Paul Lynde
American comedian and actor (1926-1982) · United States · On the map · Comedians · Died at 55
Paul Edward Lynde was an American comedian, actor, and game-show panelist. A character actor with a distinctively campy and snarky persona that often poked fun at his closeted homosexuality, Lynde was well known for his roles as Uncle Arthur on Bewitched, as the befuddled father Harry MacAfee in Bye Bye Birdie, and as...
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- William Asher Directed Bewitched and Beach Blanket Bingo
Edward Andrews Also in Send Me No Flowers (1964)
Alice Ghostley Also in Bewitched and Rabbit Test
Martin Melcher Produced The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
Walt Disney Produced Son of Flubber (1964)
Doris Day Also in Send Me No Flowers (1964)
Debbie Reynolds Also in How Sweet It Is! and Charlotte's Web
Garry Marshall Produced How Sweet It Is! (1970)
Ann-Margret Also in Bye Bye Birdie and The Villain- Frank Tashlin Directed The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
James Darren Also in Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963)- Robert Stevenson Directed Son of Flubber (1964)
Hal Needham Directed The Villain (1979)
Imogene Coca Also in Under the Yum Yum Tree and Rabbit Test
Jerry Paris Directed How Sweet It Is! (1970)- Michael Nader Also in For Those Who Think Young (1964)
John Beal Directed New Faces (1954)- Lou Scheimer Produced Journey Back to Oz (1979)
Samuel Z. Arkoff Produced Beach Blanket Bingo (1965)
Leslie H. Martinson Directed For Those Who Think Young (1964)- Dallas McKennon Also in Son of Flubber and Journey Back to Oz
- Jerry Belson Produced How Sweet It Is! (1970)
- Bruce Bilson Directed The Paul Lynde Show
Jerry London Directed The Paul Lynde Show
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A character actor with a distinctively campy and snarky persona that often poked fun at his closeted homosexuality, 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.
