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

Lawther came to local prominence in Toronto when in 1980 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. CFMT is a Canadian television station, which broadcasts multicultural programming in Toronto, Ontario. ...

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 dan innuzi wanted the show done for $50,000 less, so the show was going to be canceled by the station and jeff ordered the covert bulking of all the program tapes but 3/4" u-matic copies of some the shows best moments still survive in ryerson duponts private hands and one unit assistants private collection in s-vhs and dvd))

He 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. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), a Canadian crown corporation, is the country’s national public radio and television broadcaster. ...

Lawther is still a working actor, being a recurring character as a seemingly gormless television executive on CBC's Made in Canada. Made in Canada is a Canadian television sitcom / single camera comedy, which aired on the CBC from 1998 to 2003. ...