
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".

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962

The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961

The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961

The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961

F Troop
TV • 1965

Bewitched
TV • 1964

Love, American Style
TV • 1969

Love, American Style
TV • 1969

I Dream of Jeannie
TV • 1965

I Dream of Jeannie
TV • 1965

I Dream of Jeannie
TV • 1965

Burke's Law
TV • 1963

Burke's Law
TV • 1963

Burke's Law
TV • 1963

The Carol Burnett Show
TV • 1967

The Carol Burnett Show
TV • 1967

That Girl
TV • 1966

The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948