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.
The Guardian described Letts on his death as "a pioneer of British television" who "served the medium for more than half a century" and "secured his place in TV history" with Doctor Who. He was associated with the series for many years, with active involvement in the television programme from 1967 to 1981 (as a director, producer, executive producer and writer) and with later contributions to its spin-offs in other media.
Filmography
all 73
Movies 54
Producer 40
TV Shows 19
Director 7
self 5
Writer 2
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals (2023)
Tales of the Tardis (2023)
Doctor Who and the Third Man (2019)
The Doctor's Moriarty (2011)
Life on Earth (2011)
Exodus (2007)
Built for War: The Sontaran Story (2006)
Terrance Dicks: Fact & Fiction (2005)
Dæmos Rising (2004)
The Story of Doctor Who (2003)
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning? (1998)
Doctor Who: The Android Invasion (1995)
30 Years in the TARDIS (1993)
David Copperfield (1986)
EastEnders (1985)
The Pickwick Papers (1985)
The Prisoner of Zenda (1984)
Jane Eyre (1983)
Dombey and Son (1983)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1982)
Gulliver in Lilliput (1982)
Doctor Who: Logopolis (1981)
Doctor Who: The Keeper of Traken (1981)
Doctor Who: Warriors' Gate (1981)
Doctor Who: State of Decay (1980)
Doctor Who: Full Circle (1980)
Doctor Who: Meglos (1980)
Doctor Who: The Leisure Hive (1980)
Pinocchio (1978)
Doctor Who: Robot (1975)
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders (1974)
Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon (1974)
Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks (1974)
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs (1974)
Doctor Who: The Time Warrior (1974)
Moonbase 3 (1973)
Doctor Who: The Green Death (1973)
Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks (1973)
Doctor Who: Frontier in Space (1973)
Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters (1973)
Doctor Who: The Three Doctors (1973)
Doctor Who: The Time Monster (1972)
Doctor Who: The Mutants (1972)
Doctor Who: The Sea Devils (1972)
Doctor Who: The Curse of Peladon (1972)
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks (1972)
Doctor Who: The Dæmons (1971)
Doctor Who: Colony in Space (1971)
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos (1971)
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil (1971)
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons (1971)
Doctor Who: Inferno (1970)
Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death (1970)
Doctor Who and the Silurians (1970)
A Child and a Half (1969)
Adventure Weekly (1968)
Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World (1968)
Softly, Softly (1966)
Doctor Who (1963)
City Beneath the Sea (1962)
Z-Cars (1962)
The Avengers (1961)
Maigret (1960)
No Hiding Place (1959)
The Silver Sword (1957)
Reach for the Sky (1956)
The Cruel Sea (1953)
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike (1949)
Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
To the Public Danger (1948)
Frieda (1947)
San Demetrio London (1943)
Hello Sailor!: Making the Sea Devils
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GenderMale
Birthday1925-03-26
Deathday2009-10-09 (84 years old)
Birth PlaceLeicester, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
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