Acting · Mount Vernon, Ohio, USA · Born June 13, 1926
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".
MovieElizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
2023
as Self/Uncle Arthur (archive footage)
MovieSay Hey, Willie Mays!
2022
as Self
MovieBroadway's Lost Treasures
2003
as Mr. MacAfee (segment "Bye Bye Birdie")
MovieThe Villain
1979
as Nervous Elk
MovieRabbit Test
1978
as Dr. Roger Vidal
Movie'Twas the Night Before Christmas
1977
MovieThe Paul Lynde Halloween Special
1976
as Self
TVDonny & Marie
1976
as Self
TVThe Smothers Brothers Show
1975
MovieThe Sandy Duncan Special
1974
as Self
MovieCharlotte's Web
1973
as Templeton (voice)
MovieJourney Back to Oz
1972
as Pumpkinhead (voice)
TVThe Paul Lynde Show
1972
TVTemperatures Rising
1972
as Paul Mercy
MovieGidget Gets Married
1972
as Louis B. Latimer
TVThe Pet Set
1971
as Self
TVWhere's Huddles?
1970
MovieGidget Grows Up
1969
as Louis B. Latimer
MovieThe Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour : Christmas Special 1969
1969
TVLove, American Style
1969
TVThe Perils of Penelope Pitstop
1969
TVCattanooga Cats
1969
TVIt's the Wolf
1969
as Mildew
TVThe Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969
as Self
MovieThe Dean Martin Christmas Show
1968
as Self (uncredited)
That's Life
1968
MovieHow Sweet It Is!
1968
as The Purser
TVRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self
TVThe Carol Burnett Show
1967
as Self
TVThe Mothers-in-Law
1967
as Wally Logan
TVThe Flying Nun
1967
as Father Lundigan
TVHollywood Squares
1966
as The Center Square
TVThat Girl
1966
MovieThe Glass Bottom Boat
1966
as Homer Cripps
TVI Dream of Jeannie
1965
as Harry Huggins
TVGidget
1965
TVF Troop
1965
MovieBeach Blanket Bingo
1965
as Bullets
MovieSend Me No Flowers
1964
as Mr. Akins
TVThe Munsters
1964
as Dr. Edward Dudley
TVThe Cara Williams Show
1964
TVBewitched
1964
as Uncle Arthur
MovieFor Those Who Think Young
1964
as Syd Hoyt
TVThe Hollywood Palace
1964
as Self
MovieUnder the Yum Yum Tree
1963
as Murphy
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Judge
TVBurke's Law
1963
as Arthur Clark
TVThe Patty Duke Show
1963
MovieBye Bye Birdie
1963
as Harry McAfee
MovieSon of Flubber
1963
as Sportscaster
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
TVKraft Music Hall
1958
The Lux Show
1957
as Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
TVStanley
1956
as Horace Fenton
TVTony Awards
1956
as Self - Performer
TVThe Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Sportscaster (archive footage)
The George Gobel Show
1954
as Self
MovieNew Faces
1954
as Paul Lynde
TVThe Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
