Acting credits
55
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Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Paul Lynde
Acting
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Movies: 23Series: 32Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 40209
IMDb ID: nm0001489
Known for: Acting
Born: June 13, 1926
Died: January 10, 1982
Age: 55
Place of birth: Mount Vernon, Ohio, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1948 - 2023
Years active: 76
Average TMDB rating: 6.51
Wikidata: Q1972958
Other jobs
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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".
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Movies
Movie credits linked with Paul Lynde.
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
as Self/Uncle Arthur (archive footage)
2023 Movie
6.0
Say Hey, Willie Mays!
as Self
2022 Movie
6.1
Broadway's Lost Treasures
as Mr. MacAfee (segment "Bye Bye Birdie")
2003 Movie
5.7
The Villain
as Nervous Elk
1979 Movie
4.2
Rabbit Test
as Dr. Roger Vidal
1978 Movie
'Twas the Night Before Christmas
1977 Movie
5.8
The Paul Lynde Halloween Special
as Self
1976 Movie
The Sandy Duncan Special
as Self
1974 Movie
6.8
Charlotte's Web
as Templeton (voice)
1973 Movie
5.2
Journey Back to Oz
as Pumpkinhead (voice)
1972 Movie
5.6
Gidget Gets Married
as Louis B. Latimer
1972 Movie
6.0
Gidget Grows Up
as Louis B. Latimer
1969 Movie
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour : Christmas Special 1969
1969 Movie
7.6
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
as Self (uncredited)
1968 Movie
7.4
How Sweet It Is!
as The Purser
1968 Movie
6.2
The Glass Bottom Boat
as Homer Cripps
1966 Movie
5.8
Beach Blanket Bingo
as Bullets
1965 Movie
6.8
Send Me No Flowers
as Mr. Akins
1964 Movie
5.3
For Those Who Think Young
as Syd Hoyt
1964 Movie
5.9
Under the Yum-Yum Tree
as Murphy
1963 Movie
5.8
Bye Bye Birdie
as Harry McAfee
1963 Movie
6.0
Son of Flubber
as Sportscaster
1963 Movie
5.5
New Faces
as Paul Lynde
1954 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Paul Lynde.
6.7
Donny & Marie
as Self • 21 eps
1976 Series
5.0
The Paul Lynde Show
26 eps
1972 Series
5.0
Temperatures Rising
as Paul Mercy • 20 eps
1972 Series
5.5
The Pet Set
as Self • 1 eps
1971 Series
6.5
Where's Huddles?
10 eps
1970 Series
6.1
Love, American Style
2 eps
1969 Series
6.1
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
17 eps
1969 Series
7.6
Cattanooga Cats
101 eps
1969 Series
6.0
It's the Wolf
as Mildew • 27 eps
1969 Series
5.8
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
as Self • 8 eps
1969 Series
6.6
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self • 2 eps
1968 Series
7.7
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self • 2 eps
1967 Series
5.8
The Mothers-in-Law
as Wally Logan • 1 eps
1967 Series
6.3
The Flying Nun
as Father Lundigan • 1 eps
1967 Series
7.8
Hollywood Squares
as The Center Square • 1 eps
1966 Series
6.1
That Girl
1 eps
1966 Series
7.8
I Dream of Jeannie
as Harry Huggins • 1 eps
1965 Series
6.6
Gidget
1 eps
1965 Series
6.2
F Troop
1 eps
1965 Series
7.9
The Munsters
as Dr. Edward Dudley • 3 eps
1964 Series
5.0
The Cara Williams Show
1 eps
1964 Series
7.9
Bewitched
as Uncle Arthur • 6 eps
1964 Series
4.5
The Hollywood Palace
as Self • 4 eps
1964 Series
6.0
Burke's Law
as Arthur Clark • 1 eps
1963 Series