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.
The Medusa Touch
(Detective)
Doctor Faustus
(Pride/Emperor)
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
(3rd Policeman)
Myth Makers 12: Ian Marter
The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years
Doctor Who: The Ark in Space
(Harry Sullivan)
The Specialist
(Journalist)
Doctor Who: The Android Invasion
(Harry Sullivan)
Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen
(Harry Sullivan)
Doctor Who: Robot
(Harry Sullivan)
Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons
(Harry Sullivan)
Doctor Who: The Sontaran Experiment
(Harry Sullivan)
Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks
(Harry Sullivan)
Who's Who
Myth Runner
(Himself (archive footage))
The Emergency Channel
(Literary Editor)
Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters
(John Andrews)
Doctor Who: Logopolis
(Harry Sullivan (archive footage))
King of the Ghetto
(Station Sergeant)
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
(Harry Sullivan (archive footage) (uncredited))
The Waterloo Bridge Handicap
(The Big Fancy)
Worlds Within: The Life of Ian Marter
(Self (archive footage))
Bergerac
(Cowman)
Softly, Softly
Sherlock Holmes
(Inspector Fereday)
Crown Court
(Quentin Ingrams)
The Venturers
Doctor Who
(Harry Sullivan)
Doctor Who
(John Andrews)
North and South
(Henry Lennox)
Doctor Who's Who's Who
(Harry Sullivan)
Crown Court
(Constable Forbush)
Shine on Harvey Moon
(Policeman)
Holly
(Police Driver)
Myth Makers
(Himself)