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Biography

Paul had three brothers (Richard, Corydon, Johnny) and two sisters (Helen, Grace). Parents: Hoy & Silvia. Paul's father was a sheriff & a butcher.…more

Born

6/13/1926, Mount Vernon, Ohio (Knox County)

Died

1/10/1982

Birth Name

Paul Edward Lynde

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (11)

Role
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Himself (The Center Square: 1968-1981)
  - S 15: Ep 39 June 8-12, 1981
    6/8/81
  - S 14: Ep 48 February 25-29, 1980 (NBC-TV)
    2/25/80
  - S 14: Ep 47 February 18-24, 1980 (2)
    2/18/80
  - S 14: Ep 46 February 18-22, 1980 (NBC-TV)
    2/18/80
  - S 14: Ep 45 February 11-17, 1980 (2)
    2/11/80
  - + 19 More Credits
- Temperatures Rising
  Dr. Paul Mercy
  - S 2: Ep 20 Mercy Beaucoup
    8/29/74
  - S 2: Ep 19 Shafted
    8/22/74
  - S 2: Ep 18 Healer Man
    8/15/74
  - S 2: Ep 16 Kid Genius
    8/1/74
  - S 2: Ep 15 Is There a Lady Doctor in the House?
    7/25/74
  - + 15 More Credits
- The Paul Lynde Show
  Paul Simms
  - S 1: Ep 26 Springtime for Paul
    3/14/73
  - S 1: Ep 25 Togetherness
    3/7/73
  - S 1: Ep 24 Barbara Goes Home to Mother
    2/28/73
  - S 1: Ep 23 Back Talk
    2/21/73
  - S 1: Ep 22 Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Your Mother-in-Law But Were Afraid to
    2/14/73
  - + 21 More Credits
- Where's Huddles
  Claude Pertwee
  - S 1: Ep 10 One Man's Family
    9/2/70
  - S 1: Ep 9 A Sticky Affair
    8/26/70
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Old Trio
    8/19/70
  - S 1: Ep 7 Get That Letter Back
    8/12/70
  - S 1: Ep 6 To Catch A Thief
    8/5/70
  - + 5 More Credits
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Star
  - S 4: Ep 21 January 19-23, 1970
    1/19/70
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Panelist
  - S 4: Ep 18 December 29, 1969-January 2, 1970
    12/29/69
  - S 4: Ep 17 December 22-26, 1969
    12/22/69
  - S 4: Ep 16 December 15-19, 1969
    12/15/69
  - S 4: Ep 15 December 8-12, 1969
    12/8/69
  - S 4: Ep 14 December 1-5, 1969
    12/1/69
  - + 1054 More Credits
- The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
  Sylvester Sneekley (The Hooded Claw)
  - S 1: Ep 15 Big Top Trap
    12/20/69
  - S 1: Ep 14 Bad Fortune In a Chinese Fortune Cookie
    12/13/69
  - S 1: Ep 13 Big Bagdad Danger
    12/6/69
  - S 1: Ep 12 Cross Country Double Cross
    11/29/69
  - S 1: Ep 11 Tall Timber Treachery
    11/22/69
  - + 12 More Credits
- It's The Wolf
  Mildew Wolf
  - S 1: Ep 15 Ghost of a Chance
    12/20/69
  - — High Hopes
    9/6/69
  - S 1: Ep 14 Pow-Wow Wolf
    12/13/70
  - S 1: Ep 12 Freeway Frenzy
    11/29/70
  - S 1: Ep 11 Mask Me No Questions
    11/22/70
  - + 17 More Credits
- The Cattanooga Cats
  Mildew Wolf
  - S 2: Ep 1 Children Understand It
    12/13/69
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Story Of My Life
    11/29/69
  - S 1: Ep 11 Sittin' By The Fireside
    11/15/69
  - S 1: Ep 10 Merry Go Round
    11/8/69
  - S 1: Ep 9 My Birthday Suit
    11/1/69
  - + 16 More Credits
- Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers
  Regular Performer: 1968; Co-host: 1969
- The Pruitts of Southampton
  Harvey (1967)
  - S 1: Ep 30 The House is Not a Zoo
    4/7/67
  - S 1: Ep 29 Phyllis the Beauty Queen
    3/31/67
  - S 1: Ep 28 Krump, the Playboy
    3/24/67
  - S 1: Ep 26 Goddess of Love
    3/10/67
  - S 1: Ep 25 Marry a Million
    3/3/67
  - + 24 More Credits
Recurring Role (21)

