Barry Letts
Personal Info
Know For
Production
Gender
Male
Birthday
1925-03-26 (84 years old)
Deathday
2009-10-09
Place of Birth
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Also known As
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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 Doct...
Acting
2011
as Self
2011
as Self
1943
as Apprentice John Jones - M.V. San Demetrio
1956
as Tommy
2007
as Professor Marcus
1970
as Loudspeaker Voice
2023
as Self - archive
2008
1948
as Fred Lane
2007
as Narrator
1948
as Apsley Cherry-Garrard
1953
as Raikes
1949
as Syd
1993
as Himself
2006
as (archival footage)
1947
as Jim Merrick
2011
as (archive footage)
2010
2023
as (archive footage)
1997
2011
Production
1970
as Producer
1968
as Director
1972
as Producer
1972
as Producer
1974
as Producer
1970
as Producer
1970
as Producer
1971
as Producer
1971
as Director
1971
as Writer
1972
as Producer
1972
as Producer
1972
as Producer
1973
as Director
1972
as Writer
1974
as Writer
1974
as Director
1980
as Executive Producer
1980
as Executive Producer
1975
as Producer
1980
as Executive Producer
1981
as Executive Producer
1980
as Executive Producer
1981
as Executive Producer
1981
as Executive Producer
1975
as Director
1974
as Producer
1973
as Producer
1973
as Producer
1974
as Producer
1974
as Producer
1974
as Producer
1971
as Producer
1971
as Producer
1971
as Producer
1971
as Producer
1973
as Producer
1973
as Producer
1973
as Producer
2004
as Script Consultant
1970
as Co-Director
1977
as Producer
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