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.
41 acting credits · 13 directing credits
Acting · 41
The Avengers
1961
Z-Cars
1962
No Hiding Place
1959
Maigret
1960
Armchair Theatre
1956
The Cruel Sea
1953
Reach for the Sky
1956
Scott of the Antarctic
1948
The Small House at Allington
1960
City Beneath the Sea
1962
Frieda
1947
San Demetrio London
1943
The Silver Sword
1957
To the Public Danger
1948
The Worst Journey in the World
2007
Doctor Who: Inferno
1970
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
2023
Exodus
2007
30 Years in the TARDIS
1993
The Story of Doctor Who
2003
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
1949
Come in Number Five
2011
Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
2023
Are Friends Electric?
2007
Built for War: The Sontaran Story
2006
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
1998
The Perfect Scenario: The End of Dreams
2009
Life on Earth
2011
The Perfect Scenario: Lost Frontiers
2009
Doctor Who and the Third Man
2019
Musical Scales: An Era of Experimentation
2008
Warriors of Mars
2010
Hello Sailor!
2008
Roger Delgado: The Master
2009
Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who
2006
Terrance Dicks: Fact & Fiction
2005
Terror Nation: Terry Nation and Doctor Who
2007
The Tin Men and the Witch
2010
IMC Needs You!
2011
The Doctor's Moriarty
2011
The Frighten Factor
2009
Directing · 13
EastEnders
1985
Doctor Who
1963
Z-Cars
1962
David Copperfield
1986
Gulliver in Lilliput
1982
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
1974
Pinocchio
1978
Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters
1973
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
1971
Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World
1968
Doctor Who: The Android Invasion
1975
Adventure Weekly
1968
Pinocchio
1978