Barry Letts
Production
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
Production54
tvTales of the Tardis
2023
Producer
tvThe Prisoner of Zenda
1984
Producer
tvThe Invisible Man
1984
Producer
tvGoodbye Mr Chips
1984
Producer
tvJane Eyre
1983
Producer
tvDombey and Son
1983
Producer
tvBeau Geste
1982
Producer
Stalky & Co
1982
Producer
tvGreat Expectations
1981
Producer
movieDoctor Who: Logopolis
1981
Executive Producer
movieDoctor Who: The Keeper of Traken
1981
Executive Producer
tvSense and Sensibility
1981
Producer
movieDoctor Who: Warriors' Gate
1981
Executive Producer
movieDoctor Who: State of Decay
1980
Executive Producer
movieDoctor Who: Full Circle
1980
Executive Producer
movieDoctor Who: Meglos
1980
Executive Producer
tvA Tale of Two Cities
1980
Producer
movieDoctor Who: The Leisure Hive
1980
Executive Producer
tvThe Swish of the Curtain
1980
Producer
tvThe Old Curiosity Shop
1979
Producer
tvThe Mill on the Floss
1978
Producer
tvPinocchio
1978
Producer
movieTreasure Island
1977
Producer
tvNicholas Nickleby
1977
Producer
movieDoctor Who: Robot
1975
Producer
tvMoonbase 3
1973
Producer
movieDoctor Who: The Mutants
1972
Producer
movieDoctor Who: The Dæmons
1971
Producer
movieDoctor Who: Inferno
1970
Producer
tvDoctor Who
1963
Producer, Executive Producer
Acting42
movieDoctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
2023
Self - archive
movieTime and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
2023
(archive footage)
movieCome in Number Five
2011
(archive footage)
movieExodus
2007
Professor Marcus
movieBuilt for War: The Sontaran Story
2006
(archival footage)
movieDoctor Who: Inferno
1970
Loudspeaker Voice
Dial M for Murder
1962
Max Halliday
The Small House at Allington
1960
Captain Bernard Dale
tvArmchair Theatre
1956
Clive Epworth / Jamie Peatie
movieThe Cruel Sea
1953
Raikes
movieScott of the Antarctic
1948
Apsley Cherry-Garrard
movieTo the Public Danger
1948
Fred Lane
movieFrieda
1947
Jim Merrick
movieSan Demetrio London
1943
Apprentice John Jones - M.V. San Demetrio
Directing15
tvDavid Copperfield
1986
Director
tvEastEnders
1985
Director
tvGulliver in Lilliput
1982
Director
Pinocchio
1978
Director
tvPinocchio
1978
Director
movieDoctor Who: Inferno
1970
Co-Director
tvDoctor Who
1963
Director
tvZ-Cars
1962
Director
Creator10
tvDavid Copperfield
1986
Creator
tvThe Prisoner of Zenda
1984
Creator
tvThe Invisible Man
1984
Creator
tvJane Eyre
1983
Creator
tvSense and Sensibility
1981
Creator
tvA Tale of Two Cities
1980
Creator
tvThe Mill on the Floss
1978
Creator
tvNicholas Nickleby
1977
Creator
tvMoonbase 3
1973
Creator
Writing9
movieDæmos Rising
2004
Script Consultant
tvGulliver in Lilliput
1982
Adaptation
tvMoonbase 3
1973
Writer
tvThe Wednesday Play
1964
Writer
tvDoctor Who
1963
Writer