Paul Lynde
Birthday: 13 June 1926, Mount Vernon, Ohio, USA
Birth Name: Paul Edward Lynde
Height: 180 cm
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 ...Show More
I don't meet enough women outside show business, and I wouldn't marry anyone in this field. [in 1969 Show more
I don't meet enough women outside show business, and I wouldn't marry anyone in this field. [in 1969] Hide
I have so many friends who were lovers. After they got married, it was over.
I have so many friends who were lovers. After they got married, it was over.
I always wanted to be Anna May Wong. She seemed so much more exotic and exciting than plain ordinary Show more
I always wanted to be Anna May Wong. She seemed so much more exotic and exciting than plain ordinary folk. But no-go. I wasn't fated to be Wong, just white. Hide
I don't know who the hell Paul Lynde is or why he's funny, and I prefer it to be a mystery to me. An Show more
I don't know who the hell Paul Lynde is or why he's funny, and I prefer it to be a mystery to me. An actor shouldn't undergo psychoanalysis, because there are a lot of things you're better off not knowing. Hide
Sometimes, I think you're better off not being married today. When you see your married friends spli Show more
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. [in 1974] Hide
I had a drag scene in Doris Day's The Glass Bottom Boat (1966). An elegant gown. Actually, it was mo Show more
I had a drag scene in Doris Day's The Glass Bottom Boat (1966). An elegant gown. Actually, it was more expensive than any of the ones Doris had to wear. That day that I came in fully dressed and coiffed, I was the belle of the set! Everybody went wild! Doris came over and looked me up and down and told me, 'Oh, I'd never wear anything that feminine.' Hide
I'm used to living alone, and I like it that way. You become so selfish living alone...I'd make a te Show more
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. Hide
[to a traffic cop who had flagged him down for drunk driving] I'll have a double cheeseburger and a Show more
[to a traffic cop who had flagged him down for drunk driving] I'll have a double cheeseburger and a chocolate shake. Hide
I was in 'Bye Bye Birdie' on Broadway - played the father. I was in the film version, but they shoul Show more
I was in 'Bye Bye Birdie' on Broadway - played the father. I was in the film version, but they should have retitled it 'Hello, Ann-Margret!' They cut several of my and the other actors' best scenes and shot new ones for her so she could do her teenage-sex-bombshell act. Hide
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Paul Lynde'S roles
Templeton
Bullets
