Barry Letts
Known for Production
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.
Filmography
The Cruel Sea
1953
as Raikes
Reach for the Sky
1956
as Tommy
Scott of the Antarctic
1948
as Apsley Cherry-Garrard
Exodus
2007
as Professor Marcus
Terrance Dicks: Fact & Fiction
2005
Frieda
1947
as Jim Merrick
30 Years in the TARDIS
1993
as Himself
The Doctor's Moriarty
2011
as Self
The Story of Doctor Who
2003
Doctor Who: Inferno
1970
as Loudspeaker Voice
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
1949
as Syd
The Perfect Scenario: The End of Dreams
2009
Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
2023
as (archive footage)
To the Public Danger
1948
as Fred Lane
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
1998
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
2023
as Self - archive
Roger Delgado: The Master
2009
San Demetrio London
1943
as Apprentice John Jones - M.V. San Demetrio
Terror Nation: Terry Nation and Doctor Who
2007
as Self
The Worst Journey in the World
2007
as Narrator