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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1926-06-13 (98 years old)

Place of Birth

Mount Vernon, Ohio, USA

Paul Lynde

Biography:

Paul Lynde was born in 1926 in Mount Vernon, Ohio (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

2023

Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life as Self/Uncle Arthur (archive footage)

2022

2003

Broadway's Lost Treasures as Mr. MacAfee (segment "Bye Bye Birdie")

1979

The Villain as Nervous Elk

1978

Rabbit Test as Dr. Roger Vidal

1977

1976

1975

Hugo the Hippo as Aban-Khan (voice)

1974

1973

Charlotte's Web as Templeton (voice)

1972

Gidget Gets Married as Louis B. Latimer
Journey Back to Oz as Pumpkinhead (voice)
Temperatures Rising as Paul Mercy

1971

The Pet Set as Self

1970

1969

Gidget Grows Up as Louis B. Latimer
It's the Wolf as Mildew

1968

The Dean Martin Christmas Show as Self (uncredited)
How Sweet It Is! as The Purser

1967

The Flying Nun as Father Lundigan
The Carol Burnett Show as Self - Guest / Various Characters
The Mothers-in-Law as Wally Logan

1966

The Glass Bottom Boat as Homer Cripps
Hollywood Squares as The Center Square

1965

I Dream of Jeannie as Harry Huggins
I Dream of Jeannie as Allen Kerr

1964

Send Me No Flowers as Mr. Akins
The Munsters as Dr. Edward Dudley
Bewitched as Uncle Arthur

1963

Bye Bye Birdie as Harry McAfee
Son of Flubber as Sportscaster
Burke's Law as Arthur Clark
Burke's Law as Guy Hawthorne Jr.
Burke's Law as Dr. McCoy

1962

1961

The Mike Douglas Show as Self (archive footage)
The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host

1958

1957

The Lux Show as Self

1956

Stanley as Horace Fenton
Tony Awards as Self - Performer

1954

New Faces as Paul Lynde
The Wonderful World of Disney as Sportscaster (archive footage)

1950

1948

Writing

1954

New Faces as Writer