Name
Ian Marter
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1944-10-28
Deathday
1986-10-28 (42 years old)
Place of Birth
Coventry, Warwickshire, England, UK
Biography
Ian Marter was an actor and novelist. He was best known for his role as Harry Sullivan in the BBC science-fiction television series Doctor Who from December 1974 to September 1975, with a non-regular, one-serial return in November and December 1975. Marter continued his association with Doctor Who long after leaving the show, adapting several stories for the Target novelisation range, and penning an original novel, Harry Sullivan's War. In addition to these books, Marter wrote adaptations of several 1980s American films such as Splash and Down and Out in Beverly Hills for Target and its imprint, Star Books, as well as the Gummi Bears books. With the exception of Down and Out in Beverly Hills, these books were published under the pen name Ian Don - Don being his middle name. Marter died in 1986, on his 42nd birthday, from a heart attack associated with diabetes-related cardiovascular disease.
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- 1978 The Medusa Touch as Detective
- 1967 Doctor Faustus as Pride/Emperor
- 1971 The Abominable Dr. Phibes as 3rd Policeman
- 2017 The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years
- 1975 Doctor Who: The Ark in Space as Harry Sullivan
- 1980 The Specialist as Journalist
- 1975 Doctor Who: The Android Invasion as Harry Sullivan
- 1975 Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen as Harry Sullivan
- 1975 Doctor Who: Robot as Harry Sullivan
- 1975 Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons as Harry Sullivan
- 1975 Doctor Who: The Sontaran Experiment as Harry Sullivan
- 1975 Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks as Harry Sullivan
- 1986 Who's Who
- 1987 Myth Runner as Himself (archive footage)
- 1973 The Emergency Channel as Literary Editor
- 1973 Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters as John Andrews
- 1981 Doctor Who: Logopolis as Harry Sullivan (archive footage)
- 1986 King of the Ghetto as Station Sergeant
- 1984 Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks as Harry Sullivan (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1978 The Waterloo Bridge Handicap as Lincoln's Inn (The Big Fancy)
- 2025 Worlds Within: The Life of Ian Marter as Self (archive footage)
- 1981 Bergerac ( 1 episode ) as Cowman
- 1966 Softly, Softly ( 1 episode )
- 1984 Sherlock Holmes ( 1 episode ) as Inspector Fereday
- 1972 Crown Court ( 7 episodes ) as Quentin Ingrams
- 1963 Doctor Who ( 27 episodes ) as Harry Sullivan
- 1963 Doctor Who ( 4 episodes ) as John Andrews
- 1975 North and South ( 4 episodes ) as Henry Lennox
- 1985 Doctor Who's Who's Who ( 1 episode ) as Harry Sullivan
- 1972 Crown Court ( 3 episodes ) as Constable Forbush
- 1982 Shine on Harvey Moon ( 1 episode ) as Policeman
- 2015 Myth Makers ( 1 episode ) as Himself
- 1972 Holly ( 1 episode ) as Police Driver
- 1986 King of the Ghetto ( 4 episodes ) as Station Sergeant
- 1986 The Return of Sherlock Holmes ( 1 episode ) as Inspector Fereday
