Paul Lynde
Actor
Born June 13, 1926 in 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".
Filmography
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
Self/Uncle Arthur (archive footage)
Say Hey, Willie Mays!
Self
Broadway's Lost Treasures
Mr. MacAfee (segment "Bye Bye Birdie")
The Villain
Nervous Elk
Rabbit Test
Dr. Roger Vidal
'Twas the Night Before Christmas
The Paul Lynde Halloween Special
Self
Donny & Marie
Self
The Smothers Brothers Show
The Sandy Duncan Special
Self
Charlotte's Web
Templeton (voice)
Journey Back to Oz
Pumpkinhead (voice)
The Paul Lynde Show
Temperatures Rising
Paul Mercy
Gidget Gets Married
Louis B. Latimer
The Pet Set
Self
Where's Huddles?
Gidget Grows Up
Louis B. Latimer
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour : Christmas Special 1969
Love, American Style
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
Cattanooga Cats
It's the Wolf
Mildew
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Self
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
Self (uncredited)
How Sweet It Is!
The Purser
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
The Carol Burnett Show
Self
The Mothers-in-Law
Wally Logan
The Flying Nun
Father Lundigan
Hollywood Squares
The Center Square
That Girl
The Glass Bottom Boat
Homer Cripps
I Dream of Jeannie
Harry Huggins
Gidget
F Troop
Beach Blanket Bingo
Bullets
Send Me No Flowers
Mr. Akins
The Munsters
Dr. Edward Dudley
The Cara Williams Show
Bewitched
Uncle Arthur
For Those Who Think Young
Syd Hoyt
The Hollywood Palace
Self
Under the Yum Yum Tree
Murphy
Burke's Law
Arthur Clark
The Patty Duke Show
Bye Bye Birdie
Harry McAfee
Son of Flubber
Sportscaster
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Kraft Music Hall
Stanley
Horace Fenton
Tony Awards
Self - Performer
The Wonderful World of Disney
Sportscaster (archive footage)
New Faces
Paul Lynde
The Bob Hope Show
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self