About
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...
Known for
BewitchedSeries • 1964
Love, American StyleSeries • 1969
I Dream of JeannieSeries • 1965
Burke's LawSeries • 1963
The MunstersSeries • 1964
That GirlSeries • 1966
Kraft Music HallSeries • 1958
F TroopSeries • 1965
The Flying NunSeries • 1967
Hollywood SquaresSeries • 1966
The Patty Duke ShowSeries • 1963
Cattanooga CatsSeries • 1969
Temperatures RisingSeries • 1972
The Wonderful World of DisneySeries • 1954
The Mothers-in-LawSeries • 1967
GidgetSeries • 1965
The Perils of Penelope PitstopSeries • 1969
Charlotte's WebMovie • 1973
The VillainMovie • 1979
The Glass Bottom BoatMovie • 1966
Bye Bye BirdieMovie • 1963
Send Me No FlowersMovie • 1964
Son of FlubberMovie • 1963
Under the Yum Yum TreeMovie • 1963