Most Recent Role: Panelist on The Hollywood Squares (1966)
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Mount Vernon, Ohio (Knox County)
Birthday: 6-13-1926
Birth Name: Paul Edward Lynde
Date of Death: 1-10-1982
Cause of Death: cardiac arrest
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Mount Vernon, Ohio (Knox County)
Birthday: 6-13-1926
Birth Name: Paul Edward Lynde
Date of Death: 1-10-1982
Cause of Death: cardiac arrest
Paul had three brothers (Richard, Corydon, Johnny) and two sisters (Helen, Grace). Parents: Hoy & Silvia. Paul's father was a sheriff & a butcher. Paul's nickname as a child was "chicken plucker" because his father was the local butcher. (Lynde attempted to glorify his father's occupation by referring to him as a "cattle surgeon".)
From the time he was a small child, he was obsessed...
Most Recent Appearance
March 9-13, 1981
Monday 9 March 1981 on NBC
Season 15-Weekday/Weeknight No. 26 MARCH 9-13, 1981.
Paul was a stand-up comedian at the Number One Fifth Avenue nightclub in New York City before being "discovered" appearing in a Broadway play, New Faces Of 1952.
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Paul's tombstone has his birthyear incorrectly shown as 1927, instead of 1926, and has not been changed.
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Paul was 5 feet 11 inches tall.
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When Paul was 10 years old, he became very ill with peritonitis after an appendectomy and was bed-ridden for nearly a year. His mother out his bed in the dining and continually fed him, which led to his lifelong eating disorder after his gaining 100 pounds in that period of time.
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Paul had a specially-built sofa made for his Beverly Hills home that could seat up to 30 people, which he called "the orgy couch."
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Paul Lynde: Sometimes, I think you're better off not being married today. When you see your married friends split up, it's devastating. Call it scared! Call it an obsession. But I took it for granted I was going to marry a girl I went with for nine years. That is, until I received her wedding invitation.
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Paul Lynde: I'm used to living alone, and I like it that way. You become so selfish living alone...I'd make a terrible husband anyway.
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(A question on The Hollywood Squares)
Peter Marshall: Paul, can anything bring a tear to a monkey's eye?
Paul Lynde: Only finding out that Tarzan swings both ways. (edit) Paul Lynde: I always wanted to be Anna May Wong. She seemed so much more exotic and exciting than plain ordinary folk. But no-go. I wasn't fated to be Wong, just white. (edit)
Peter Marshall: Paul, can anything bring a tear to a monkey's eye?
Paul Lynde: Only finding out that Tarzan swings both ways. (edit) Paul Lynde: I always wanted to be Anna May Wong. She seemed so much more exotic and exciting than plain ordinary folk. But no-go. I wasn't fated to be Wong, just white. (edit)
Other Appearances
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Bewitched
Uncle Arthur |
It's The Wolf
Mildew Wolf |
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Temperatures Rising
Dr. Paul Mercy |
The Cattanooga Cats
Mildew Wolf |
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The Hollywood Squares (1966)
Himself (The Center Square: 1968-1981) |
The Paul Lynde Show
Paul Simms |
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Bewitched
Uncle Arthur |
Donny and Marie
Himself |
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Kraft Music Hall
Guest |
The Carol Burnett Show
himself |
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The Dean Martin Show
Himself |
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Himself |
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$10,000 Pyramid
Marcia Wallace & Paul Lynde Himself |
America 2Night
Celebrity Night himself |
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Bewitched
Driving is the Only Way to Fly Harold Harold |
Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
The Blue-Eyed Horse Judge |
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Burke's Law
Who Killed Mr. Colby in Ladies' Lingerie? Guy Hawthorne Jr. |
Burke's Law
Who Killed Merlin the Great? Dr. McCoy |
| Other |
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The Hollywood Squares (1966)
August 2-6, 1971 Himself (The Center Square: 1968-1981) |
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