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Ian Marter

Ian Marter

Actor · Born 1944-10-28 · Coventry, Warwickshire, England, UK

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Biography

Ian Marter was an actor and novelist. He was best known for his role as Harry Sullivan in the BBC science-fiction television series Doctor Who from December 1974 to September 1975, with a non-regular, one-serial return in November and December 1975. Marter continued his association with Doctor Who long after leaving the show, adapting several stories for the Target novelisation range, and penning an original novel, Harry Sullivan's War. In addition to these books, Marter wrote adaptations of several 1980s American films such as Splash and Down and Out in Beverly Hills for Target and its imprint, Star Books, as well as the Gummi Bears books. With the exception of Down and Out in Beverly Hills, these books were published under the pen name Ian Don - Don being his middle name. Marter died in 1986, on his 42nd birthday, from a heart attack associated with diabetes-related cardiovascular disease.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Doctor Who (1963) — Harry Sullivan
  2. The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) — 3rd Policeman
  3. Sherlock Holmes (1984) — Inspector Fereday
  4. The Medusa Touch (1978) — Detective
  5. Doctor Faustus (1967) — Pride/Emperor
  6. Bergerac (1981) — Cowman
  7. Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks (1975) — Harry Sullivan
  8. Doctor Who: Robot (1975) — Harry Sullivan
  9. Doctor Who: The Ark in Space (1975) — Harry Sullivan
  10. Doctor Who: The Sontaran Experiment (1975) — Harry Sullivan
  11. Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen (1975) — Harry Sullivan
  12. Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons (1975) — Harry Sullivan
  13. Shine on Harvey Moon (1982) — Policeman
  14. Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks (1984) — Harry Sullivan (archive footage) (uncredited)
  15. Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters (1973) — John Andrews
  16. Doctor Who: Logopolis (1981) — Harry Sullivan (archive footage)
  17. Crown Court (1972) — Quentin Ingrams
  18. North and South (1975) — Henry Lennox
  19. The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986) — Inspector Fereday
  20. Doctor Who: The Android Invasion (1975) — Harry Sullivan
  21. Myth Runner (1987) — Himself (archive footage)
  22. King of the Ghetto (1986) — Station Sergeant
  23. The Waterloo Bridge Handicap (1978) — Lincoln's Inn (The Big Fancy)
  24. Softly, Softly (1966)
  25. Who's Who (1986)
  26. Holly (1972) — Police Driver
  27. The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years (2017)
  28. The Specialist (1980) — Journalist
  29. The Emergency Channel (1973) — Literary Editor
  30. Worlds Within: The Life of Ian Marter (2025) — Self (archive footage)
  31. Doctor Who's Who's Who (1985) — Harry Sullivan
  32. Myth Makers (2015) — Himself
  33. King of the Ghetto (1986) — Station Sergeant