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