Role
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Himself (as The Center Square: 1968-1981)
  - S 15: Ep 17 January 5-9, 1981
    1/5/81
  - S 15: Ep 14 December 8-12, 1980
    12/8/80
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Himself (as Paul Bunyan-The Center Square: 1968-1981)
  - S 12: Ep 31 December 26-30, 1977 (The Last Storybook SQUARES on NBC-TV)
    12/26/77
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Himself (as Frankenstein-The Center Square: 1968-1981)
  - S 12: Ep 30 December 19-23, 1977 (The Storybook Squares on NBC-TV)
    12/19/77
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Himself (as The Evil Queen-The Center Square: 1968-1981)
  - S 12: Ep 17 October 31-November 6, 1977 (2) "The Last Nighttime Storybook SQUARES."
    10/31/77
  - S 11: Ep 89 August 22-26, 1977 (The Storybook Squares on NBC-TV)
    8/22/77
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Himself-The Warlord (The Center Square: 1968-1981)
  - S 11: Ep 82 July 4-8, 1977 (The Storybook Squares on NBC-TV)
    7/4/77
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Himself (The Center Square; 1968-1981)
  - S 11: Ep 73 May 23-27, 1977 (NBC-TV)
    5/23/77
- Donny and Marie
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 21 GUESTS: DON KNOTTS, KEELY SMITH, PAUL LYNDE
    3/4/77
  - S 2: Ep 17 GUESTS: PAUL ANKA, PAUL LYNDE
    2/4/77
  - S 2: Ep 10 CHRISTMAS SHOW WITH ANDY WILLIAMS, PAUL LYNDE, THE OSMONDS
    12/17/76
  - S 1: Ep 8 GUESTS: ANNE MEARA, MILTON BERLE, NIPSEY RUSSELL, PAUL LYNDE
    3/19/76
  - S 1: Ep 3 GUESTS: ANDY WILLAMS, JIMMIE WALKER, PAUL LYNDE
    2/6/76
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Himself (as The Hooded Claw-The Center Square: 1968-1981)
  - S 11: Ep 36 January 10-16, 1977 (2) "The Nighttime Storybook SQUARES No. 1"
    1/10/77
- The Carol Burnett Show
  himself
  - S 7: Ep 8 with Steve Lawrence, Paul Sand
    11/3/73
  - S 5: Ep 23 with Paul Lynde, Karen Black
    3/22/72
  - S 5: Ep 15 with Paul Lynde, Peggy Lee
    1/19/72
  - S 5: Ep 7 with Bing Crosby, Paul Lynde
    11/3/71
  - S 4: Ep 26 with Paul Lynde, Nanette Fabray
    3/25/71
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
  HImself
  - S 4: Ep 11 November 30, 1971
    11/30/71
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Himself (The Center Square: 1968-1981)
  - S 4: Ep 18 December 29, 1969-January 2, 1970
    12/29/69
  - S 4: Ep 17 December 22-26, 1969
    12/22/69
  - S 4: Ep 16 December 15-19, 1969
    12/15/69
  - S 4: Ep 15 December 8-12, 1969
    12/8/69
  - S 4: Ep 12 November 17-21, 1969
    11/17/69
  - + 774 More Credits
