Paul Lynde

Paul Lynde
Years active at Hanna-Barbera	1969-1973
Characters played	Hooded Claw Mildew Wolf Claude Pertwee Templeton

Paul Edward Lynde was an American voice actor. He worked mostly for the Hanna-Barbera animation production company where he originated the voice of many characters.

Lynde died on January 10, 1982 at the age of 55.

Lynde is the subject of the 2018 independent documentary film DOOZY, which goes behind the scenes of the queer-like characters he voiced for the company.

Roles

20th century

• The Perils of Penelope Pitstop (1969-1970, uncredited)
  • Hooded Claw/Sylvester Sneekly
• Cattanooga Cats (1969-1971, uncredited)
  • Mildew Wolf
• Where's Huddles? (1970)
  • Claude Pertwee
  • Pertwee Famous ("The Offensives," 1970)
  • Eddie Hughes Pertwee ("A Sticky Affair," 1970)
  • William Randolph Pertwee ("One Man's Family," 1970)
• Charlotte's Web (1973)
  • Templeton

Other roles

Lynde was a character actor who applied a distinct campiness and snarky persona to his work, that was less than subtle about his closeted homosexuality. He played Uncle Arthur on the TV series Bewitched, Harry MacAfee in the musical film Bye Bye Birdie, and sat "center square" on the game show Hollywood Squares from 1968 to 1981.