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Paul Lynde
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Actor Born: June 13, 1926 in Mt. Vernon, OH Death: January 10, 1982 in Beverly Hills, CA Biography:Biting, sarcastic comic actor "Paul Lynde" made his Broadway debut in Leonard Sillman's New Faces of 1952, which was transferred to film virtually intact in 1953. Far heavier than most of his fans remember him (he tipped the scales at 260 pounds), Lynde scored with a "sick" monologue in which he described the various injuries that had befallen him. The undercurrent of pain inherent in his comedy has been attributed by some observers to Lynde's lifelong insecurities, many of these stemming from the time when his father, mother, and favorite brother all died within a three-month period.
By the time Lynde was cast as the long-suffering father in the 1961 Broadway play Bye Bye Birdie, he had slimmed down considerably and his comic gifts had sharpened to a fine point. Beginning with the 1963 Disney film "Son of Flubber", Lynde played a series of movie character parts in which he made snide, cynical... Full Biography
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