Paul Lynde
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".
Known for
Acting62
movieElizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
2023
Self/Uncle Arthur (archive footage)
movieBroadway's Lost Treasures
2003
Mr. MacAfee (segment "Bye Bye Birdie")
movieThe Villain
1979
Nervous Elk
movieRabbit Test
1978
Dr. Roger Vidal
movieCharlotte's Web
1973
Templeton (voice)
movieJourney Back to Oz
1972
Pumpkinhead (voice)
tvTemperatures Rising
1972
Paul Mercy
movieGidget Gets Married
1972
Louis B. Latimer
movieGidget Grows Up
1969
Louis B. Latimer
tvLove, American Style
1969
Griswald
tvIt's the Wolf
1969
Mildew
movieThe Dean Martin Christmas Show
1968
Self (uncredited)
movieHow Sweet It Is!
1968
The Purser
tvThe Carol Burnett Show
1967
Self / Self - Guest / Various Characters
tvThe Mothers-in-Law
1967
Wally Logan
tvThe Flying Nun
1967
Father Lundigan
tvHollywood Squares
1966
The Center Square / Self - Center Square
movieThe Glass Bottom Boat
1966
Homer Cripps
tvI Dream of Jeannie
1965
Harry Huggins / Porter / Allen Kerr
movieBeach Blanket Bingo
1965
Bullets
movieSend Me No Flowers
1964
Mr. Akins
tvThe Munsters
1964
Dr. Edward Dudley
tvBewitched
1964
Uncle Arthur
tvBurke's Law
1963
Arthur Clark / Guy Hawthorne Jr. / Dr. McCoy
movieBye Bye Birdie
1963
Harry McAfee
movieSon of Flubber
1963
Sportscaster
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
Self / Self (archive footage) / Self - Co-Host
tvStanley
1956
Horace Fenton
tvTony Awards
1956
Self - Performer
tvThe Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Sportscaster (archive footage)
movieNew Faces
1954
Paul Lynde
Writing1
movieNew Faces
1954
Writer