Acting · Coventry, Warwickshire, England, UK · Born October 28, 1944
Ian Marter was an actor and novelist. He was best known for his role as Harry Sullivan in the BBC science-fiction television series Doctor Who from December 1974 to September 1975, with a non-regular, one-serial return in November and December 1975. Marter continued his association with Doctor Who long after leaving the show, adapting several stories for the Target novelisation range, and penning an original novel, Harry Sullivan's War. In addition to these books, Marter wrote adaptations of several 1980s American films such as Splash and Down and Out in Beverly Hills for Target and its imprint, Star Books, as well as the Gummi Bears books. With the exception of Down and Out in Beverly Hills, these books were published under the pen name Ian Don - Don being his middle name. Marter died in 1986, on his 42nd birthday, from a heart attack associated with diabetes-related cardiovascular disease.
MovieWorlds Within: The Life of Ian Marter
2025
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Doctors: The Tom Baker Years
2017
TVMyth Makers
2015
as Himself
MovieMyth Runner
1987
as Himself (archive footage)
MovieWho's Who
1986
TVThe Return of Sherlock Holmes
1986
as Inspector Fereday
MovieKing of the Ghetto
1986
as Station Sergeant
TVKing of the Ghetto
1986
as Station Sergeant
TVDoctor Who's Who's Who
1985
as Harry Sullivan
TVSherlock Holmes
1984
as Inspector Fereday
MovieDoctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
1984
as Harry Sullivan (archive footage) (uncredited)
TVShine on Harvey Moon
1982
as Policeman
TVBergerac
1981
as Cowman
MovieDoctor Who: Logopolis
1981
as Harry Sullivan (archive footage)
The Specialist
1980
as Journalist
The Waterloo Bridge Handicap
1978
as Lincoln's Inn (The Big Fancy)
MovieThe Medusa Touch
1978
as Detective
TVNorth and South
1975
as Henry Lennox
MovieDoctor Who: The Android Invasion
1975
as Harry Sullivan
MovieDoctor Who: Terror of the Zygons
1975
as Harry Sullivan
MovieDoctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen
1975
as Harry Sullivan
MovieDoctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks
1975
as Harry Sullivan
MovieDoctor Who: The Sontaran Experiment
1975
as Harry Sullivan
MovieDoctor Who: The Ark in Space
1975
as Harry Sullivan
MovieDoctor Who: Robot
1975
as Harry Sullivan
MovieThe Emergency Channel
1973
as Literary Editor
MovieDoctor Who: Carnival of Monsters
1973
as John Andrews
TVCrown Court
1972
as Quentin Ingrams
TVHolly
1972
as Police Driver
MovieThe Abominable Dr. Phibes
1971
as 3rd Policeman
MovieDoctor Faustus
1967
as Pride/Emperor
TVSoftly, Softly
1966
TVDoctor Who
1963
as Harry Sullivan
