Barry Letts
Actor
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.
Filmography
The Cruel Sea
as Raikes 1953
Scott of the Antarctic
as Apsley Cherry-Garrard 1948
Reach for the Sky
as Tommy 1956
Frieda
as Jim Merrick 1947
San Demetrio London
as Apprentice John Jones - M.V. San Demetrio 1943
To the Public Danger
as Fred Lane 1948
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
as Syd 1949
Doctor Who: Inferno
as Loudspeaker Voice 1970
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
as Self - archive 2023
30 Years in the TARDIS
as Himself 1993
Exodus
as Professor Marcus 2007
The Worst Journey in the World
as Narrator 2007
Built for War: The Sontaran Story
as (archival footage) 2006
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
1998
The Frighten Factor
2009
Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who
2006
Life on Earth
as Self 2011