Ian Marter, né le 28 octobre 1944 à Coventry et mort d'une crise cardiaque le 28 octobre 1986 à Londres est un acteur et écrivain anglais principalement connu dans les années 1970 pour son rôle autour de la série "Doctor Who" et de ses adaptations en livre.

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Born in Warwickshire, the son of Donald Marter and his wife Helen Donaldson, after graduating from Oxford University in 1969, Marter initially worked at the Bristol Old Vic theatre, where he was a stage manager as well as acting in various minor roles. To support his low actor's wages, he also worked for a time as a milkman and a schoolteacher.

Marter married Rosemary Heyland in 1968, and had two sons, Rupert and Toby.

He died suddenly at his home in London on his forty-second birthday in 1986, after suffering a heart attack brought on by complications of diabetes.