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Paul Lynde

Paul Lynde

Birthday: 1926-06-13 | Place of Birth: Mount Vernon, Ohio, USA

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".

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1979
The Villain

as    Nervous Elk

1976
Hugo the Hippo

as    Aban-Khan (voice)

1974
Journey Back to Oz

as    Pumpkinhead (voice)

1973
Charlotte's Web

as    Templeton (voice)

1972
Gidget Gets Married

as    Louis B. Latimer

1972
Temperatures Rising

as    Paul Mercy

1969
Gidget Grows Up

as    Louis B. Latimer

1966
The Glass Bottom Boat

as    Homer Cripps

1964
Send Me No Flowers

as    Mr. Akins

1963
Bye Bye Birdie

as    Harry McAfee

1963
Under the Yum-Yum Tree

as    Murphy

1963
Son of Flubber

as    Sportscaster