Paul Lynde
Acting • Born 1926-06-13 – Died 1982-01-10
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".
Filmography
70 credits
Send Me No Flowers
Movie • 1964
Mr. Akins
Bye Bye Birdie
Movie • 1963
Harry McAfee
Beach Blanket Bingo
Movie • 1965
Bullets
The Glass Bottom Boat
Movie • 1966
Homer Cripps
Charlotte's Web
Movie • 1973
Templeton (voice)
Under the Yum-Yum Tree
Movie • 1963
Murphy
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
Movie • 1968
Self (uncredited)
Say Hey, Willie Mays!
Movie • 2022
Self
Rabbit Test
Movie • 1978
Dr. Roger Vidal
For Those Who Think Young
Movie • 1964
Syd Hoyt
The Villain
Movie • 1979
Nervous Elk
The Paul Lynde Halloween Special
Movie • 1976
Self
Gidget Grows Up
Movie • 1969
Louis B. Latimer
Gidget Gets Married
Movie • 1972
Louis B. Latimer
How Sweet It Is!
Movie • 1968
The Purser
Son of Flubber
Movie • 1963
Sportscaster
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour : Christmas Special 1969
Movie • 1969
New Faces
Movie • 1954
Paul Lynde
The Sandy Duncan Special
Movie • 1974
Self
Broadway's Lost Treasures
Movie • 2003
Mr. MacAfee (segment "Bye Bye Birdie")
'Twas the Night Before Christmas
Movie • 1977
Journey Back to Oz
Movie • 1972
Pumpkinhead (voice)
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
Movie • 2023
Self/Uncle Arthur (archive footage)
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Arthur Clark
F Troop
TV • 1965
Gidget
TV • 1965
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
I Dream of Jeannie
TV • 1965
Harry Huggins
The Munsters
TV • 1964
Dr. Edward Dudley
The Flying Nun
TV • 1967
Father Lundigan
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
TV • 1969
That Girl
TV • 1966
Donny & Marie
TV • 1976
Self
Bewitched
TV • 1964
Uncle Arthur
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
Temperatures Rising
TV • 1972
Paul Mercy
The Hollywood Palace
TV • 1964
Self
Where's Huddles?
TV • 1970
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV • 1968
Self
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
TV • 1969
Self
Kraft Music Hall
TV • 1958
The Patty Duke Show
TV • 1963
Cattanooga Cats
TV • 1969
The Paul Lynde Show
TV • 1972
The Cara Williams Show
TV • 1964
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
That's Life
TV • 1968
Hollywood Squares
TV • 1966
The Center Square
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV • 1957
Self
It's the Wolf
TV • 1969
Mildew
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self (archive footage)
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Guy Hawthorne Jr.
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Dr. McCoy
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self - Co-Host
The Bob Hope Show
TV • 1950
Self
The Lux Show
TV • 1957
Self
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV • 1963
Judge
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Stanley
TV • 1956
Horace Fenton
The Carol Burnett Show
TV • 1967
Self
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Sportscaster (archive footage)
The Carol Burnett Show
TV • 1967
Self - Guest / Various Characters
The Mothers-in-Law
TV • 1967
Wally Logan
The Pet Set
TV • 1971
Self
I Dream of Jeannie
TV • 1965
Porter
I Dream of Jeannie
TV • 1965
Allen Kerr
Kraft Music Hall
TV • 1958
Self
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
Griswald
The George Gobel Show
TV • 1954
Self
The Smothers Brothers Show
TV • 1975