Paul Lynde
Paul Lynde born 13 June 1926 (d. 1982)American comedian and character actor Paul Lynde is probably best known in the UK for his role as Samantha's Uncle Arthur in the popular TV series Bewitched. He was also the centre square in the American game show Hollywood Squares from 1968-1981.
Lynde was also a successful voice artist and lent his distinctive voice to many Hanna-Barbera cartoons, notably as 'the Hooded Claw' in The Perils of Penelope Pitstop.
Known to be gay in Hollywood circles, despite his campness and flamboyant humor and gay double-entendres, the general American public were blissfully unaware of the truth behind "America's Most-Eligible Bachelor" and he never publicly acknowledged his homosexuality.
Just two of his classic Hollywood Squares quips...
Q: Who are more likely to be romantically responsive. Women under thirty or women over thirty?
Lynde: I don't have a third choice?
Q: You're the world's most popular fruit. What are you?
Lynde: Humble.
He died of a heart attack at his home in Beverley Hills. As they say, he never married.
Labels: Actors, Comedians, Television
posted by Peter Jacobs at 12:01 am
2 Comments:
Thanks for your website. I'm really enjoying reading through it. Actually, the show was called "Hollywood Squares". Keep up the great work. Take care
Arguably, one of the funniest people to grace movies and TV. Among his many roles:
He was the nearly blind doctor on the TV show "The Munsters" who kept mistaking Herman Munster's hand for the family dog.
He was in the movie "Bye Bye Birdie" with Ann-Margret and sang the song "Kids" ( "Kids! I don't know what's wrong with these kids today! Kids! Who can understand anything they say? ...")
He was the voice of Templeton the rat in "Charlotte's Web" (and stole the show).
He was also a major alcoholic who's mouth got meaner and nastier the more he drank. And he had a penchant for rent boys-it was reported he died while inhaling poppers and having sex with a male prostitute.
But, I LOVE him, because of his glorious wit! Legend has it that one time Paul got pulled over for a DUI. When the cop came to his window, he looked up and said in his typical acerbic tone, "I'll have a cheeseburger and fries!" And yet another account: He was once on an airplane and a little girl was running up and down the aisle making a lot of noise. He grabbed her and shouted at her mother, "You keep this little girl quiet or I'm gonna fu*k her!"
Thank the Gods for Paul Lynde!
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