Sir Archie Macaw was an English record producer, arranger, composer, conductor, barman, audio engineer, and musician. He was referred to as the "Fifth Rutle", including by Dirk McQuickly, in reference to his extensive involvement on each of the Rutles' original albums.
Archie was the first man to take an interest: "One day this rather odd chap (Leggy Mountbatten) hopped into my office. He'd been to see virtually everyone in the business and been shown the door. He asked to see my door, but I wouldn't show it to him. Instead he showed me the tapes and photographs of The Rutles. They were pretty rough but they had something. I think it was the trousers."
In 2016, Archie died shortly after accepting a teaching post in New Zealand. His first son, Alfred Macaw, would go on to remix many Rutles compilation albums and super deluxe box sets, while his other son Archarge Macaw went on to be a barman and actor.