Paul Lynde
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 · 57
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Performer
Bewitched
1964 · Uncle Arthur
Love, American Style
1969
I Dream of Jeannie
1965 · Harry Huggins
The Carol Burnett Show
1967 · Self
Burke's Law
1963 · Arthur Clark
The Bob Hope Show
1950 · Self
The Flying Nun
1967 · Father Lundigan
The Munsters
1964 · Dr. Edward Dudley
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
That Girl
1966
The Patty Duke Show
1963
Kraft Music Hall
1958
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Self
F Troop
1965
Hollywood Squares
1966 · The Center Square
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969 · Self
The Hollywood Palace
1964 · Self
Gidget
1965
The Mothers-in-Law
1967 · Wally Logan
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Sportscaster (archive...
Temperatures Rising
1972 · Paul Mercy
Cattanooga Cats
1969
Donny & Marie
1976 · Self
The Paul Lynde Show
1972
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
1969
The Pet Set
1971 · Self
Charlotte's Web
1973 · Templeton (voice)
The Cara Williams Show
1964
Bye Bye Birdie
1963 · Harry McAfee
The Villain
1979 · Nervous Elk
It's the Wolf
1969 · Mildew
Where's Huddles?
1970
The Glass Bottom Boat
1966 · Homer Cripps
Send Me No Flowers
1964 · Mr. Akins
Under the Yum Yum Tree
1963 · Murphy
Son of Flubber
1963 · Sportscaster
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
2023 · Self/Uncle Arthur (arc...
The Smothers Brothers Show
1975
Journey Back to Oz
1972 · Pumpkinhead (voice)
Say Hey, Willie Mays!
2022 · Self
Gidget Grows Up
1969 · Louis B. Latimer
Stanley
1956 · Horace Fenton
How Sweet It Is!
1968 · Purser
For Those Who Think Young
1964 · Syd Hoyt
Beach Blanket Bingo
1965 · Bullets
Rabbit Test
1978 · Dr. Roger Vidal
Gidget Gets Married
1972 · Louis B. Latimer
The Paul Lynde Halloween Special
1976 · Self
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
1968 · Self (uncredited)
Broadway's Lost Treasures
2003 · Mr. MacAfee (segment "...
New Faces
1954 · Paul Lynde
'Twas the Night Before Christmas
1977
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour : Christmas Special 1969
1969
The Sandy Duncan Special
1974 · Self