Skip to main content
Barry Letts

Barry Letts

Production · 1925 – 2009

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.

Movies18

  • Movie6.9

    The Cruel Sea

    1953 · 84 votes

  • Movie6.9

    Reach for the Sky

    1956 · 41 votes

  • Movie7.2

    Scott of the Antarctic

    1948 · 44 votes

  • Movie
  • Movie8.6

    Doctor Who: Inferno

    1970 · 5 votes

  • Movie8.0
  • Movie7.9

    30 Years in the TARDIS

    1993 · 4 votes

  • Movie
  • Movie6.2

    To the Public Danger

    1948 · 10 votes

  • Movie
  • Movie6.5
  • Movie5.8

    Exodus

    2007 · 2 votes

  • Movie8.5
  • Movie4.9
  • Movie7.2

    San Demetrio London

    1943 · 15 votes

  • Movie
  • Movie5.6

    Frieda

    1947 · 17 votes

  • Movie

Series7

  • TV7.8

    The Avengers

    1961 · 156 votes

  • TV7.3

    Z-Cars

    1962 · 7 votes

  • TV4.8

    No Hiding Place

    1959 · 4 votes

  • TV7.1

    Maigret

    1960 · 15 votes

  • TV6.0

    Armchair Theatre

    1956 · 6 votes

  • TV6.0

    City Beneath the Sea

    1962 · 1 votes

  • TV10.0