Christopher Barry

Career Overview

Christopher Barry has 46 screen credits in a career dating back to 1949. Their work is anchored in the Ealing comedies universe with 4 titles. Signature works include Doctor Who: Robot, The Ship That Died of Shame, Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

46

Birth Date

1925-09-20

Birth Place

London, England, UK

Known For

• 

  Doctor Who: Robot
• 

  The Ship That Died of Shame
• 

  Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour
• 

  Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit
• 

  Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius
• 

  Doctor Who: The Mutants

Associated Universes

• Ealing comedies (4 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Tom Baker (3 collaborations)
• Jon Pertwee (3 collaborations)
• Elisabeth Sladen (2 collaborations)
• William Hartnell (2 collaborations)
• John Scott Martin (2 collaborations)
• Ian Marter (1 collaborations)
• Nicholas Courtney (1 collaborations)
• John Levene (1 collaborations)
• Patricia Maynard (1 collaborations)
• Michael Kilgarriff (1 collaborations)

Credits

• directing (28 credits)

  • Doctor Who: Downtime

    director

    directing
    2025
  • Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour

    director

    directing
    2023
  • Downtime

    director

    directing
    1995
  • Valse Nocturne

    director

    directing
    1995
  • Return to Devil's End

    director

    directing
    1993
  • Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit

    director

    directing
    1979
  • All Creatures Great and Small

    - Merry Gentlemen (1978) ... director directing

    - Ways and Means (1978) ... director directing

    - Pride of Possession (1978) ... director directing

    - Judgment Day (1978) ... director directing

    - Attendant Problems (1978) ... director directing
    1978
  • Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius

    director

    directing
    1976
  • Doctor Who: Robot

    director

    directing
    1975
  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    assistant director

    directing
    1973
  • Doctor Who: The Mutants

    director

    directing
    1972
  • Doctor Who: The Dæmons

    director

    directing
    1971
  • Random Quest

    director

    directing
    1969
  • The Chequers Manoeuvre

    director

    directing
    1968
  • Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks

    director

    directing
    1966
  • Doctor Who: The Savages

    director

    directing
    1966
  • Doctor Who: The Romans

    director

    directing
    1965
  • Doctor Who: The Rescue

    director

    directing
    1965
  • Doctor Who: The Daleks

    director

    directing
    1964
  • Doctor Who

    - The Creature from the Pit (4) (1979) ... director directing

    - The Creature from the Pit (3) (1979) ... director directing

    - The Creature from the Pit (2) (1979) ... director directing

    - The Creature from the Pit (1) (1979) ... director directing

    - The Brain of Morbius (4) (1976) ... director directing
    1963
  • Touch and Go

    second assistant director

    directing
    1955
  • The Ship That Died of Shame

    assistant director

    directing
    1955
  • Out of the Clouds

    second assistant director

    directing
    1955
  • Lease of Life

    first assistant director

    directing
    1954
  • The Rainbow Jacket

    second assistant director

    directing
    1954
  • The Love Lottery

    assistant director

    directing
    1954
  • Meet Mr. Lucifer

    assistant director

    directing
    1953
  • A Run for Your Money

    third assistant director

    directing
    1949

• sound (1 credits)

  • Fallen Bird

    music

    sound
    2015

• actors (17 credits)

  • Return of the Unknown

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Second Time Around: The Troughton Years

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • Regenerations: From Black and White to Colour

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Christopher Barry: Director

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • Roger Delgado: The Master

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • What Has 'The Romans' Ever Done For Us?

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • Mounting the Rescue

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • Musical Scales: An Era of Experimentation

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • A Matter of Time

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • Are Friends Electric?

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • The Cult of The Tripods

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • Terrance Dicks: Fact & Fiction

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • The Megeve Experiment

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • Return to Devil's End

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • Compo

    Carlo Garbanzo

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius

    Morbius Doctor (picture) (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • BBC Films for Television Training: Television Production Planning

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1968