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.
Produced 51
2020s
- 2023
Tales of the Tardis
Producer
1980s
- 1984
The Prisoner of Zenda
Producer
The Invisible Man
Producer
Goodbye Mr Chips
Producer
- 1983
Jane Eyre
Producer
Dombey and Son
Producer
- 1982
Beau Geste
Producer
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Producer
- 1981
Great Expectations
Producer
Doctor Who: Logopolis
Executive Producer
Doctor Who: The Keeper of Traken
Executive Producer
Doctor Who: Warriors' Gate
Executive Producer
- 1980
Doctor Who: State of Decay
Executive Producer
Doctor Who: Full Circle
Executive Producer
Doctor Who: Meglos
Executive Producer
Doctor Who: The Leisure Hive
Executive Producer
The Swish of the Curtain
Producer
1970s
- 1979
- 1978
The Mill on the Floss
Producer
Pinocchio
Producer
Sexton Blake and the Demon God
Producer
- 1977
Treasure Island
Producer
Nicholas Nickleby
Producer
- 1975
Doctor Who: Robot
Producer
- 1974
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
Producer
Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon
Producer
Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks
Producer
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
Producer
Doctor Who: The Time Warrior
Producer
- 1973
Moonbase 3
Producer
Doctor Who: The Green Death
Producer
Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks
Producer
Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
Producer
Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters
Producer
Doctor Who: The Three Doctors
Producer
- 1972
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
Producer
Doctor Who: The Mutants
Producer
Doctor Who: The Sea Devils
Producer
Doctor Who: The Curse of Peladon
Producer
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
Producer
- 1971
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
Producer
Doctor Who: Colony in Space
Producer
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
Producer
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
Producer
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
Producer
- 1970
Doctor Who: Inferno
Producer
Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death
Producer
Doctor Who and the Silurians
Producer
1960s
- 1963
Acted in 33
2020s
- 2023
Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
(archive footage)
2010s
- 2019
Doctor Who and the Third Man
Movie
- 2011
IMC Needs You!
Movie
Come in Number Five
(archive footage)
- 2010
The Tin Men and the Witch
Movie
Warriors of Mars
Movie
2000s
- 2009
The Perfect Scenario: Lost Frontiers
Movie
The Perfect Scenario: The End of Dreams
Movie
Roger Delgado: The Master
Movie
The Frighten Factor
Movie
- 2008
Musical Scales: An Era of Experimentation
Movie
- 2007
Exodus
Professor Marcus
Are Friends Electric?
Movie
- 2006
Built for War: The Sontaran Story
(archival footage)
Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who
Movie
- 2005
Terrance Dicks: Fact & Fiction
Movie
- 2003
The Story of Doctor Who
Movie
1990s
- 1998
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
Movie
1970s
- 1970
Doctor Who: Inferno
Loudspeaker Voice
1960s
- 1962
City Beneath the Sea
TV
- 1961
- 1960
1950s
- 1959
- 1956
Armchair Theatre
Clive Epworth, Jamie Peatie · 1 episode
Reach for the Sky
Tommy
- 1953
1940s
- 1949
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
Syd
- 1948
To the Public Danger
Fred Lane
- 1947
Frieda
Jim Merrick
- 1943
San Demetrio London
Apprentice John Jones - M.V. San Demetrio
Directed 13
1980s
- 1986
David Copperfield
Director
- 1985
- 1982
Gulliver in Lilliput
Director
1970s
- 1978
Pinocchio
Director
- 1976
The Prince and the Pauper
Director
- 1975
Doctor Who: The Android Invasion
Director
- 1974
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
Director
- 1973
Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters
Director
- 1971
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
Director
- 1970
Doctor Who: Inferno
Co-Director
1960s
- 1968
Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World
Director
- 1963
- 1962
Created 10
1980s
- 1986
David Copperfield
Creator
- 1984
The Prisoner of Zenda
Creator
The Invisible Man
Creator
- 1983
Jane Eyre
Creator
- 1981
- 1980
1970s
- 1978
The Mill on the Floss
Creator
Sexton Blake and the Demon God
Creator
- 1977
Nicholas Nickleby
Creator
- 1973
Moonbase 3
Creator
Wrote 9
2000s
- 2004
Dæmos Rising
Script Consultant
1980s
- 1982
Gulliver in Lilliput
Adaptation
1970s
- 1974
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
Writer
- 1973
Moonbase 3
Writer
- 1972
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
Writer
- 1971
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
Writer
1960s
- 1965
- 1964
- 1963
Appearances6
2020s
- 2023
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
Self - archive
2010s
- 2011
Life on Earth
Self
The Doctor's Moriarty
Self
2000s
- 2007
Terror Nation: Terry Nation and Doctor Who
Self
The Worst Journey in the World
Narrator
1990s
- 1993
30 Years in the TARDIS
Himself