Paul Lynde
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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
Credits
Send Me No Flowers (1964)
as Mr. Akins
Charlotte's Web (1973)
as Templeton (voice)
The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
as Homer Cripps
Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
as Harry McAfee
Son of Flubber (1963)
as Sportscaster
The Villain (1979)
as Nervous Elk
For Those Who Think Young (1964)
as Syd Hoyt
Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963)
as Murphy
Broadway's Lost Treasures (2003)
as Mr. MacAfee (segment "Bye Bye Birdie")
How Sweet It Is! (1968)
as The Purser
Rabbit Test (1978)
as Dr. Roger Vidal
Say Hey, Willie Mays! (2022)
as Self
Beach Blanket Bingo (1965)
as Bullets
Journey Back to Oz (1972)
as Pumpkinhead (voice)
The Sandy Duncan Special (1974)
as Self
Gidget Gets Married (1972)
as Louis B. Latimer
Gidget Grows Up (1969)
as Louis B. Latimer
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour : Christmas Special 1969 (1969)
Actor
The Paul Lynde Halloween Special (1976)
as Self
New Faces (1954)
as Paul Lynde
The Dean Martin Christmas Show (1968)
as Self (uncredited)
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life (2023)
as Self/Uncle Arthur (archive footage)
'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1977)
Actor