- The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 13 December 21, 1969
    12/21/69
  - S 4: Ep 12 December 14, 1971
    12/14/71
  - S 4: Ep 8 November 9, 1971
    11/9/71
  - S 3: Ep 25 March 28, 1971
    3/28/71
  - S 3: Ep 19 January 30, 1971
    1/31/71
  - + 3 More Credits
- The Dean Martin Show
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 13 Barbara Feldon / Irene Ryan / Van Johnson / Paul Lynde / Jackie Gayle
    12/11/69
  - S 5: Ep 9 Peggy Lee / Dale Robertson / Paul Lynde / Morty Gunty / Paula Kelly
    11/13/69
  - S 4: Ep 26 Shirley Jones / Paul Lynde / Shecky Greene / Don Cherry
    3/27/69
  - S 4: Ep 17 Dan Dailey / Gloria Loring / Paul Lynde / Don Rice
    1/23/69
  - S 4: Ep 10 Bob Newhart / Abbe Lane / Gordon MacRae
    11/21/68
  - + 1 More Credits
- Bewitched
  Uncle Arthur
  - S 6: Ep 8 A Bunny for Tabitha
    11/6/69
  - S 5: Ep 25 Samantha's Power Failure
    3/20/69
  - S 5: Ep 10 Samantha Loses Her Voice
    12/5/68
  - S 5: Ep 7 Samantha's French Pastry
    11/14/68
  - S 4: Ep 31 The No-Harm Charm
    4/25/68
  - + 5 More Credits
- Kraft Music Hall
  Guest
  - S 12: Ep 6 Alan King Stops The Press
    10/22/69
  - S 11: Ep 9 Alan King's Wonderful World of Aggravation
    12/4/68
  - S 11: Ep 4 Alan King At The Movies
    10/9/68
  - S 10: Ep 16 Vacation a la King
    1/31/68
  - S 13: Ep 1 Alan King Looks At Women's Rights & Wrongs
    9/16/70
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Jonathan Winters Show
  Himself (1968-1969)
  - S 2: Ep 26 May 8, 1969
    5/8/69
  - S 2: Ep 20 March 20, 1969
    3/20/69
  - S 2: Ep 19 March 13, 1969
    3/13/69
  - S 2: Ep 18 March 6, 1969
    3/6/69
  - S 2: Ep 17 February 13, 1969
    2/13/69
  - + 3 More Credits
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 26 February 5-9, 1968
    2/5/68
  - S 2: Ep 8 October 23-27, 1967
    10/23/67
  - S 1: Ep 43 August 7-11, 1967
    8/7/67
  - S 1: Ep 35 June 12-16, 1967
    6/12/67
  - S 1: Ep 32 May 22-26, 1967
    5/22/67
  - + 5 More Credits
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Himself/Sub-Regular (1/4-6/1967)
  - S 1: Ep 12 January 3-6, 1967
    1/3/67
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself/Co-host
  - S 3: Ep 6 Week of September 14, 1964
    9/14/64
- The Perry Como Show
  Himself (on phone)
  - S 14: Ep 31 June 6, 1962
    6/6/62
- The Perry Como Show
  Himself
  - S 14: Ep 30 May 30, 1962
    5/30/62
  - S 14: Ep 29 May 23, 1962
    5/23/62
  - S 14: Ep 28 May 16, 1962
    5/16/62
  - S 14: Ep 27 May 9, 1962
    5/9/62
  - S 14: Ep 26 May 2, 1962
    5/2/62
  - + 25 More Credits
Guest Star (62)

