Barry Letts
- Known for
- Production
- Born
- March 26, 1925
- Died
- October 9, 2009
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.
Movies with Barry Letts
- The Cruel Sea 1953 · ★ 6.9
- Scott of the Antarctic 1948 · ★ 7.2
- Reach for the Sky 1956 · ★ 6.9
- Frieda 1947 · ★ 5.6
- San Demetrio London 1943 · ★ 7.2
- To the Public Danger 1948 · ★ 6.2
- A Boy, a Girl and a Bike 1949 · ★ 4.9
- Doctor Who: Inferno 1970 · ★ 8.6
- 30 Years in the TARDIS 1993 · ★ 7.9
- Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals 2023 · ★ 4.7
- Exodus 2007 · ★ 5.8
- The Worst Journey in the World 2007 · ★ 6.5
- Where on Earth Is Katy Manning? 1998 · ★ 8.5
- Built for War: The Sontaran Story 2006 · ★ 7.0
- Terrance Dicks: Fact & Fiction 2005 · ★ 8.0
- The Story of Doctor Who 2003 · ★ 8.0
- The Frighten Factor 2009 · ★ 7.0
- Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who 2006 · ★ 8.0
- Life on Earth 2011
- The Doctor's Moriarty 2011
- Doctor Who and the Third Man 2019
- Hello Sailor! 2008
- The Perfect Scenario: Lost Frontiers 2009
- The Perfect Scenario: The End of Dreams 2009
- Come in Number Five 2011
- The Tin Men and the Witch 2010
- Are Friends Electric? 2007
- Warriors of Mars 2010
- Roger Delgado: The Master 2009
- Musical Scales: An Era of Experimentation 2008
- Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster 2023
- IMC Needs You! 2011
- Terror Nation: Terry Nation and Doctor Who 2007
- Dial M for Murder 1962
Movies directed by Barry Letts
- Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World 1968 · ★ 7.9
- Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders 1974 · ★ 7.4
- Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons 1971 · ★ 7.8
- Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters 1973 · ★ 7.8
- Doctor Who: The Android Invasion 1975 · ★ 7.2
- Pinocchio 1978 · ★ 8.0