Acting credits
38
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Barry Letts
Production
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 67Series: 25Crew credits: 56
TMDB ID: 189306
IMDb ID: nm0504818
Known for: Production
Born: March 26, 1925
Died: October 9, 2009
Age: 84
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1943 - 2023
Years active: 81
Average TMDB rating: 6.81
Wikidata: Q809062
Other jobs
Producer (38)Executive Producer (7)Director (6)Writer (3)Adaptation (1)Script Consultant (1)
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
Movies
Movie credits linked with Barry Letts.
4.7
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
as Self - archive
2023 Movie
Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
as (archive footage)
2023 Movie
Doctor Who and the Third Man
2019 Movie
IMC Needs You!
2011 Movie
Life on Earth
as Self
2011 Movie
The Doctor's Moriarty
as Self
2011 Movie
Come in Number Five
as (archive footage)
2011 Movie
The Tin Men and the Witch
2010 Movie
Warriors of Mars
2010 Movie
The Perfect Scenario: Lost Frontiers
2009 Movie
The Perfect Scenario: The End of Dreams
2009 Movie
Roger Delgado: The Master
2009 Movie
7.0
The Frighten Factor
2009 Movie
Hello Sailor!
2008 Movie
Musical Scales: An Era of Experimentation
2008 Movie
Terror Nation: Terry Nation and Doctor Who
as Self
2007 Movie
5.8
Exodus
as Professor Marcus
2007 Movie
Are Friends Electric?
2007 Movie
6.5
The Worst Journey in the World
as Narrator
2007 Movie
7.0
Built for War: The Sontaran Story
as (archival footage)
2006 Movie
8.0
Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who
2006 Movie
Terrance Dicks: Fact & Fiction
2005 Movie
5.7
Dæmos Rising
Script Consultant
2004 Movie
The Story of Doctor Who
2003 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Barry Letts.
5.4
Tales of the Tardis
Producer • 1 eps
2023 Series
4.8
David Copperfield
Director • 10 eps
1986 Series
4.1
EastEnders
Director • 22 eps
1985 Series
6.0
The Prisoner of Zenda
Producer • 6 eps
1984 Series
7.0
The Invisible Man
Producer • 6 eps
1984 Series
7.0
Goodbye Mr Chips
Producer • 6 eps
1984 Series
7.1
Jane Eyre
Producer • 11 eps
1983 Series
5.7
Dombey and Son
Producer • 10 eps
1983 Series
6.2
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Producer • 4 eps
1982 Series
6.0
Gulliver in Lilliput
Adaptation • 4 eps
1982 Series
5.0
Great Expectations
Producer • 13 eps
1981 Series
6.4
Sense and Sensibility
Producer • 7 eps
1981 Series
5.0
A Tale of Two Cities
Producer • 8 eps
1980 Series
The Swish of the Curtain
Producer • 4 eps
1980 Series
6.0
The Old Curiosity Shop
Producer • 9 eps
1979 Series
5.5
The Mill on the Floss
Producer • 8 eps
1978 Series
Pinocchio
Producer • 4 eps
1978 Series
5.5
Nicholas Nickleby
Producer • 6 eps
1977 Series
5.0
Moonbase 3
Producer • 6 eps
1973 Series
7.9
Doctor Who
Writer • 23 eps
1963 Series
6.0
City Beneath the Sea
7 eps
1962 Series
7.0
Z-Cars
4 eps
1962 Series
7.7
The Avengers
1 eps
1961 Series
7.2
Maigret
1 eps
1960 Series