Ian Marter
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.
Filmography
Worlds Within: The Life of Ian Marter
2025
as Self (archive footage)
The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years
2017
Myth Runner
1987
as Himself (archive footage)
Who's Who
1986
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
1984
as Harry Sullivan (archive footage) (uncredited)
Doctor Who: Logopolis
1981
as Harry Sullivan (archive footage)
- No poster
The Specialist
1980
as Journalist
- No poster
The Waterloo Bridge Handicap
1978
as Lincoln's Inn (The Big Fancy)
The Medusa Touch
1978
as Detective
Doctor Who: The Android Invasion
1975
as Harry Sullivan
Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons
1975
as Harry Sullivan
Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen
1975
as Harry Sullivan
Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks
1975
as Harry Sullivan
Doctor Who: The Sontaran Experiment
1975
as Harry Sullivan
Doctor Who: The Ark in Space
1975
as Harry Sullivan
Doctor Who: Robot
1975
as Harry Sullivan
The Emergency Channel
1973
as Literary Editor
Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters
1973
as John Andrews
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
1971
as 3rd Policeman
Doctor Faustus
1967
as Pride/Emperor