Gordon Maitland Chater AM (6 April 1922 – 12 December 1999) was an English Australian comedian and actor, and recipient of the Gold Logie, he appeared in revue, theatre, radio, television and film, with a career spanning almost 50 years.
[2] He attended Cambridge University to study medicine but did not finish his degree, instead taking part in many student revues.
Chater having arrived in Australia post World War II came to prominence as a stage and radio actor, and was a cast member of the 1963 Sydney season of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, the debut production by the Old Tote Theatre Company, the precursor to the Sydney Theatre Company.
He appeared in a radio program opposite Gwen Plumb[1] Chater appeared in TV movies and series, he became a national star when he was cast with Carol Raye and Barry Creyton in the Australian satirical television series The Mavis Bramston Show,[3] for which he won the 1966 Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television.
The play broke new ground in Australian theatre with its shocking opening scene (in which Chater walked onstage naked) and its discussion of paedophilia.