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.
After leaving school he went to work as a reporter on the South London
Observer where he shared an office with a young Kelvin Mackenzie, future editor
of The Sun, teaching the budding journalist to type.