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Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 28, 1944
Died
October 28, 1986
Place of Birth
Coventry, Warwickshire, England, UK
Ian Marter
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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.
Known For
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Self (archive footage)
Worlds Within: The Life of Ian Marter
2025
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The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years
2017
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Himself
Myth Makers
2015
10.0
Himself (archive footage)
Myth Runner
1987
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Who's Who
1986
6.0
Station Sergeant
King of the Ghetto
1986
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Harry Sullivan
Doctor Who's Who's Who
1985
8.1
Inspector Fereday
Sherlock Holmes
1984
7.8
Harry Sullivan (archive footage) (uncredited)
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
1984
7.6
Policeman
Shine on Harvey Moon
1982
Credits
Worlds Within: The Life of Ian Marter
as Self (archive footage)
2025
0.0
The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years
2017
0.0
Myth Makers
as Himself
2015
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Myth Runner
as Himself (archive footage)
1987
10.0
Who's Who
1986
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King of the Ghetto
as Station Sergeant
1986
6.0
Doctor Who's Who's Who
as Harry Sullivan
1985
0.0
Sherlock Holmes
as Inspector Fereday
1984
8.1
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
as Harry Sullivan (archive footage) (uncredited)
1984
7.8
Shine on Harvey Moon
as Policeman
1982
7.6
Bergerac
as Cowman
1981
6.7
Doctor Who: Logopolis
as Harry Sullivan (archive footage)
1981
6.8
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The Specialist
as Journalist
1980
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🎬
The Waterloo Bridge Handicap
as The Big Fancy
1978
6.0
The Medusa Touch
as Detective
1978
6.8
North and South
as Henry Lennox
1975
8.2
Doctor Who: The Android Invasion
as Harry Sullivan
1975
7.0
Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons
as Harry Sullivan
1975
8.1
Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen
as Harry Sullivan
1975
5.7
Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks
as Harry Sullivan
1975
8.8
Doctor Who: The Sontaran Experiment
as Harry Sullivan
1975
5.8
Doctor Who: The Ark in Space
as Harry Sullivan
1975
7.4
Doctor Who: Robot
as Harry Sullivan
1975
6.8
🎬
The Venturers
1975
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The Emergency Channel
as Literary Editor
1973
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Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters
as John Andrews
1973
8.0
Crown Court
as Quentin Ingrams
1972
5.4
Crown Court
as Constable Forbush
1972
5.4
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Holly
as Police Driver
1972
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The Abominable Dr. Phibes
as 3rd Policeman
1971
6.9
Doctor Faustus
as Pride/Emperor
1967
5.2
Softly, Softly
1966
5.0
Doctor Who
as Harry Sullivan
1963
7.9
Doctor Who
as John Andrews
1963
7.9