Paul Lynde
Actor
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".
Filmography
The Villain
as Nervous Elk 1979
Send Me No Flowers
as Mr. Akins 1964
Bye Bye Birdie
as Harry McAfee 1963
Son of Flubber
as Sportscaster 1963
The Glass Bottom Boat
as Homer Cripps 1966
Beach Blanket Bingo
as Bullets 1965
Under the Yum-Yum Tree
as Murphy 1963
Journey Back to Oz
as Pumpkinhead (voice) 1972
Rabbit Test
as Dr. Roger Vidal 1978
How Sweet It Is!
as The Purser 1968
Say Hey, Willie Mays!
as Self 2022
For Those Who Think Young
as Syd Hoyt 1964
New Faces
as Paul Lynde 1954
The Paul Lynde Halloween Special
as Self 1976
Gidget Gets Married
as Louis B. Latimer 1972
Broadway's Lost Treasures
as Mr. MacAfee (segment "Bye Bye Birdie") 2003