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Barry Letts

Barry Letts

Birthday: 1925-03-26 | Place of Birth:

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2023
2011
Come in Number Five

as    (archive footage)

2011
Life on Earth

as    Self

2011
The Doctor's Moriarty

as    Self

2007
The Worst Journey in the World

as    Narrator

2007
Exodus

as    Professor Marcus

2006
Built for War: The Sontaran Story

as    (archival footage)

1993
30 Years in the TARDIS

as    Himself

1960
The Small House at Allington

as    Captain Bernard Dale

1953
The Cruel Sea

as    Raikes

1949
Scott of the Antarctic

as    Apsley Cherry-Garrard