Ian Marter
Acting • Born 1944-10-28 – Died 1986-10-28
Biography
Ian Marter was an actor and novelist. He was best known for his role as Harry Sullivan in the BBC science-fiction television series Doctor Who from December 1974 to September 1975, with a non-regular, one-serial return in November and December 1975. Marter continued his association with Doctor Who long after leaving the show, adapting several stories for the Target novelisation range, and penning an original novel, Harry Sullivan's War. In addition to these books, Marter wrote adaptations of several 1980s American films such as Splash and Down and Out in Beverly Hills for Target and its imprint, Star Books, as well as the Gummi Bears books. With the exception of Down and Out in Beverly Hills, these books were published under the pen name Ian Don - Don being his middle name. Marter died in 1986, on his 42nd birthday, from a heart attack associated with diabetes-related cardiovascular disease.
Filmography
33 credits
Doctor Faustus
Movie • 1967
Pride/Emperor
The Medusa Touch
Movie • 1978
Detective
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
Movie • 1971
3rd Policeman
The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years
Movie • 2017
Doctor Who: The Ark in Space
Movie • 1975
Harry Sullivan
The Specialist
Movie • 1980
Journalist
Doctor Who: The Android Invasion
Movie • 1975
Harry Sullivan
Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen
Movie • 1975
Harry Sullivan
Doctor Who: Robot
Movie • 1975
Harry Sullivan
Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons
Movie • 1975
Harry Sullivan
Doctor Who: The Sontaran Experiment
Movie • 1975
Harry Sullivan
Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks
Movie • 1975
Harry Sullivan
Who's Who
Movie • 1986
Myth Runner
Movie • 1987
Himself (archive footage)
The Emergency Channel
Movie • 1973
Literary Editor
Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters
Movie • 1973
John Andrews
Doctor Who: Logopolis
Movie • 1981
Harry Sullivan (archive footage)
King of the Ghetto
Movie • 1986
Station Sergeant
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
Movie • 1984
Harry Sullivan (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Waterloo Bridge Handicap
Movie • 1978
Lincoln's Inn (The Big Fancy)
Worlds Within: The Life of Ian Marter
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
Bergerac
TV • 1981
Cowman
Softly, Softly
TV • 1966
Sherlock Holmes
TV • 1984
Inspector Fereday
Crown Court
TV • 1972
Quentin Ingrams
Doctor Who
TV • 1963
Harry Sullivan
Doctor Who
TV • 1963
John Andrews
North and South
TV • 1975
Henry Lennox
Doctor Who's Who's Who
TV • 1985
Harry Sullivan
Crown Court
TV • 1972
Constable Forbush
Shine on Harvey Moon
TV • 1982
Policeman
Myth Makers
TV • 2015
Himself
Holly
TV • 1972
Police Driver