Ian Marter
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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
Credits
The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
as 3rd Policeman
The Medusa Touch (1978)
as Detective
Who's Who (1986)
Actor
Doctor Faustus (1967)
as Pride/Emperor
Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks (1975)
as Harry Sullivan
Doctor Who: The Android Invasion (1975)
as Harry Sullivan
Doctor Who: Robot (1975)
as Harry Sullivan
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks (1984)
as Harry Sullivan (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Emergency Channel (1973)
as Literary Editor
Doctor Who: Logopolis (1981)
as Harry Sullivan (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen (1975)
as Harry Sullivan
Doctor Who: The Ark in Space (1975)
as Harry Sullivan
Myth Runner (1987)
as Himself (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Sontaran Experiment (1975)
as Harry Sullivan
Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons (1975)
as Harry Sullivan
The Specialist (1980)
as Journalist
The Waterloo Bridge Handicap (1978)
as Lincoln's Inn (The Big Fancy)
King of the Ghetto (1986)
as Station Sergeant
Worlds Within: The Life of Ian Marter (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters (1973)
as John Andrews
The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years (2017)
Actor