- Known For
- Production
- Born
- March 26, 1925
- Place of Birth
- —
- Died
- October 9, 2009
Barry Letts
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
movieDoctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
2023 · Self - archive
tvTales of the Tardis
2023 · Producer
movieTime and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
2023 · (archive footage)
movieDoctor Who and the Third Man
2019
movieIMC Needs You!
2011
movieLife on Earth
2011 · Self
movieThe Doctor's Moriarty
2011 · Self
movieCome in Number Five
2011 · (archive footage)
movieThe Tin Men and the Witch
2010
movieWarriors of Mars
2010
movieThe Perfect Scenario: Lost Frontiers
2009
movieThe Perfect Scenario: The End of Dreams
2009
movieRoger Delgado: The Master
2009
movieThe Frighten Factor
2009
movieHello Sailor!
2008
movieMusical Scales: An Era of Experimentation
2008
movieTerror Nation: Terry Nation and Doctor Who
2007 · Self
movieExodus
2007 · Professor Marcus
movieAre Friends Electric?
2007
movieThe Worst Journey in the World
2007 · Narrator
movieBuilt for War: The Sontaran Story
2006 · (archival footage)
movieChanging Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who
2006
movieTerrance Dicks: Fact & Fiction
2005
movieDæmos Rising
2004 · Script Consultant
movieThe Story of Doctor Who
2003
movieWhere on Earth Is Katy Manning?
1998
movie30 Years in the TARDIS
1993 · Himself
tvDavid Copperfield
1986 · Director, Creator
tvEastEnders
1985 · Director
tvThe Prisoner of Zenda
1984 · Producer, Creator
tvThe Invisible Man
1984 · Producer, Creator
tvGoodbye Mr Chips
1984 · Producer
tvJane Eyre
1983 · Producer, Creator
tvDombey and Son
1983 · Producer
tvBeau Geste
1982 · Producer
tvThe Hound of the Baskervilles
1982 · Producer
Stalky & Co
1982 · Producer
tvGulliver in Lilliput
1982 · Adaptation, Director
tvGreat Expectations
1981 · Producer
movieDoctor Who: Logopolis
1981 · Executive Producer
movieDoctor Who: The Keeper of Traken
1981 · Executive Producer
tvSense and Sensibility
1981 · Producer, Creator
movieDoctor Who: Warriors' Gate
1981 · Executive Producer
movieDoctor Who: State of Decay
1980 · Executive Producer
movieDoctor Who: Full Circle
1980 · Executive Producer
movieDoctor Who: Meglos
1980 · Executive Producer
tvA Tale of Two Cities
1980 · Producer, Creator
movieDoctor Who: The Leisure Hive
1980 · Executive Producer
tvThe Swish of the Curtain
1980 · Producer, Creator
tvThe Old Curiosity Shop
1979 · Producer
tvThe Mill on the Floss
1978 · Producer, Creator
Pinocchio
1978 · Director
tvPinocchio
1978 · Director, Producer
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1978 · Producer
The Children of the New Forest
1977 · Producer
movieTreasure Island
1977 · Producer
tvNicholas Nickleby
1977 · Producer, Creator
movieDoctor Who: The Android Invasion
1975 · Director
Ten from the Twenties
1975 · Director
movieDoctor Who: Robot
1975 · Producer
movieDoctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
1974 · Writer, Director, Producer
movieDoctor Who: The Monster of Peladon
1974 · Producer
movieDoctor Who: Death to the Daleks
1974 · Producer
movieDoctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
1974 · Producer
movieDoctor Who: The Time Warrior
1974 · Producer
tvMoonbase 3
1973 · Producer, Writer, Creator
movieDoctor Who: The Green Death
1973 · Producer
movieDoctor Who: Planet of the Daleks
1973 · Producer
movieDoctor Who: Frontier in Space
1973 · Producer
movieDoctor Who: Carnival of Monsters
1973 · Director, Producer
movieDoctor Who: The Three Doctors
1973 · Producer
movieDoctor Who: The Time Monster
1972 · Producer, Writer
movieDoctor Who: The Mutants
1972 · Producer
movieDoctor Who: The Sea Devils
1972 · Producer
movieDoctor Who: The Curse of Peladon
1972 · Producer
movieDoctor Who: Day of the Daleks
1972 · Producer
movieDoctor Who: The Dæmons
1971 · Writer, Producer
movieDoctor Who: Colony in Space
1971 · Producer
movieDoctor Who: The Claws of Axos
1971 · Producer
movieDoctor Who: The Mind of Evil
1971 · Producer
movieDoctor Who: Terror of the Autons
1971 · Producer, Director
movieDoctor Who: Inferno
1970 · Loudspeaker Voice, Producer, Co-Director
movieDoctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death
1970 · Producer
movieDoctor Who and the Silurians
1970 · Producer
Adventure Weekly
1968 · Director
movieDoctor Who: The Enemy of the World
1968 · Director
tvThirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Writer
tvThe Wednesday Play
1964 · Writer
tvDoctor Who
1963 · Director, Writer, Producer, Executive Producer
tvCity Beneath the Sea
1962
Dial M for Murder
1962 · Max Halliday
tvZ-Cars
1962 · , Director
tvThe Avengers
1961
tvMaigret
1960
The Small House at Allington
1960 · Captain Bernard Dale
tvNo Hiding Place
1959
The Silver Sword
1957
tvArmchair Theatre
1956 · Clive Epworth, Jamie Peatie
movieReach for the Sky
1956 · Tommy
movieThe Cruel Sea
1953 · Raikes
movieA Boy, a Girl and a Bike
1949 · Syd
movieScott of the Antarctic
1948 · Apsley Cherry-Garrard
movieTo the Public Danger
1948 · Fred Lane
movieFrieda
1947 · Jim Merrick
movieSan Demetrio London
1943 · Apprentice John Jones - M.V. San Demetrio