Nicholas Courtney

Personal Info

Birthday

December 16, 1929

Day of Death

2011-02-22

(81 years old)

Place of Birth

Cairo, Egypt

Nicholas Courtney

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.

Known For

Doctor Who

The Avengers

Minder

The Saint

Casualty

The Champions

The Sarah Jane Adventures

All Creatures Great and Small

Filmography

2025
Doctor Who: Downtime
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
2021
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear - Episode 3
as Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart (voice)
2013
A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee
as (archive footage)
2008
The Ties That Bind Us
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (archive footage)
Incendiary
as Archbishop of Canterbury
2002
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
as The Brigadier
2000
TravelWise
as Alistair Singleton
1998
Lust in Space
as Time Judge / self
1997
Myth Makers 37: Roger Delgado
as Self
1995
Downtime
as Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
1994
Myth Makers 28: Sylvester McCoy
as Self
1993
UNIT Recruiting Film
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (voice)
30 Years in the TARDIS
as Himself / Narrator
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
as The Brigadier
Missing in Action
as Narrator
Return to Devil's End
as Self
1992
Born Kicking
as Tim Ayling
1991
The Corridor Sketch
as Sir Horace
1990
Bullseye!
as Sir Hugh
1989
Doctor Who: Battlefield
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1988
Wartime
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (voice)
1987
Myth Runner
as Himself
1984
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
as The Brigadier (archive footage) (uncredited)
To Catch a King
as de Oliveira
1983
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
as Brig. Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
as Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
1981
Doctor Who: Logopolis
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (archive footage)
1975
Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who: Robot
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1974
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Soft Beds, Hard Battles
as French Intelligence Officer
Doctor Who: The Time Warrior
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1973
Doctor Who: The Green Death
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who: The Three Doctors
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1972
Endless Night
as Second Auctioneer (uncredited)
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1971
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who: Colony in Space
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1970
Take a Girl Like You
as Panel Chairman
Doctor Who: Inferno
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart / Brigade Leader Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who and the Silurians
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1969
Doppelgänger
as Data Analyst
1968
Doctor Who: The Invasion
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear
as Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart
1966
The Brides of Fu Manchu
as Sergeant
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
as Bret Vyon
1965
The End of Arthur's Marriage
as Husband