Barry Letts
March 26, 1925 (100 years old) in
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
Credits
- 2023 · Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals as Self - archive
- 2023 · Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster as (archive footage)
- 2019 · Doctor Who and the Third Man as
- 2011 · IMC Needs You! as
- 2011 · The Doctor's Moriarty as Self
- 2011 · Life on Earth as Self
- 2011 · Come in Number Five as (archive footage)
- 2010 · The Tin Men and the Witch as
- 2010 · Warriors of Mars as
- 2009 · The Perfect Scenario: The End of Dreams as
- 2009 · The Perfect Scenario: Lost Frontiers as
- 2009 · Roger Delgado: The Master as
- 2009 · The Frighten Factor as
- 2008 · Musical Scales: An Era of Experimentation as
- 2008 · Hello Sailor! as
- 2007 · Exodus as Professor Marcus
- 2007 · Are Friends Electric? as
- 2007 · The Worst Journey in the World as Narrator
- 2006 · Built for War: The Sontaran Story as (archival footage)
- 2006 · Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who as
- 2005 · Terrance Dicks: Fact & Fiction as
- 2003 · The Story of Doctor Who as
- 1998 · Where on Earth Is Katy Manning? as
- 1997 · Myth Makers 37: Roger Delgado as Self
- 1994 · Myth Makers 29: Barry Letts and Terrance Dicks (Part 2) as Self
- 1993 · 30 Years in the TARDIS as Himself
- 1993 · Myth Makers 25: Barry Letts and Terrance Dicks (Part 1) as Self
- 1970 · Doctor Who: Inferno as Loudspeaker Voice
- 1966 · Softly, Softly as
- 1962 · City Beneath the Sea as
- 1962 · Z-Cars as
- 1961 · The Avengers as
- 1960 · Maigret as
- 1960 · The Small House at Allington as Captain Bernard Dale
- 1959 · No Hiding Place as
- 1957 · The Silver Sword as
- 1956 · Reach for the Sky as Tommy
- 1953 · The Cruel Sea as Raikes
- 1949 · A Boy, a Girl and a Bike as Syd
- 1948 · Scott of the Antarctic as Apsley Cherry-Garrard
- 1948 · To the Public Danger as Fred Lane
- 1947 · Frieda as Jim Merrick
- 1943 · San Demetrio London as Apprentice John Jones - M.V. San Demetrio