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Barry Letts
Producer

Barry Letts

26 Mar 1925Born
9 Oct 2009Died
84Age at death
64Credits

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.

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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.

Known for

Filmography

  1. 2023Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time MonsterFilm: (archive footage)
  2. 2019Doctor Who and the Third ManFilm
  3. 2011IMC Needs You!Film
  4. 2011Come in Number FiveFilm: (archive footage)
  5. 2010The Tin Men and the WitchFilm
  6. 2010Warriors of MarsFilm
  7. 2009The Perfect Scenario: Lost FrontiersFilm
  8. 2009The Perfect Scenario: The End of DreamsFilm
  9. 2009Roger Delgado: The MasterFilm
  10. 2009The Frighten FactorFilm
  11. 2008Hello Sailor!Film
  12. 2008Musical Scales: An Era of ExperimentationFilm
  13. 2007ExodusFilm: Professor Marcus
  14. 2007Are Friends Electric?Film
  15. 2007The Worst Journey in the WorldFilm: Narrator
  16. 2006Built for War: The Sontaran StoryFilm: (archival footage)
  17. 2006Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor WhoFilm
  18. 2005Terrance Dicks: Fact & FictionFilm
  19. 2003The Story of Doctor WhoFilm
  20. 1998Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?Film
  21. 1986David CopperfieldSeries: Director, Creator (10 episodes)
  22. 1985EastEndersSeries: Director (22 episodes)
  23. 1984The Prisoner of ZendaSeries: Creator
  24. 1984The Invisible ManSeries: Creator
  25. 1983Jane EyreSeries: Creator
  26. 1982Gulliver in LilliputSeries: Director (4 episodes)
  27. 1981Sense and SensibilitySeries: Creator
  28. 1980A Tale of Two CitiesSeries: Creator
  29. 1980The Swish of the CurtainSeries: Creator
  30. 1978The Mill on the FlossSeries: Creator
  31. 1978PinocchioFilm: Director
  32. 1978PinocchioSeries: Director (4 episodes)
  33. 1977Nicholas NicklebySeries: Creator
  34. 1976The Prince and the PauperSeries: Director (6 episodes)
  35. 1975Doctor Who: The Android InvasionFilm: Director
  36. 1975Ten from the TwentiesSeries: Director (1 episode)
  37. 1974Doctor Who: Planet of the SpidersFilm: Writer, Director
  38. 1973Moonbase 3Series: Writer, Creator (1 episode)
  39. 1973Doctor Who: Carnival of MonstersFilm: Director
  40. 1972Doctor Who: The Time MonsterFilm: Writer
  41. 1971Doctor Who: The DæmonsFilm: Writer
  42. 1971Doctor Who: Terror of the AutonsFilm: Director
  43. 1970Doctor Who: InfernoFilm: Loudspeaker Voice
  44. 1968Adventure WeeklySeries: Director (13 episodes)
  45. 1968Doctor Who: The Enemy of the WorldFilm: Director
  46. 1965Thirty-Minute TheatreSeries: Writer (1 episode)
  47. 1964The Wednesday PlaySeries: Writer (1 episode)
  48. 1963Doctor WhoSeries: Director, Writer (29 episodes)
  49. 1962City Beneath the SeaSeries (7 episodes)
  50. 1962Dial M for MurderFilm: Max Halliday
  51. 1962Z-CarsSeries: Director (4 episodes)
  52. 1961The AvengersSeries (1 episode)
  53. 1960MaigretSeries (1 episode)
  54. 1960The Small House at AllingtonSeries: Captain Bernard Dale (6 episodes)
  55. 1959No Hiding PlaceSeries (1 episode)
  56. 1957The Silver SwordSeries (7 episodes)
  57. 1956Armchair TheatreSeries: Clive Epworth, Jamie Peatie (1 episode)
  58. 1956Reach for the SkyFilm: Tommy
  59. 1953The Cruel SeaFilm: Raikes
  60. 1949A Boy, a Girl and a BikeFilm: Syd
  61. 1948Scott of the AntarcticFilm: Apsley Cherry-Garrard
  62. 1948To the Public DangerFilm: Fred Lane
  63. 1947FriedaFilm: Jim Merrick
  64. 1943San Demetrio LondonFilm: Apprentice John Jones - M.V. San Demetrio

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