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 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".
Movie | Say Hey, Willie Mays! | Self | 2022-10-27 |
Movie | Broadway's Lost Treasures | Mr. MacAfee (segment "Bye Bye Birdie") | 2003-08-10 |
Movie | The Villain | Nervous Elk | 1979-07-26 |
Movie | Rabbit Test | Dr. Roger Vidal | 1978-04-09 |
Series | Donny & Marie | Unknown | 1976-01-23 |
Movie | The Paul Lynde Halloween Special | Himself | 1976-10-30 |
Movie | Hugo the Hippo | Aban-Khan (voice) | 1975-12-25 |
Movie | The Sandy Duncan Special | Self | 1974-11-13 |
Movie | Charlotte's Web | Templeton (voice) | 1973-03-01 |
Movie | Gidget Gets Married | Louis B. Latimer | 1972-01-04 |
Series | Temperatures Rising | Paul Mercy | 1972-09-12 |
Movie | Journey Back to Oz | Pumpkinhead (voice) | 1972-12-14 |
Series | The Paul Lynde Show | 1972-09-13 | |
Series | Where's Huddles? | 1970-07-01 | |
Series | The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour | Unknown | 1969-01-22 |
Movie | Gidget Grows Up | Louis B. Latimer | 1969-12-30 |
Series | It's the Wolf | Mildew | 1969-09-06 |
Series | Cattanooga Cats | 1969-09-06 | |
Series | Love, American Style | Unknown | 1969-09-29 |
Series | The Perils of Penelope Pitstop | 1969-09-13 | |
Movie | How Sweet It Is! | The Purser | 1968-08-21 |
Movie | The Dean Martin Christmas Show | Self (uncredited) | 1968-12-19 |
Series | That's Life | Unknown | 1968-09-24 |
Series | The Flying Nun | Unknown | 1967-09-07 |
Series | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Unknown | 1967-09-09 |
Movie | The Glass Bottom Boat | Homer Cripps | 1966-06-09 |
Series | The Pruitts of Southampton | 1966-09-06 | |
Series | Hollywood Squares | Himself | 1966-10-17 |
Series | That Girl | Unknown | 1966-09-08 |
Movie | Beach Blanket Bingo | Bullets | 1965-04-14 |
Series | F Troop | Unknown | 1965-09-14 |
Series | Gidget | Unknown | 1965-09-15 |
Series | I Dream of Jeannie | Unknown | 1965-09-18 |
Movie | For Those Who Think Young | Syd Hoyt | 1964-06-01 |
Series | The Hollywood Palace | Unknown | 1964-01-04 |
Series | Bewitched | Unknown | 1964-09-17 |
Series | The Munsters | Dr. Edward Dudley | 1964-09-24 |
Series | The Cara Williams Show | Unknown | 1964-09-23 |
Movie | Send Me No Flowers | Mr. Akins | 1964-10-14 |
Movie | Bye Bye Birdie | Harry McAfee | 1963-04-04 |
Movie | Son of Flubber | Sportscaster | 1963-01-16 |
Series | The Patty Duke Show | Unknown | 1963-09-18 |
Movie | Under the Yum-Yum Tree | Murphy | 1963-10-23 |
Series | Burke's Law | Unknown | 1963-09-20 |
Series | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-04 |
Series | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Unknown | 1962-10-01 |
Series | Kraft Music Hall | Unknown | 1958-10-08 |
Series | Stanley | Horace Fenton | 1956-09-24 |
Series | The Honeymooners | Unknown | 1955-10-01 |
Movie | New Faces | Paul Lynde | 1954-02-19 |
Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |