Barry Letts

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.

Known For

The Avengers

Z-Cars

No Hiding Place

Maigret

The Cruel Sea

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre

Scott of the Antarctic

All Movies (34)

• Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals2023 · as Self - archive
• Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster2023 · as (archive footage)
• Doctor Who and the Third Man2019
• IMC Needs You!2011
• Life on Earth2011 · as Self
• The Doctor's Moriarty2011 · as Self
• Come in Number Five2011 · as (archive footage)
• The Tin Men and the Witch2010
• Warriors of Mars2010
• The Perfect Scenario: Lost Frontiers2009
• The Perfect Scenario: The End of Dreams2009
• Roger Delgado: The Master2009
• The Frighten Factor2009
• Hello Sailor!2008
• Musical Scales: An Era of Experimentation2008
• Terror Nation: Terry Nation and Doctor Who2007 · as Self
• Exodus2007 · as Professor Marcus
• Are Friends Electric?2007
• The Worst Journey in the World2007 · as Narrator
• Built for War: The Sontaran Story2006 · as (archival footage)
• Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who2006
• Terrance Dicks: Fact & Fiction2005
• The Story of Doctor Who2003
• Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?1998
• 30 Years in the TARDIS1993 · as Himself
• Doctor Who: Inferno1970 · as Loudspeaker Voice
• Dial M for Murder1962 · as Max Halliday
• Reach for the Sky1956 · as Tommy
• The Cruel Sea1953 · as Raikes
• A Boy, a Girl and a Bike1949 · as Syd
• Scott of the Antarctic1948 · as Apsley Cherry-Garrard
• To the Public Danger1948 · as Fred Lane
• Frieda1947 · as Jim Merrick
• San Demetrio London1943 · as Apprentice John Jones - M.V. San Demetrio

All TV Shows (9)

• City Beneath the Sea1962
• Z-Cars1962
• The Avengers1961
• Maigret1960
• The Small House at Allington1960 · as Captain Bernard Dale
• No Hiding Place1959
• The Silver Sword1957
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Clive Epworth
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Jamie Peatie