Leslie Ernest Lye (November 18, 1924 – July 21, 2009)[1] was a Canadian actor, comedian, writer, radio personality and announcer and voice artist.

After heading back to Toronto to work for a short time at CKEY, he returned to Ottawa and CFRA with his alter ego, Abercrombie.

When puppeteer John Conway decided to give up hosting the CJOH kids show Cartoonerville in 1966, the station's programmers asked Lye and Luxton to team up and take over.

Lye was a regular character and played multiple roles in the Canadian 1979 sketch comedy TV show Whatever Turns You On, and also appeared in 1983 Nickelodeon production UFO Kidnapped as character Sam Smythe and the Nickelodeon 1985 sketch comedy Turkey Television In addition to Luxton, Lye worked with Don Harron, Ruth Buzzi and Orson Bean, and worked for the CBC, CTV and Global television networks.

The Canadian children's show, which was wildly popular in the United States and a staple on Nickelodeon's programming line-up, enjoyed a ten season run from 3 February 1979 to 25 May 1990.

In 2003, Lye and Luxton were honored with lifetime achievement awards from the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA), for their work on Willy & Floyd.

Lye continued to work as an active member of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and was writing a book of his memoirs at the time of his death.