Lux Show
19577.5
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
6.3
Stanley
1956
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Tony Awards
1956
7.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
19547.8
The George Gobel Show
1954
5.9
New Faces
1954
7.0
The Bob Hope Show
1950
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948