Production · Born March 26, 1925
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.
MovieDoctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
2023
as Self - archive
MovieTime and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
2023
as (archive footage)
MovieDoctor Who and the Third Man
2019
MovieIMC Needs You!
2011
MovieLife on Earth
2011
as Self
MovieThe Doctor's Moriarty
2011
as Self
MovieCome in Number Five
2011
as (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
as Self
MovieExodus
2007
as Professor Marcus
MovieAre Friends Electric?
2007
MovieThe Worst Journey in the World
2007
as Narrator
MovieBuilt for War: The Sontaran Story
2006
as (archival footage)
MovieChanging Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who
2006
MovieTerrance Dicks: Fact & Fiction
2005
MovieThe Story of Doctor Who
2003
MovieWhere on Earth Is Katy Manning?
1998
Movie30 Years in the TARDIS
1993
as Himself
MovieDoctor Who: Inferno
1970
as Loudspeaker Voice
TVCity Beneath the Sea
1962
Dial M for Murder
1962
as Max Halliday
TVZ-Cars
1962
TVThe Avengers
1961
TVMaigret
1960
The Small House at Allington
1960
as Captain Bernard Dale
TVNo Hiding Place
1959
The Silver Sword
1957
TVArmchair Theatre
1956
as Clive Epworth
MovieReach for the Sky
1956
as Tommy
MovieThe Cruel Sea
1953
as Raikes
MovieA Boy, a Girl and a Bike
1949
as Syd
MovieScott of the Antarctic
1948
as Apsley Cherry-Garrard
MovieTo the Public Danger
1948
as Fred Lane
MovieFrieda
1947
as Jim Merrick
MovieSan Demetrio London
1943
as Apprentice John Jones - M.V. San Demetrio
