Barry Letts
Production
- Born:
- 1925-03-26
- Died:
- 2009-10-09
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
Filmography
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
Tales of the Tardis
Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
Doctor Who and the Third Man
IMC Needs You!
Life on Earth
The Doctor's Moriarty
Come in Number Five
The Tin Men and the Witch
Warriors of Mars
The Perfect Scenario: Lost Frontiers
The Perfect Scenario: The End of Dreams
Roger Delgado: The Master
The Frighten Factor
Hello Sailor!
Musical Scales: An Era of Experimentation
Terror Nation: Terry Nation and Doctor Who
Exodus
Are Friends Electric?
The Worst Journey in the World
Built for War: The Sontaran Story
Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who
Terrance Dicks: Fact & Fiction
Dæmos Rising
The Story of Doctor Who
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
30 Years in the TARDIS
David Copperfield
EastEnders
The Prisoner of Zenda
The Invisible Man
Goodbye Mr Chips
Jane Eyre
Dombey and Son
Beau Geste
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Stalky & Co
Gulliver in Lilliput
Great Expectations
Doctor Who: Logopolis
Doctor Who: The Keeper of Traken
Sense and Sensibility
Doctor Who: Warriors' Gate
Doctor Who: State of Decay
Doctor Who: Full Circle
Doctor Who: Meglos
A Tale of Two Cities
Doctor Who: The Leisure Hive
The Swish of the Curtain
The Old Curiosity Shop
The Mill on the Floss
Pinocchio
Pinocchio
Sexton Blake and the Demon God
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
The Children of the New Forest
Treasure Island
Nicholas Nickleby
Little Lord Fauntleroy
The Prince and the Pauper