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