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He also voiced the role of 'Templeton,' the gluttonous rat, in the animated feature "Charlotte's Web" (1973). In 1972, he starred in the short-lived ABC television sitcom "The Paul Lynde Show," playing an uptight attorney and father at odds with his liberal-minded son-in-law; he received a nomination for a Best Actor Golden Globe for the show.
From 1975 until 1979, he hosted a series of programs including, ‘The Paul Lynde Comedy Hour’, ‘The Paul Lynde Halloween Special’, ‘T'was the Night Before Christmas’, ‘Paul Lynde at the Movies’ and ‘Paul Lynde Goes M-A-A-A-AD’. Other than this, he was a regular guest at the variety show Donny & Marie.
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...
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, the befuddled father Harry MacAfee in Bye Bye Birdie and a regular "center square" panelist on the game show The Hollywood Squares from 1968 ...
Mar 20, 2024 · Paul Lynde running in a scene from the film The Glass Bottom Boat, 1966 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Getty Images. So popular was Paul Lynde getting, that writer/producer William Asher (creator of Bewitched) produced a pilot for the actor in 1966 titled Sedgewick Hawk-Styles: Prince of Danger. ABC approved this Victorian detective spoof to go to series ...
Jan 11, 1982 · HOLLYWOOD -- Paul Lynde, the sardonic and irreverent comedian who starred in 'The Hollywood Squares' television game show, died of a massive heart attack, the county coroner said Monday. Lynde, 55 ...
