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Morris Barry
Potterspury, Northamptonshire, England, UK
Morris Randolph Barry (9 February 1918 – 20 November 2000) was a producer and director for the BBC in the 1960s and 1970s, and also worked as an actor. He made his name as a prod…
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Morris Randolph Barry (9 February 1918 – 20 November 2000) was a producer and director for the BBC in the 1960s and 1970s, and also worked as an actor. He made his name as a producer and director on productions such as Angels, Compact and Z-Cars, but his most impressive credit was perhaps as producer of the highly popular dramatisation of Poldark by Winston Graham. Barry directed three Doctor Who stories during the Patrick Troughton years: The Moonbase (1967), The Tomb of the Cybermen (1967) and The Dominators (1968). He was known by the cast and crew of Doctor Who to be a somewhat strict and uncompromising director of the old school, but The Moonbase and The Tomb of the Cybermen are often spoken of as classics of 1960s Doctor Who. He was also well known for carrying a music stand to place his script on during rehearsals. He also appeared as an actor in the Doctor Who story The Creature from the Pit in 1979, playing the scientist Tollund. His other acting credits include episodes of Are You Being Served?, Blake's 7, The Day of the Triffids, Tales of the Unexpected, All Creatures Great and Small, and Hi-de-Hi!. Morris Barry died in 2000.
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1992
Doctor Who: Cybermen - The Early Years
Movie Self
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1985
Mapp & Lucia
TV show Mr Twistevant
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1984
Murder: Ultimate Grounds for Divorce
Movie Director
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1983
Jane Eyre
TV show Mr Eshton
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1979
Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit
Movie Tollund
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1979
Tales of the Unexpected
TV show Mr Wilbur
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1978
All Creatures Great and Small
TV show Colonel Buller
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1978
Blake's 7
TV show Dr. Wiler
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1977
Count Dracula
TV show Producer
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1977
Rough Justice
TV show Producer
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1975
Poldark
TV show Producer
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1975
Angels
TV show Director
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1973
The Donati Conspiracy
TV show Producer
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1972
Are You Being Served?
TV show
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1972
Spy Trap
TV show Producer
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1968
Doctor Who: The Dominators
Movie Director
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1967
Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen
Movie Director
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1967
Doctor Who: The Moonbase
Movie Director
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1966
Quick Before They Catch Us
TV show Director
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1966
Softly, Softly
TV show Director
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1963
Doctor Who
TV show Tollund
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1962
Z-Cars
TV show Director
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1962
Compact
TV show Director
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1960
Barnaby Rudge
TV show Director
