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Barry Letts
Actor, Director, Producer, Writer, Additional Credits
Born March 26, 1925Died October 9, 2009 (84 years)
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.
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.
Barry Letts Filmography
| 2023 | Time and Atlantis: Chronicling 'The Time Monster' · as (archive Footage) |
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| 2011 | Come in Number Five · as (archive Footage) |
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| 2007 | Exodus · as Professor Marcus |
| 2007 | The Worst Journey in the World · as Narrator |
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| 1970 | Doctor Who: Inferno · as Loudspeaker Voice |
| 1966 | The Man Who Never Was (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1966 | Softly Softly (TV Series) · as Det. Sgt. Reed |
| 1965 | The Man in Room 17 (TV Series) · as Alec Hewitt |
| 1965 | Public Eye (TV Series) · as David Bowen |
| 1964 | R3 (TV Series) · as Mark Parrit |
| 1964 | Redcap (1964) (TV Series) · as Major Vance |
| 1963 | Doctor Who (TV Series) · as Control Radio Voice |
| 1963 | Sergeant Cork (TV Series) · as Mr. Arthur |
| 1962 | Z Cars (TV Series) |
| 1961 | The Avengers (TV Series) |
| 1960 | Coronation Street (TV Series) · as Mr. Wentworth |
| 1960 | Maigret (1960) (TV Series) |
| 1960 | BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Series) · as Captain Francis Iredale |
| 1959 | No Hiding Place (TV Series) |
| 1958 | H.G. Wells' Invisible Man (TV Series) · as Control Officer |
| 1957 | Escape (1980) (TV Series) · as Dave |
| 1956 | Reach for the Sky · as Tommy |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as Clive Epworth |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Petty Officer Herbert |
| 1953 | The Cruel Sea · as Raikes |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Captain George Graves, Mc |
| 1949 | A Boy, a Girl and a Bike · as Syd |
| 1948 | Scott of the Antarctic · as Apsley Cherry-Garrard |
| 1947 | Frieda · as Jim Merrick |
| 1943 | San Demetrio London · as Apprentice John Jones - M.v. San Demetrio |
| 1986 | David Copperfield (1986) (TV Series) |
| 1986 | Alice in Wonderland (1986) (TV Series) |
| 1985 | EastEnders (TV Series) |
| 1982 | Brookside (TV Series) |
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| 1976 | The Prince and the Pauper (TV Series) |
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| 1963 | Doctor Who (TV Series) |
| 1962 | Z Cars (TV Series) |
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| 2023 | Tales of the Tardis (TV Series) |
| 1985 | The Pickwick Papers (TV Series) |
| 1984 | The Prisoner of Zenda (TV Series) |
| 1984 | The Invisible Man (1984) (TV Series) |
| 1984 | Goodbye Mr Chips (TV Series) |
| 1983 | Jane Eyre (1983) (TV Series) |
| 1983 | Dombey and Son (TV Series) |
| 1982 | Beau Geste (TV Series) |
| 1982 | The Hound of the Baskervilles (TV Series) |
| 1982 | Stalky & Co (TV Series) |
| 1981 | Great Expectations (1981) (TV Series) |
| 1981 | Doctor Who: Logopolis · as Executive Producer |
| 1981 | Doctor Who: The Keeper of Traken · as Executive Producer |
| 1981 | Sense and Sensibility (1981) (TV Series) |
| 1980 | The Talisman (TV Series) |
| 1980 | A Tale of Two Cities (TV Series) |
| 1979 | The Old Curiosity Shop (TV Series) |
| 1978 | The Mill on the Floss (1978) (TV Series) |
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| 1977 | Treasure Island (1977) (TV Series) |
| 1977 | Nicholas Nickleby (TV Series) |
| 1976 | Lorna Doone (1976) (TV Series) |
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| 1973 | Moonbase 3 (TV Series) |
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| 1963 | Doctor Who (TV Series) |
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| 1973 | Moonbase 3 (TV Series) |
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| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play (TV Series) |
| 1963 | Doctor Who (TV Series) |
| 1957 | Emergency-Ward 10 (TV Series) |
| 2013 | The U.N.I.T Family: Part Three · as Self |
| 2012 | Happy Birthday to Who · as Self - Producer, 1969-74 |
| 2011 | The U.N.I.T Family: Part Two · as Self |
| 2008 | Musical Scales · as Self |
| 2008 | Going Underground · as Self |
| 2008 | Hello Sailor!: Making the Sea Devils · as Self - Producer |
| 2008 | What Lies Beneath · as Self |
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| 2006 | The U.N.I.T Family: Part One · as Self |
| 2006 | Can You Hear the Earth Scream · as Self |
| 2006 | Genesis of a Classic · as Self |
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| 1993 | Doctor Who: Thirty Years in the TARDIS · as Himself |
| 1955 | This is Your Life (UK) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Dæmos Rising · as Script Consultant |
| 1986 | Alice in Wonderland (1986) (TV Series) · as Adaptation |
| 1970 | Doctor Who: Inferno · as Co-Director |