Barry Letts
Production • Born 1925-03-26 – Died 2009-10-09
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
40 credits
Life on Earth
Movie • 2011
Self
The Doctor's Moriarty
Movie • 2011
Self
San Demetrio London
Movie • 1943
Apprentice John Jones - M.V. San Demetrio
Exodus
Movie • 2007
Professor Marcus
Reach for the Sky
Movie • 1956
Tommy
Doctor Who: Inferno
Movie • 1970
Loudspeaker Voice
Doctor Who and the Third Man
Movie • 2019
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
Movie • 2023
Self - archive
Hello Sailor!
Movie • 2008
To the Public Danger
Movie • 1948
Fred Lane
The Worst Journey in the World
Movie • 2007
Narrator
Scott of the Antarctic
Movie • 1948
Apsley Cherry-Garrard
The Cruel Sea
Movie • 1953
Raikes
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
Movie • 1949
Syd
30 Years in the TARDIS
Movie • 1993
Himself
Built for War: The Sontaran Story
Movie • 2006
(archival footage)
Terrance Dicks: Fact & Fiction
Movie • 2005
The Story of Doctor Who
Movie • 2003
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
Movie • 1998
Frieda
Movie • 1947
Jim Merrick
The Perfect Scenario: Lost Frontiers
Movie • 2009
The Perfect Scenario: The End of Dreams
Movie • 2009
Come in Number Five
Movie • 2011
(archive footage)
The Tin Men and the Witch
Movie • 2010
Are Friends Electric?
Movie • 2007
Warriors of Mars
Movie • 2010
Roger Delgado: The Master
Movie • 2009
Musical Scales: An Era of Experimentation
Movie • 2008
Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
Movie • 2023
(archive footage)
The Frighten Factor
Movie • 2009
IMC Needs You!
Movie • 2011
Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who
Movie • 2006
Terror Nation: Terry Nation and Doctor Who
Movie • 2007
Self
Z-Cars
TV • 1962
The Avengers
TV • 1961
No Hiding Place
TV • 1959
The Silver Sword
TV • 1957
Maigret
TV • 1960
City Beneath the Sea
TV • 1962
The Small House at Allington
TV • 1960
Captain Bernard Dale