Chas Lawther

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Charles "Chas" Lawther is a British-born Canadian actor, comedian and writer.

Lawther came to local prominence in Toronto when in the 1980s he created the character of Chuck The Security Guard for CFMT-TV's The All-Night Show, on the ostensible premise that as the station's night security he would be allowed to use the broadcast facilities to play classic television shows, short films and music videos between sign-off and 6 a.m.

The station CFMT bulk erased all episodes of The All Night Show to reuse the tapes. (Jeff Silverman the shows producer did not want the station to reuse the program tapes of the live segments when contract negotiations failed -the shows budget was $450,000 for the year,he wanted $50,000 more for the next year and CFMT wanted the show done for $50,000 less, so the show was going to be canceled by the station and Silverman ordered the covert bulking of all the program tapes but 3/4" u-matic copies of some the show's best moments still survive).

Lawther and his comedy partner Suzette Couture formed the comedy duo Joined at the Hip, regularly playing comedy venues across Canada and at one point getting their own special on CBC. Lawther has written and hosted several comedy "stand-up mockumentaries" on CBC Radio

Lawther is still a working actor, and was a recurring character as a seemingly gormless television executive on CBC's Made in Canada.