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Paul Lynde
Mount Vernon, Ohio, USA
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 t…
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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 and shows, newest first
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2023
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
Movie Self/Uncle Arthur (archive footage)
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2022
Say Hey, Willie Mays!
Movie Self
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2003
Broadway's Lost Treasures
Movie Mr. MacAfee (segment "Bye Bye Birdie")
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1979
The Villain
Movie Nervous Elk
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1978
Rabbit Test
Movie Dr. Roger Vidal
- 1977
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1976
The Paul Lynde Halloween Special
Movie Self
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1976
Donny & Marie
TV show Self
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1975
The Smothers Brothers Show
TV show
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1974
The Sandy Duncan Special
Movie Self
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1973
Charlotte's Web
Movie Templeton (voice)
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1972
Journey Back to Oz
Movie Pumpkinhead (voice)
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1972
The Paul Lynde Show
TV show
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1972
Temperatures Rising
TV show Paul Mercy
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1972
Gidget Gets Married
Movie Louis B. Latimer
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1971
The Pet Set
TV show Self
More credits
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1970
Where's Huddles?
TV show
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1969
Gidget Grows Up
Movie Louis B. Latimer
- 1969
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1969
Love, American Style
TV show
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1969
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
TV show
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1969
Cattanooga Cats
TV show
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1969
It's the Wolf
TV show Mildew
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1969
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
TV show Self
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1968
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
Movie Self (uncredited)
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1968
That's Life
TV show
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1968
How Sweet It Is!
Movie Purser
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1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV show Self
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1967
The Carol Burnett Show
TV show Self
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1967
The Mothers-in-Law
TV show Wally Logan
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1967
The Flying Nun
TV show Father Lundigan
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1966
Hollywood Squares
TV show The Center Square
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1966
That Girl
TV show
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1966
The Glass Bottom Boat
Movie Homer Cripps
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1965
I Dream of Jeannie
TV show Harry Huggins
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1965
Gidget
TV show
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1965
F Troop
TV show
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1965
Beach Blanket Bingo
Movie Bullets
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1964
Send Me No Flowers
Movie Mr. Akins
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1964
The Munsters
TV show Dr. Edward Dudley
