Barry Letts

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actor human screenwriter television director television producer

Barry Letts was a British television producer, director, writer, and actor best known for his influential work on the classic science fiction series Doctor Who in the 1970s.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	actor → human → screenwriter → television director → television producer →
activeYears	1940s–2000s →
alsoKnownFor	work on BBC drama serials outside Doctor Who →
birthName	Barry Leopold Letts →
burialPlace	United Kingdom NERFINISHED →
causeOfDeath	cancer →
child	Dominic Letts →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
coWrote	Doctor Who serial "The Daemons" →
dateOfBirth	1925-03-26 →
dateOfDeath	2009-10-09 →
directed	multiple Doctor Who serials in the early 1970s →
education	London theatre schools (acting training) →
employer	BBC →
fieldOfWork	science fiction → television →
genre	science fiction television →
hasGenreAsProducer	family television →
influenced	the tone and style of 1970s Doctor Who →
influencedWork	development of the character of the Doctor in the early 1970s →
knownFor	producing Doctor Who during the Jon Pertwee era →
language	English →
militaryService	Royal Navy (World War II) →
name	Barry Letts →
nationality	British →
notableWork	Doctor Who →
numberOfChildren	3 →
occupation	actor → screenwriter → television director → television producer →
placeOfBirth	London, England →
placeOfDeath	London, England →
positionHeld	director on Doctor Who → producer of Doctor Who → writer on Doctor Who →
produced	Doctor Who from 1969 to 1974 →
religion	Buddhism →
spouse	Eileen Anketell →
workedOn	Doctor Who serial "Spearhead from Space" → Doctor Who serial "Terror of the Autons" →
workedWith	Jon Pertwee → Terrance Dicks →
wrote	novelisations of Doctor Who stories →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
The Master →	createdBy
Terror of the Autons →	director
Barry Letts →	name
Terror of the Autons →	producer