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 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

Mr. Akins

Send Me No Flowers

Harry McAfee

Bye Bye Birdie

Bullets

Beach Blanket Bingo

Homer Cripps

The Glass Bottom Boat

Templeton (voice)

Charlotte's Web

Murphy

Under the Yum-Yum Tree

Self (uncredited)

The Dean Martin Christmas Show

Self

Say Hey, Willie Mays!

Dr. Roger Vidal

Rabbit Test

Syd Hoyt

For Those Who Think Young

Nervous Elk

The Villain

Self

The Paul Lynde Halloween Special

Louis B. Latimer

Gidget Grows Up

Louis B. Latimer

Gidget Gets Married

The Purser

How Sweet It Is!

Sportscaster

Son of Flubber

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour : Christmas Special 1969

Paul Lynde

New Faces

Self

The Sandy Duncan Special

Mr. MacAfee (segment "Bye Bye Birdie")

Broadway's Lost Treasures

'Twas the Night Before Christmas

Pumpkinhead (voice)

Journey Back to Oz

Self/Uncle Arthur (archive footage)

Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life