Paul Lynde
Birthday: 1926-06-13 | Place of Birth: Mount Vernon, Ohio, USAPaul 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
Acting
Role
as Self/Uncle Arthur (archive footage)
as Nervous Elk
as Aban-Khan (voice)
as Self
as Pumpkinhead (voice)
as Self
as Templeton (voice)
as Louis B. Latimer
as Paul Mercy
as Louis B. Latimer
as Mildew
as The Purser
as Homer Cripps
as Mr. Akins
as Syd Hoyt
as Harry McAfee
as Murphy
as Sportscaster
as Horace Fenton
as Paul Lynde