Role
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Himself (The Center Square: 1968-1981)
  - S 15: Ep 6 October 13-17, 1980
    10/13/80
- Dinah!
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 209 August 7, 1979
    8/7/79
  - S 3: Ep 62 December 20, 1976
    12/20/76
  - S 2: Ep 155 May 6, 1976
    5/6/76
  - S 1: Ep 142 May 21, 1975
    5/21/75
- America 2Night
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 4 Celebrity Night
    4/13/78
- Dean Martin Celebrity Roast
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 6 Peter Marshall
    5/22/77
  - S 3: Ep 4 Dean Martin
    2/27/76
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 13: Ep 178 May 27, 1976
    5/27/76
  - S 11: Ep 207 June 28, 1974
    6/28/74
  - S 11: Ep 52 November 19, 1973
    11/19/73
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest
  - S 14: Ep 64 Show #2764
    5/10/76
- The Smothers Brothers Show (1975)
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 2 Episode 2
    1/20/75
- $10,000 Pyramid
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 20 Marcia Wallace & Paul Lynde.
    1/13/75
- Baffle
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 51 June 4, 1973
    6/4/73
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  Cameo Appearance
  - S 5: Ep 20 Episode #112
    2/21/72
  - S 5: Ep 18 Episode #110
    1/31/72
- The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 16 January 18, 1972
    1/18/72
- Love, American Style
  Stanley
  - S 3: Ep 49 Love and the House Bachelor
    12/17/71
- Love, American Style
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 45 Love and the Pregnancy
    2/19/71
- The Dean Martin Show
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 12 Peter Graves / Jill St. John / Paul Lynde / Kathleen Freeman
    12/3/70
- Kraft Music Hall
  Co-host
  - S 12: Ep 21 Kraft Presents Phil Silvers and Paul Lynde
    3/25/70
- Love, American Style
  Grisdale
  - S 1: Ep 50 Love and the Nervous Executive
    1/30/70
- Fractured Flickers
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 18 Paul Lynde
- Kraft Music Hall
  Himself
  - S 12: Ep 9 Alan King...Public Consumer Number One
    11/26/69
  - S 11: Ep 22 Johnny Cash...On The Road
    4/16/69
  - S 12: Ep 13 Alan King Rings In The New Year and Wrings Out The Old
    1/7/70
- That's Life (1968)
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 25 Baby's First Birthday
    3/25/69
  - S 1: Ep 12 Twas the Night Before Christmas
    12/17/68
  - S 1: Ep 5 Buying The House
    10/22/68
- The Jonathan Winters Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 7 November 13, 1968
    11/13/68
- The Flying Nun
  Father Lundigan
  - S 2: Ep 4 The Return of Father Lundigan
    10/17/68
- The Mothers-In-Law
  Wally Logan
  - S 2: Ep 2 The Match Game
    9/22/68
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 127 August 27, 1968
    8/27/68
- The Bob Hope Show
  Himself
  - S 18: Ep 8 March 20, 1968
    3/20/68
  - S 18: Ep 5 December 14, 1967
    12/14/67
  - S 18: Ep 3 November 8, 1967
    11/8/67
  - S 18: Ep 1 September 20, 1967
    9/20/67
  - S 17: Ep 1 September 28, 1966
    9/28/66
- I Dream of Jeannie
  Comander Porter
  - S 3: Ep 20 Please Don't Feed the Astronauts
    2/13/68
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself/Co-host
  - S 6: Ep 95 January 12, 1968
    1/12/68
  - S 6: Ep 94 January 11, 1968
    1/11/68
  - S 6: Ep 93 January 10, 1968
    1/10/68
  - S 6: Ep 92 January 9, 1968
    1/9/68
  - S 6: Ep 91 Week of January 8, 1968
    1/8/68
  - + 10 More Credits
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 82 December 26, 1967
    12/26/67
  - S 5: Ep 239 August 17, 1967
    8/17/67
  - S 5: Ep 173 May 3, 1967
    5/3/67
  - S 11: Ep 1 Week of September 4, 1972
    9/4/72
- The Hollywood Palace
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 8 Host: Bing Crosby / Roger Miller
    10/31/67
  - S 4: Ep 3 Host: Elizabeth Montgomery
    10/1/66
  - S 3: Ep 3 Host: Fred Astaire / We Five / Jackie Mason
    10/2/65
  - S 1: Ep 19 Host: Dale Robertson / The Womenfolk
    5/9/64
- I Dream of Jeannie
  Allen Kerr
  - S 3: Ep 7 Everybody's a Movie Star
    10/31/67
- The Beverly Hillbillies
