Les Lye

Les Lye was a Canadian actor and broadcaster best known to sketch audiences as the adult character performer on You Can’t Do That on Television. His roles included Barth, the unsavory burger cook, studio floor manager Ross and the authoritarian El Capitano. He played the adults around the show’s young ensemble, often becoming the source of their trouble.

Before that series, Lye built a broadcasting career in Ottawa and became a familiar television presence as Uncle Willy, appearing with Bill Luxton in the children’s program Willy and Floyd. His background in radio, live television and comic characters supported the quick changes and broad performances that made his sketch work recognizable.