Barry Letts
Aktor, Reżyseria, Produkcja, Scenariusz
26 marca 1925 — 9 października 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.
Filmography
| 2023 | Time and Atlantis: Chronicling 'The Time Monster' · as (archive Footage) |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | Come in Number Five · as (archive Footage) |
| 2010 | |
| 2010 | |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | |
| 2008 | |
| 2007 | Exodus · as Professor Marcus |
| 2007 | The Worst Journey in the World · as Narrator |
| 2007 | |
| 2006 | |
| 2005 | |
| 2003 | |
| 1970 | Doctor Who: Inferno · as Loudspeaker Voice |
| 1966 | The Man Who Never Was · as Cast |
| 1966 | Softly Softly · as Det. Sgt. Reed |
| 1965 | The Man in Room 17 · as Alec Hewitt |
| 1965 | Public Eye · as David Bowen |
| 1964 | R3 · as Mark Parrit |
| 1964 | Redcap (1964) · as Major Vance |
| 1963 | Doctor Who · as Control Radio Voice |
| 1963 | Sergeant Cork · as Mr. Arthur |
| 1962 | |
| 1961 | The AvengersNa Plex |
| 1960 | Coronation Street · as Mr. WentworthNa Plex |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | BBC Sunday-Night Play · as Captain Francis Iredale |
| 1959 | |
| 1958 | H.G. Wells' Invisible Man · as Control Officer |
| 1957 | Escape (1980) · as Dave |
| 1956 | Reach for the Sky · as Tommy |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre · as Clive Epworth |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week · as Petty Officer Herbert |
| 1953 | The Cruel Sea · as Raikes |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre · as Captain George Graves, Mc |
| 1949 | A Boy, a Girl and a Bike · as Syd |
| 1948 | Scott of the Antarctic · as Apsley Cherry-GarrardNa Plex |
| 1947 | Frieda · as Jim Merrick |
| 1943 | San Demetrio London · as Apprentice John Jones - M.v. San Demetrio |
| 2025 | |
| 2023 | |
| 1985 | |
| 1984 | |
| 1984 | |
| 1984 | |
| 1983 | |
| 1983 | |
| 1982 | |
| 1982 | |
| 1982 | |
| 1981 | |
| 1981 | Doctor Who: Logopolis · as Executive Producer |
| 1981 | Doctor Who: The Keeper of Traken · as Executive Producer |
| 1981 | |
| 1980 | |
| 1980 | |
| 1979 | |
| 1978 | |
| 1977 | |
| 1977 | |
| 1977 | |
| 1976 | |
| 1975 | |
| 1974 | |
| 1974 | |
| 1974 | |
| 1974 | |
| 1973 | |
| 1973 | |
| 1973 | |
| 1973 | |
| 1973 | |
| 1973 | |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | |
| 1971 | |
| 1971 | |
| 1971 | |
| 1971 | |
| 1971 | |
| 1970 | |
| 1970 | |
| 1970 | |
| 1963 |
| 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 |
| 2007 | |
| 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 |
| 2003 | |
| 1993 | Doctor Who: Thirty Years in the TARDIS · as Himself |
| 1955 | This is Your Life (UK) · as Self |
| 2004 | Dæmos Rising · as Script Consultant |
| 1986 | Alice in Wonderland (1986) · as Adaptation |
| 1970 | Doctor Who: Inferno · as Co-Director |