  passport clerk
  - S 6: Ep 1 Jed Inherits a Castle
    9/6/67
- Hey Landlord
  Mr. Gregory
  - S 1: Ep 25 A Little Off The Top
    3/12/67
- That Girl (1966)
  Nate Caswell
  - S 1: Ep 18 These Boots Weren't Made For Walking
    1/12/67
- Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
  Judge
  - S 4: Ep 9 The Blue-Eyed Horse
    11/23/66
- I Dream of Jeannie
  Harry Huggins
  - S 2: Ep 3 My Master, the Rich Tycoon
    9/26/66
- F Troop
  Sgt. Ramsden
  - S 2: Ep 1 The Singing Mountie
    9/8/66
- Gidget
  Herman Marshall
  - S 1: Ep 26 Take a Lesson
    3/10/66
- The Farmer's Daughter
  Tony
  - S 3: Ep 3 Stag at Bay
    9/27/65
  - S 2: Ep 23 Rich Man, Poor Man
    2/19/65
- Bewitched
  Harold Harold
  - S 1: Ep 26 Driving is the Only Way to Fly
    3/25/65
- Burke's Law
  Guy Hawthorne Jr.
  - S 2: Ep 24 Who Killed Mr. Colby in Ladies' Lingerie?
    3/3/65
- The Munsters
  Dr. Edward Dudley
  - S 1: Ep 19 Eddie's Nickname
    1/28/65
- The Cara Williams Show
  Charles Crump
  - S 1: Ep 12 Three on a Mismatch
    12/16/64
- The Jack Benny Program
  Veterinarian
  - S 15: Ep 12 Jack Has a Sick Alligator
    12/11/64
- Burke's Law
  Dr. McCoy
  - S 2: Ep 11 Who Killed Merlin the Great?
    12/2/64
- The Munsters
  Doctor Dudley
  - S 1: Ep 6 Low-Cal Munster
    10/29/64
  - S 1: Ep 4 Rock-a-Bye Munster
    10/15/64
- The Jack Paar Program
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 15 January 3, 1964
    1/3/64
- Grindl
  Purvis Inchback
  - S 1: Ep 13 'Twas the Week Before Christmas
    12/22/63
- The Jerry Lewis Show (1963)
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 5 Bobby Darin, Al Hirt, Vikki Carr; Jan Murray, Paul Lynde, Jack Carter, Jack E. Leonard
    10/19/63
- Burke's Law
  Arthur Clark
  - S 1: Ep 3 Who Killed Cable Roberts?
    10/4/63
- The Patty Duke Show
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Genius
    9/25/63
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  Himself
  - S 16: Ep 8 Van Johnson / Kaye Stevens / Paul Lynde / Bob Lewis
    11/18/62
  - S 13: Ep 36 June 5, 1960 Jack Lemmon, Louis Prima & Keely Smith, Bert Lahr, Anita Bryant
    6/5/60
- The Andy Williams Show (1962)
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 6 November 1, 1962
    11/1/62
  - S 1: Ep 2 October 4, 1962
    10/4/62
- Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 2 10/6/1962
    10/6/62
- The Perry Como Show
  Himself
  - S 13: Ep 35 June 7, 1961
    6/7/61
  - S 13: Ep 32 May 17, 1961
    5/17/61
  - S 13: Ep 30 May 3, 1961
    5/3/61
  - S 13: Ep 29 April 26, 1961
    4/26/61
- The Play of the Week
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 10 Highlights of New Faces
    11/28/60
- The Phil Silvers Show
  the soda jerk (a.k.a. fake doctor)
  - S 4: Ep 34 Bilko in Outer Space
    6/5/59
- The George Gobel Show
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 11 March 10, 1959
    3/10/59
- Producers' Showcase
  Belknap-Jackson
  - S 3: Ep 6 Ruggles of Red Gap
    2/3/57
- Frankie Laine Time
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 4 August 29, 1956
    8/29/56
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Dr. Metz
  - S 5: Ep 5 The Good Fairy
    2/5/56
- The Martha Raye Show
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 7 January 24, 1956
    1/24/56
  - S 3: Ep 6 January 3, 1956
    1/3/56
  - S 2: Ep 4 December 21, 1954
    12/21/54
  - S 2: Ep 3 November 23, 1954
    11/23/54
  - S 2: Ep 1 August 28, 1954
    8/28/54
- The Colgate Comedy Hour
  Guest
  - S 4: Ep 40 7/11/1954
    7/11/54
  - S 4: Ep 38 6/27/1954 - Away From It All
    6/27/54
  - S 4: Ep 36 6/13/1954 - Let's Go Places
    6/13/54
- Toast of the Town
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 11 Les Paul & Mary Ford / Paul Lynde / Johnny Mize / "My Darling Aida" cast
    11/23/52
Cameo (1)

Role
- The Bob Hope Show
  Himself
  - S 26: Ep 2 Bob Hope's NBC Christmas Party
    12/14/75

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- 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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- 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.
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