Barry Letts

Production Mar 26, 1925 Oct 9, 2009 (aged 84)

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.

42 Acting Credits

62 Crew Credits

Acting

The Avengers

1961

Barry Letts

Acting

The Avengers

The Cruel Sea

Scott of the Antarctic

Reach for the Sky

Frieda

San Demetrio London

Maigret

To the Public Danger

A Boy, a Girl and a Bike

Z-Cars

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre

Doctor Who: Inferno

30 Years in the TARDIS

No Hiding Place

Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals

Exodus

The Worst Journey in the World

Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?

Built for War: The Sontaran Story

Terrance Dicks: Fact & Fiction

The Story of Doctor Who

The Frighten Factor

Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who

Crew

Doctor Who

EastEnders

Jane Eyre

Doctor Who: Robot

Sense and Sensibility

Doctor Who: The Three Doctors

Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World

Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil

Doctor Who and the Silurians

Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks

Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders

Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death