Paul Lynde

Paul Edward Lynde was an American actor, comedian and TV personality.

Paul Lynde was born in Mount Vernon, Ohio, the son of Hoy Coradon and Sylvia Bell Lynde. He graduated from Mount Vernon High School in 1944, and then studied drama at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where his fellow students included Cloris Leachman, Charlotte Rae, Patricia Neal, Jeffrey Hunter and Claude Akins. At Northwestern, he joined the Upsilon chapter of Phi Kappa Sigma and is listed amongst the most famous members of the fraternity. He graduated in 1948 and moved to New York City, where he initially worked as a standup comic.

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