Charles Clayton is a teenage fictional character published by Archie Comics. Chuck lives in the fictional town of Riverdale, and is the friend of Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, and other students at Riverdale High School. Chuck first appeared in Life With Archie #110 in 1971. Chuck was created as a means of adding diversity to the cast of Archie characters, although Valerie (of Josie and the Pussycats) predates him by several years. Jordan Calloway portrayed the character on Riverdale.