Barry Letts
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.
Filmography (42 titles)
4.7MovieDoctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
Self - archive · 2023
MovieTime and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
(archive footage) · 2023
MovieDoctor Who and the Third Man
2019
MovieIMC Needs You!
2011
MovieLife on Earth
Self · 2011
MovieThe Doctor's Moriarty
Self · 2011
MovieCome in Number Five
(archive footage) · 2011
MovieThe Tin Men and the Witch
2010
MovieWarriors of Mars
2010
MovieThe Perfect Scenario: Lost Frontiers
2009
MovieThe Perfect Scenario: The End of Dreams
2009
MovieRoger Delgado: The Master
2009
7.0MovieThe Frighten Factor
2009
MovieHello Sailor!
2008
MovieMusical Scales: An Era of Experimentation
2008
MovieTerror Nation: Terry Nation and Doctor Who
Self · 2007
5.8MovieExodus
Professor Marcus · 2007
MovieAre Friends Electric?
2007
6.5MovieThe Worst Journey in the World
Narrator · 2007
7.0MovieBuilt for War: The Sontaran Story
(archival footage) · 2006
8.0MovieChanging Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who
2006
8.0MovieTerrance Dicks: Fact & Fiction
2005
8.0MovieThe Story of Doctor Who
2003
8.5MovieWhere on Earth Is Katy Manning?
1998
7.9Movie30 Years in the TARDIS
Himself · 1993
8.6MovieDoctor Who: Inferno
Loudspeaker Voice · 1970
6.0ShowCity Beneath the Sea
1962
Dial M for Murder
Max Halliday · 1962
7.3ShowZ-Cars
1962
7.8ShowThe Avengers
1961