Barry Letts
Production
Born: 1925-03-26
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.
Known For
The Avengers
Z-Cars
Maigret
No Hiding Place
The Cruel Sea
Raikes
Hello Sailor!
Armchair Theatre
Clive Epworth
Armchair Theatre
Jamie Peatie
City Beneath the Sea
The Silver Sword
Scott of the Antarctic
Apsley Cherry-Garrard
Reach for the Sky
Tommy
San Demetrio London
Apprentice John Jones - M.V. San Demetrio
Terror Nation: Terry Nation and Doctor Who
Self
Terrance Dicks: Fact & Fiction
Doctor Who: Inferno
Loudspeaker Voice
Frieda
Jim Merrick
The Doctor's Moriarty
Self
Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
(archive footage)
The Frighten Factor
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
Self - archive
Exodus
Professor Marcus
30 Years in the TARDIS
Himself
Doctor Who and the Third Man
Roger Delgado: The Master
Come in Number Five
(archive footage)
Built for War: The Sontaran Story
(archival footage)
Warriors of Mars
The Story of Doctor Who
Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who
The Tin Men and the Witch
To the Public Danger
Fred Lane
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
Syd
IMC Needs You!
The Worst Journey in the World
Narrator
Life on Earth
Self
