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 Doctor Who in 1980 to be the executive producer for its eighteenth season.
Known For
Top 33 Movies
The Cruel Sea
1953
Reach for the Sky
1956
Scott of the Antarctic
1948
Exodus
2007
Terrance Dicks: Fact & Fiction
2005
Frieda
1947
30 Years in the TARDIS
1993
The Doctor's Moriarty
2011
The Story of Doctor Who
2003
Doctor Who: Inferno
1970
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
1949
The Perfect Scenario: The End of Dreams
2009
Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
2023
To the Public Danger
1948
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
1998
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
2023
Roger Delgado: The Master
2009
San Demetrio London
1943
Terror Nation: Terry Nation and Doctor Who
2007
The Worst Journey in the World
2007
Hello Sailor!
2008
Come in Number Five
2011
Doctor Who and the Third Man
2019
IMC Needs You!
2011
Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who
2006
Built for War: The Sontaran Story
2006
Musical Scales: An Era of Experimentation
2008
Are Friends Electric?
2007
The Tin Men and the Witch
2010
Life on Earth
2011
Warriors of Mars
2010
The Perfect Scenario: Lost Frontiers
2009
The Frighten Factor
2009