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Barry Letts
Birth Date
March 26, 1925
Death Date
October 9, 2009
(passed away at 84)
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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.
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The Avengers
1961 • 1 episode
Z-Cars
1962 • 4 episodes
No Hiding Place
1959 • 1 episode
Maigret
1960 • 1 episode
The Silver Sword
1957 • 7 episodes
The Cruel Sea
Raikes
1953
City Beneath the Sea
1962 • 7 episodes
Armchair Theatre
Clive Epworth
1956 • 1 episode
Reach for the Sky
Tommy
1956
The Small House at Allington
Captain Bernard Dale
1960 • 6 episodes
Scott of the Antarctic
Apsley Cherry-Garrard
1948
Doctor Who: Inferno
Loudspeaker Voice
1970
Hello Sailor!
2008
San Demetrio London
Apprentice John Jones - M.V. San Demetrio
1943
Come in Number Five
(archive footage)
2011
Exodus
Professor Marcus
2007
Terror Nation: Terry Nation and Doctor Who
Self
2007
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
Self - archive
2023
Frieda
Jim Merrick
1947
Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
(archive footage)
2023