
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".

Charlotte's Web
1973 · as Templeton (voice)

Bye Bye Birdie
1963 · as Harry McAfee

The Villain
1979 · as Nervous Elk

Send Me No Flowers
1964 · as Mr. Akins

Son of Flubber
1963 · as Sportscaster

How Sweet It Is!
1968 · as The Purser

Rabbit Test
1978 · as Dr. Roger Vidal

The Glass Bottom Boat
1966 · as Homer Cripps

Under the Yum Yum Tree
1963 · as Murphy

The Dean Martin Christmas Show
1968 · as Self (uncredited)

Beach Blanket Bingo
1965 · as Bullets

Gidget Gets Married
1972 · as Louis B. Latimer

Journey Back to Oz
1972 · as Pumpkinhead (voice)

Say Hey, Willie Mays!
2022 · as Self

New Faces
1954 · as Paul Lynde

Gidget Grows Up
1969 · as Louis B. Latimer

Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
2023 · as Self/Uncle Arthur (archive footage)

For Those Who Think Young
1964 · as Syd Hoyt