Chubby Oates was born on 23 December 1942 in Bermondsey, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Doctor Who (1963), Killer's Moon (1978) and Cribb (1980). He died on 10 November 2006 in Deal, Kent, England, UK.
In 1968 he co-wrote, with Chris Shaw, A Pictorial History of Female Impersonation. In pantomime, Oates was a well known pantomime dame and 'ugly sister'.