The following is an excerpt from Cathy Rudolph's book, "Paul Lynde: A Biography: His Life, His Love(s) and His Laughter," about the late comedian. When I was seventeen years old, I had only one ...

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 ...

Paul Lynde may be recognized as a television icon and beloved performer on game show “The Hollywood Squares,” but his real dream was to become a celebrated Hollywood star. Cathy Rudolph, a close ...

"I'll take Paul Lynde." Not so very long ago, a lifetime ago, those words took Americans somewhere wicked. In the '70s, if that sentence was uttered by a contestant on Hollywood Squares, lights would ...

Before Halloween television belonged to horror marathons and slasher sequels, it was once the playground for one of the strangest variety shows ever aired: The Paul Lynde Halloween Special. Broadcast ...

The unlikely friendship between a teenager from Levittown and one of America's most popular TV comedians began nearly 40 years ago with a trip to the local library and culminated with a recently ...

Just a stone's throw from Columbus is Mount Vernon, population 14,500, and the hometown of "Hollywood Square" comedian Paul Lynde. Lynde, who would have turned 80 this year, died at age 55 in 1982.

The rumors that swirled around the abrupt death of “Hollywood Squares” icon Paul Lynde in 1982 have been put to rest by a new book, which reveals that the caustic comic was not found dead in the nude ...

When TV star Paul Lynde and his friend, struggling actor James Davidson, returned to the Sir Francis Drake on July 18, 1965, everyone in the lobby knew it. The pair had checked into San Francisco’s ...

Paul Edward Lynde (June 13, 1926 – January 10, 1982) was an American comedian, actor, and game-show panelist. Lynde was well known for his roles as Uncle Arthur on Bewitched, as the befuddled father ...

How many Broadway shows has Paul Lynde been in? Paul Lynde has appeared on Broadway in 2 shows. How many West End shows has Paul Lynde been in? Paul Lynde has not appeared in the West End How many ...