Barry Letts
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.
Movie Appearances
Life on Earth
as Self
2011
The Doctor's Moriarty
as Self
2011
San Demetrio London
as Apprentice John Jones - M.V. San Demetrio
1943
Exodus
as Professor Marcus
2007
Reach for the Sky
as Tommy
1956
Doctor Who: Inferno
as Loudspeaker Voice
1970
Doctor Who and the Third Man
2019
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
as Self - archive
2023
Hello Sailor!
2008
To the Public Danger
as Fred Lane
1948
The Worst Journey in the World
as Narrator
2007
Scott of the Antarctic
as Apsley Cherry-Garrard
1948
The Cruel Sea
as Raikes
1953
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
as Syd
1949
30 Years in the TARDIS
as Himself
1993
Built for War: The Sontaran Story
as (archival footage)
2006
Terrance Dicks: Fact & Fiction
2005
The Story of Doctor Who
2003
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
1998
Frieda
as Jim Merrick
1947
