Cast & creator
Barry Letts
Best known for EastEnders, Doctor Who, Doctor Who
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.
77
film credits
56
television credits
43
1943–2023 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (133)
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EastEnders
Director
1985
Doctor Who
Director
1963Doctor Who
Writer
1963Doctor Who
Producer
1963Doctor Who
Executive Producer
1963
The Avengers
1961
The Wednesday Play
Writer
1964
Z-Cars
1962Z-Cars
Director
1962
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Writer
1965
No Hiding Place
1959
Maigret
1960
Sense and Sensibility
Producer
1981Sense and Sensibility
Creator
1981Ten from the Twenties
Director
1975
Tales of the Tardis
Producer
2023
Jane Eyre
Producer
1983Jane Eyre
Creator
1983Stalky & Co
Producer
1982
Beau Geste
Producer
1982
Great Expectations
Producer
1981
Armchair Theatre
Clive Epworth
1956Armchair Theatre
Jamie Peatie
1956
Moonbase 3
Producer
1973Moonbase 3
Writer
1973Moonbase 3
Creator
1973
Nicholas Nickleby
Producer
1977Nicholas Nickleby
Creator
1977
The Old Curiosity Shop
Producer
1979
David Copperfield
Director
1986David Copperfield
Creator
1986
The Mill on the Floss
Producer
1978The Mill on the Floss
Creator
1978
The Invisible Man
Producer
1984The Invisible Man
Creator
1984
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Producer
1982
A Tale of Two Cities
Producer
1980A Tale of Two Cities
Creator
1980
The Prisoner of Zenda
Producer
1984The Prisoner of Zenda
Creator
1984
Dombey and Son
Producer
1983
Gulliver in Lilliput
Adaptation
1982Gulliver in Lilliput
Director
1982
Reach for the Sky
Tommy
1956
City Beneath the Sea
1962Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Producer
1978
The Cruel Sea
Raikes
1953
Scott of the Antarctic
Apsley Cherry-Garrard
1948The Small House at Allington
Captain Bernard Dale
1960
Doctor Who: Inferno
Loudspeaker Voice
1970Doctor Who: Inferno
Producer
1970Doctor Who: Inferno
Co-Director
1970
Goodbye Mr Chips
Producer
1984The Prince and the Pauper
Director
1976
The Swish of the Curtain
Producer
1980The Swish of the Curtain
Creator
1980
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
Director
1974Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
Writer
1974Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
Producer
1974
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
Producer
1971
Pinocchio
Director
1978Pinocchio
Producer
1978
Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks
Producer
1973
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
Producer
1971
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
Writer
1971
Doctor Who: Robot
Producer
1975Doctor Who: The Dæmons
Producer
1971
Doctor Who: The Mutants
Producer
1972
Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World
Director
1968
Doctor Who: The Green Death
Producer
1973
Doctor Who: Full Circle
Executive Producer
1980
The Story of Doctor Who
2003The Children of the New Forest
Producer
1977
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
Producer
1972Doctor Who: The Time Monster
Writer
1972
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
Producer
1972
Doctor Who: The Three Doctors
Producer
1973
Doctor Who: The Leisure Hive
Executive Producer
1980
30 Years in the TARDIS
Himself
1993
Doctor Who: The Sea Devils
Producer
1972
Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
Producer
1973
Doctor Who and the Silurians
Producer
1970
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
Director
1971Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
Producer
1971
Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death
Producer
1970
Doctor Who: State of Decay
Executive Producer
1980
Hello Sailor!
2008
Doctor Who: Logopolis
Executive Producer
1981
Doctor Who: Colony in Space
Producer
1971
Doctor Who: The Android Invasion
Director
1975
Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
(archive footage)
2023
Doctor Who: The Curse of Peladon
Producer
1972
Roger Delgado: The Master
2009
Come in Number Five
(archive footage)
2011
Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters
Director
1973Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters
Producer
1973The Silver Sword
1957
The Doctor's Moriarty
Self
2011
Doctor Who: Meglos
Executive Producer
1980Pinocchio
Director
1978
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
Self - archive
2023
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
Syd
1949
Doctor Who: The Time Warrior
Producer
1974
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
1998Little Lord Fauntleroy
Producer
1976
Doctor Who: Warriors' Gate
Executive Producer
1981
Doctor Who: The Keeper of Traken
Executive Producer
1981
Terror Nation: Terry Nation and Doctor Who
Self
2007
Doctor Who and the Third Man
2019
Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon
Producer
1974
Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks
Producer
1974
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
Producer
1974
The Perfect Scenario: Lost Frontiers
2009Dial M for Murder
Max Halliday
1962
The Worst Journey in the World
Narrator
2007
Terrance Dicks: Fact & Fiction
2005
The Perfect Scenario: The End of Dreams
2009Adventure Weekly
Director
1968
To the Public Danger
Fred Lane
1948
Built for War: The Sontaran Story
(archival footage)
2006
Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who
2006
Exodus
Professor Marcus
2007
IMC Needs You!
2011
The Tin Men and the Witch
2010
San Demetrio London
Apprentice John Jones - M.V. San Demetrio
1943
Life on Earth
Self
2011
Frieda
Jim Merrick
1947
Musical Scales: An Era of Experimentation
2008
Warriors of Mars
2010
Are Friends Electric?
2007
Treasure Island
Producer
1977
Dæmos Rising
Script Consultant
2004