Paul Lynde
Known For
Acting
Born
1926-06-13 in Mount Vernon, Ohio, USA
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".
Most Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self (archive footage)
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
Bewitched
as Uncle Arthur
I Dream of Jeannie
as Harry Huggins
I Dream of Jeannie
as Porter
I Dream of Jeannie
as Allen Kerr
Love, American Style
Love, American Style
as Griswald
The Munsters
as Dr. Edward Dudley
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest / Various Characters
Burke's Law
as Arthur Clark
Burke's Law
as Guy Hawthorne Jr.
Burke's Law
as Dr. McCoy
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Judge
The Bob Hope Show
as Self