Ian Marter

Known for ActingBorn 1944-10-28Died 1986-10-28Coventry, Warwickshire, England, UK

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Myth Runner

Who's Who

Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks

Sherlock Holmes

North and South

King of the Ghetto

Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons

The Waterloo Bridge Handicap

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks

Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters

Doctor Who

Shine on Harvey Moon

Doctor Who: The Ark in Space

Softly, Softly

Doctor Who: Logopolis

Doctor Who: The Android Invasion

The Abominable Dr. Phibes

The Medusa Touch

Doctor Who: Robot

Bergerac

Doctor Who: The Sontaran Experiment

Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen

Crown Court

Doctor Faustus

Worlds Within: The Life of Ian Marter

The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years

Myth Makers

King of the Ghetto

Doctor Who's Who's Who

The Specialist

The Emergency Channel

Holly