Paul Lynde
Acting
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".
TV Shows(39)
Donny & Marie
Self
1976
The Smothers Brothers Show
1975
The Paul Lynde Show
1972
Temperatures Rising
Paul Mercy
1972
The Pet Set
Self
1971
Where's Huddles?
1970
Love, American Style
1969
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
1969
Cattanooga Cats
1969
It's the Wolf
Mildew
1969
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Self
1969
That's Life
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
1968
The Carol Burnett Show
Self
1967
The Mothers-in-Law
Wally Logan
1967
The Flying Nun
Father Lundigan
1967
Hollywood Squares
The Center Square
1966
That Girl
1966
I Dream of Jeannie
Harry Huggins
1965
Gidget
1965
F Troop
1965
The Munsters
Dr. Edward Dudley
1964
The Cara Williams Show
1964
Bewitched
Uncle Arthur
1964
The Hollywood Palace
Self
1964
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Judge
1963
Burke's Law
Arthur Clark
1963
The Patty Duke Show
1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Kraft Music Hall
1958
The Lux Show
Self
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957
Stanley
Horace Fenton
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Performer
1956
The Wonderful World of Disney
Sportscaster (archive footage)
1954
The George Gobel Show
Self
1954
The Bob Hope Show
Self
1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Movies(23)
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
Self/Uncle Arthur (archive footage)
2023
Say Hey, Willie Mays!
Self
2022
Broadway's Lost Treasures
Mr. MacAfee (segment "Bye Bye Birdie")
2003
The Villain
Nervous Elk
1979
Rabbit Test
Dr. Roger Vidal
1978
'Twas the Night Before Christmas
1977
The Paul Lynde Halloween Special
Self
1976
The Sandy Duncan Special
Self
1974
Charlotte's Web
Templeton (voice)
1973
Journey Back to Oz
Pumpkinhead (voice)
1972
Gidget Gets Married
Louis B. Latimer
1972
Gidget Grows Up
Louis B. Latimer
1969
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour : Christmas Special 1969
1969
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
Self (uncredited)
1968
How Sweet It Is!
The Purser
1968
The Glass Bottom Boat
Homer Cripps
1966
Beach Blanket Bingo
Bullets
1965
Send Me No Flowers
Mr. Akins
1964
For Those Who Think Young
Syd Hoyt
1964
Under the Yum Yum Tree
Murphy
1963
Bye Bye Birdie
Harry McAfee
1963
Son of Flubber
Sportscaster
1963
New Faces
Paul Lynde
1954