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Barry Letts

Barry Letts

Production · Born 1925-03-26

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Biography

Barry Leopold Letts (26 March 1925 – 9 October 2009) was an English actor, television director, writer and producer, best known for being the producer of Doctor Who from 1969 to 1974. Born in Leicester, he worked as an actor in theatre, films and television before retiring in his early forties and becoming a television director. He then became the producer of the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who for five years, overseeing almost the entirety of Jon Pertwee's tenure as the Third Doctor and casting Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor. He produced or directed many of the BBC's Sunday Classic drama serials from 1976 to 1986, and returned to Doctor Who in 1980 to be the executive producer for its eighteenth season.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Avengers (1961)
  2. The Cruel Sea (1953) — Raikes
  3. Scott of the Antarctic (1948) — Apsley Cherry-Garrard
  4. Reach for the Sky (1956) — Tommy
  5. Frieda (1947) — Jim Merrick
  6. San Demetrio London (1943) — Apprentice John Jones - M.V. San Demetrio
  7. Maigret (1960)
  8. To the Public Danger (1948) — Fred Lane
  9. A Boy, a Girl and a Bike (1949) — Syd
  10. Z-Cars (1962)
  11. Armchair Theatre (1956) — Clive Epworth
  12. Doctor Who: Inferno (1970) — Loudspeaker Voice
  13. 30 Years in the TARDIS (1993) — Himself
  14. No Hiding Place (1959)
  15. Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals (2023) — Self - archive
  16. Exodus (2007) — Professor Marcus
  17. The Worst Journey in the World (2007) — Narrator
  18. Where on Earth Is Katy Manning? (1998)
  19. Built for War: The Sontaran Story (2006) — (archival footage)
  20. Terrance Dicks: Fact & Fiction (2005)
  21. The Story of Doctor Who (2003)
  22. The Frighten Factor (2009)
  23. Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who (2006)
  24. City Beneath the Sea (1962)
  25. The Small House at Allington (1960) — Captain Bernard Dale
  26. Life on Earth (2011) — Self
  27. The Doctor's Moriarty (2011) — Self
  28. Doctor Who and the Third Man (2019)
  29. Hello Sailor! (2008)
  30. The Perfect Scenario: Lost Frontiers (2009)
  31. The Perfect Scenario: The End of Dreams (2009)
  32. Come in Number Five (2011) — (archive footage)
  33. The Tin Men and the Witch (2010)
  34. Are Friends Electric? (2007)
  35. Warriors of Mars (2010)
  36. Roger Delgado: The Master (2009)
  37. Musical Scales: An Era of Experimentation (2008)
  38. Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster (2023) — (archive footage)
  39. IMC Needs You! (2011)
  40. Terror Nation: Terry Nation and Doctor Who (2007) — Self

Directed

  1. Doctor Who (1963) — Director
  2. EastEnders (1985) — Director
  3. Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World (1968) — Director
  4. Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders (1974) — Director
  5. Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons (1971) — Director
  6. Z-Cars (1962) — Director
  7. Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters (1973) — Director
  8. David Copperfield (1986) — Director
  9. Doctor Who: The Android Invasion (1975) — Director
  10. Gulliver in Lilliput (1982) — Director
  11. Pinocchio (1978) — Director
  12. Adventure Weekly (1968) — Director
  13. Pinocchio (1978) — Director
  14. Ten from the Twenties (1975) — Director