Directing
Morris Barry
- Born
- Feb 9, 1918 · Aged 82
- Died
- Nov 20, 2000
- Place of birth
- Potterspury, Northamptonshire, England, UK
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 2
- TV credits
- 8
- Directing credits
- 11
Biography
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…
