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    American comedian and actor

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    Paul Edward Lynde (/ l ɪ n d /; June 13, 1926 – January 10, 1982) 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, the befuddled father Harry MacAfee in Bye Bye Birdie and a regular "center square ...

  3. In 1977, Lynde lost his closest companion—his dog Harry MacAfee who Lynde had named after his character on Bye Bye Birdie. Harry MacAfee, however, wasn't an ordinary pet. The grieving actor reportedly had trouble simply leaving his home without his canine friend.

  4. May 19, 2020 · Paul Lynde in 1973. NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images "He was someone whose dog whistle of gay humor little gay kids could hear," recalls Frank DeCaro, The Daily Show veteran, and...

  5. May 16, 2021 · It was a different time when a Hollywood Square audience would roar over bawdy jokes that we would find tame (if not lame) today, but it made Paul Lynde a rich man. He purchased Errol Flynn’s mansion in Los Angeles, where he lived with “Harry MacAfee ,” a dog described only as a terrier.

  6. Paul Lynde. Actor: Bye Bye Birdie. 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...

    • Actor, Writer, Soundtrack
    • January 10, 1982
    • June 13, 1926
  7. Mar 20, 2024 · Actor Paul Lynde at home in the 1960s Michael Levin/Corbis via Getty Images. Back at the time he was rising to fame, there was a pretty clear line in the sand between movie actors and TV actors. In the mind of executives, it was a distinction in quality, for Paul Lynde’s, he would have preferred movie stardom for one particular reason.

  8. Jan 19, 1982 · LOS ANGELES -- Comedian Paul Lynde, who died of a massive heart attack earlier this month, ... Other bequests included Lynde's art collection, furniture and dog, which went to his sister, Helen ...