Nicholas Courtney
Birthday
1929/12/16
Day of death
2011/02/22 (81 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Cairo, Egypt
Also know as
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Biography
William Nicholas Stone Courtney was an Egyptian-born British actor. He was best known for his long-running role as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who.
Acting
(2000) TravelWise
as Alistair Singleton
(1993) Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
as The Brigadier
(1974) Soft Beds, Hard Battles
as French Intelligence Officer
(1993) Return to Devil's End
as Self
(1997) Who is Tom Baker? Unauthorised
as ---
(1970) Doctor Who: Inferno
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart / Brigade Leader Lethbridge-Stewart
(2021) Doctor Who: The Web of Fear - Episode 3
as Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart (voice)
(1986) Myth Makers 12: Ian Marter
as ---
(1998) Lust in Space
as Time Judge / self
(2001) ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis
as ---
(2002) Doctor at Sea
as ---
(1990) The PanoptiCon Tapes III
as ---
(1972) Endless Night
as Second Auctioneer (uncredited)
(1995) Downtime
as Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
(2021) Nick & Caroline: Uncut!
as ---
(2017) The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
as ---
(1989) Doctor Who: Battlefield
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
(1988) Wartime
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (voice)
(1965) The End of Arthur's Marriage
as Husband
(1970) Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
(2002) Chronotrip
as ---
(1972) Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
(1975) Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
(1990) Bullseye!
as Sir Hugh
(1995) The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
as ---
(1993) 30 Years in the TARDIS
as Himself / Narrator
(1975) Doctor Who: Robot
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
(1970) Doctor Who and the Silurians
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
(1972) Doctor Who: The Time Monster
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
(1971) Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
(1970) Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
(1973) Doctor Who: The Three Doctors
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
(1983) Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
as Brig. Lethbridge-Stewart
(2008) Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
as ---
(2013) A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee
as (archive footage)
(2003) The Story of Doctor Who
as ---
(1991) The Corridor Sketch
as Sir Horace
(1987) Myth Runner
as Himself
(1998) Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
as ---
(1985) Myth Makers 3: Nicholas Courtney
as ---
(1973) Doctor Who: The Green Death
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
(1983) Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
as Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
(1992) Born Kicking
as Tim Ayling
(1984) To Catch a King
as de Oliveira
(1968) Doctor Who: The Invasion
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
(1974) Doctor Who: The Time Warrior
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
(1971) Doctor Who: The Dæmons
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
(1974) Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
(1974) Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
(1968) Doctor Who: The Web of Fear
as Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart
(1966) Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
as Bret Vyon
(1971) Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
(1971) Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
(1971) Doctor Who: Colony in Space
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
(1970) Take a Girl Like You
as Panel Chairman
(1969) Doppelgänger
as Data Analyst
(1966) The Brides of Fu Manchu
as Sergeant
(2008) Incendiary
as Archbishop of Canterbury
(1981) Doctor Who: Logopolis
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (archive footage)
(2002) Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
as The Brigadier
(1984) Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
as The Brigadier (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1993) UNIT Recruiting Film
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (voice)
(1993) Missing in Action
as Narrator
(2008) The Ties That Bind Us
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (archive footage)
(2007) Rogue Time Lords
as ---
(2025) Doctor Who: Downtime
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
(1994) Myth Makers 28: Sylvester McCoy
as Self
(1997) Myth Makers 37: Roger Delgado
as Self
(2013) Doctor Who: Yellow Fever and How to Cure It
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
(2011) Tomorrow's Times: The First Doctor
as Self (voice)
(2006) Evolution of The Invasion
as Self
(2008) Going Underground
as Self
(2008) What Lies Beneath
as Self
(2013) Remembering Nicholas Courtney
as Self
(2008) Five Doctors, One Studio
as ---
(2009) Who Wants to Live Forever?
as Self
(2009) Liberty Hall
as Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
(2008) Past and Future King: Writing ‘Battlefield’
as Self
(2008) Storm Over Avallion: Making 'Battlefield'
as Self
(2025) Splendid Chap
as Self (Archive)
(2007) The Sarah Jane Adventures
as Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
(2005) Doctor Who Confidential
as ---
(1963) Doctor Who
as Col. Lethbridge-Stewart
(1984) The Bill
as ---
(1961) The Avengers
as Gifford
(1996) Satellite City
as ---
(1971) Jason King
as ---
(1979) Minder
as Raymond Wilkins
(1962) The Saint
as Alain
(1967) Callan
as ---
(1970) Doomwatch
as Phillip
(1968) The Champions
as Doctor Farley
(2000) Doctors
as ---
(1978) All Creatures Great and Small
as Paul Cotterell
(1979) Shelley
as ---
(1989) French Fields
as Marquis
(1986) Yes, Prime Minister
as ---
(1971) The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Hutchinson Hatch
(1959) No Hiding Place
as ---
(1993) Then Churchill Said to Me
as ---
(1999) Sir Bernard's Stately Homes
as ---
(1969) The Main Chance
as James Harding
(1963) Doctor Who
as Tourist (uncredited)
(1986) Casualty
as Claude Devigny
(2023) Tales of the Tardis
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
(1969) Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
as Max
(1964) Victoria Regina
as Tudor
(1965) The Man in Room 17
as Gilles
(1963) Doctor Who
as Bret Vyon
(1963) Doctor Who
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
(1977) The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
as Bronzed Man
(2015) Myth Makers
as Himself
(1966) The Informer
as Henry Leason
(1964) Theatre 625
as Ned
(1964) Theatre 625
as Freemantle