Paul Lynde
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1926-06-13 (56 years old)
Deathday
1982-01-10
Place of Birth
Mount Vernon, Ohio, USA
Also known As
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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...
Acting
1964
as Mr. Akins
1963
as Harry McAfee
1965
as Bullets
1966
as Homer Cripps
1973
as Templeton (voice)
1963
as Murphy
1968
as Self (uncredited)
2022
as Self
1978
as Dr. Roger Vidal
1964
as Syd Hoyt
1979
as Nervous Elk
1976
1969
as Louis B. Latimer
1972
as Louis B. Latimer
1968
as The Purser
1963
as Sportscaster
1954
as Paul Lynde
1974
as Self
2003
as Mr. MacAfee (segment "Bye Bye Birdie")
1972
as Pumpkinhead (voice)
2023
as Self/Uncle Arthur (archive footage)
Production
1954
as Writer
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