Barry Letts

Barry Letts

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Born 1925-03-26 8 credit(s) Popularity 0.3
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,...
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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.

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Tales of the Tardis poster
Tales of the Tardis
as Producer
2023-11-01
EastEnders poster
EastEnders
as Director
1985-02-19
The Hound of the Baskervilles poster
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Producer
1982-10-03
Moonbase 3 poster
Moonbase 3
as Producer, Writer
1973-09-09
Thirty-Minute Theatre poster
Thirty-Minute Theatre
as Writer
1965-10-07
The Wednesday Play poster
The Wednesday Play
as Writer
1964-09-30
Doctor Who poster
Doctor Who
as Director, Producer, Writer
1963-11-23
Z-Cars poster
Z-Cars
as Director
1962-01-02

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