Arthur ("Chubby") Oates (23 December 1942 – 10 November 2006) was a Cockney clubland comic and character actor.
He also claimed the record for the heaviest Ugly Sisters when his co-star in a production of "Cinderella" at Yeovil's Octagon Theatre was Steve King.
In 1973-74 he co-starred with Fiona Richmond in Pyjama Tops, a long-running Paul Raymond comedy at the Whitehall Theatre.
As a character actor Oates appeared in shows such as Doctor Who and Dixon of Dock Green, and also played the coach driver in the cult horror film Killer's Moon (1978).
He died in Deal in Kent[1] on 10 November 2006 aged 63 from diabetic complications and a heart attack after giving a performance at a showbusiness luncheon.