Herbert L. Oakes was born on June 30, 1946 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. He was a producer, known for Educating Rita (1983) and Not Quite Paradise (1985). He was married to Sheila Fearn. He died on June 5, 2019 in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
Herb Oakes used the profits he earned from Educating Rita (1983) to buy a majority ownership interest in the Colt Firearms Company of West Hartford, Connecticut.