- In 2017, Chater began giving poetry readings and he continued to read the lesson at his local church until lockdown was imposed as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic on 23 March 2020, his 99th birthday.
- He served as a captain in India and Burma, where he wrote and performed in revues for the troops during time off.
- He served in the British Army from 1940-1946.
- While he appeared in films and television roles, he avoided longer contracts so he could have time to devote to his first love of performing in the theatre.
- His father, Lawrence Chater Robinson, was a composer of music for dance bands and his mother Peggy was an actress. It was seeing her perform at London St Martin's Theatre when he was 11 that made him want to follow her onto the stage.
- Chater was educated at Marlborough College, and joined the Royal Fusiliers in 1940.
- After the Second World War, he focused on his career in the entertainment industry. He became an assistant stage manager at the Theatre Royal, Windsor, where in 1947, made his first professional appearance in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
- His West End debut was in 1952, as "Constable" in Master Crook. Later on he appeared in Howard Brenton's play Magnificence.
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