Nicholas Courtney

Nicholas Courtney

Known for
Acting
Born
December 16, 1929
Died
February 22, 2011 (aged 81)
Birthplace
Cairo, Egypt

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

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Filmography

2023
Tales of the Tardis poster

Tales of the Tardis

TV · as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart · 1 ep

2021
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear - Episode 3 poster

Doctor Who: The Web of Fear - Episode 3

Movie · as Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart (voice)

2021
Nick & Caroline: Uncut! poster

Nick & Caroline: Uncut!

Movie

2017
The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years poster

The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years

Movie

2015
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage poster

Longleat '83: The Lost Footage

Movie

2015
Myth Makers poster

Myth Makers

TV · as Himself · 1 ep

2013
A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee poster

A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee

Movie · as (archive footage)

2011
Tomorrow's Times: The First Doctor poster

Tomorrow's Times: The First Doctor

Movie · as Self (voice)

2008
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983 poster

Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983

Movie

2008
Incendiary poster

Incendiary

Movie · as Archbishop of Canterbury

2008
The Ties That Bind Us poster

The Ties That Bind Us

Movie · as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (archive footage)

2008
Five Doctors, One Studio

Five Doctors, One Studio

Movie

2007
Rogue Time Lords poster

Rogue Time Lords

Movie

2007
The Sarah Jane Adventures poster

The Sarah Jane Adventures

TV · as Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart · 2 eps

2005
Doctor Who Confidential poster

Doctor Who Confidential

TV · 2 eps

2003
The Story of Doctor Who poster

The Story of Doctor Who

Movie

2002
Doctor at Sea poster

Doctor at Sea

Movie

2002
Chronotrip

Chronotrip

Movie

2002
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time poster

Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time

Movie · as The Brigadier

2001
ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis poster

ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis

Movie

2000
TravelWise poster

TravelWise

Movie · as Alistair Singleton

2000
Doctors poster

Doctors

TV · 1 ep

1999
Sir Bernard's Stately Homes poster

Sir Bernard's Stately Homes

TV · as Senior Policeman · 1 ep

1998
Lust in Space poster

Lust in Space

Movie · as Time Judge / self

1998
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning? poster

Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?

Movie

1997
Who is Tom Baker? poster

Who is Tom Baker?

Movie

1996
Satellite City poster

Satellite City

TV · 1 ep

1995
Downtime poster

Downtime

Movie · as Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart

1995
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond poster

The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond

Movie

1993
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time poster

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time

Movie · as The Brigadier

1993
Return to Devil's End poster

Return to Devil's End

Movie · as Self

1993
30 Years in the TARDIS poster

30 Years in the TARDIS

Movie · as Himself / Narrator

1993
UNIT Recruiting Film poster

UNIT Recruiting Film

Movie · as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (voice)

1993
Missing in Action poster

Missing in Action

Movie · as Self - Narrator

1993
Then Churchill Said to Me poster

Then Churchill Said to Me

TV · 6 eps

1992
Born Kicking poster

Born Kicking

Movie · as Tim Ayling

1991
The Corridor Sketch poster

The Corridor Sketch

Movie · as Sir Horace

1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes III poster

The PanoptiCon Tapes III

Movie

1990
Bullseye! poster

Bullseye!

Movie · as Sir Hugh

1989
Doctor Who: Battlefield poster

Doctor Who: Battlefield

Movie · as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

1989
French Fields poster

French Fields

TV · as Marquis · 5 eps

1988
Wartime poster

Wartime

Movie · as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (voice)

1987
Myth Runner poster

Myth Runner

Movie · as Himself

1986
Yes, Prime Minister poster

Yes, Prime Minister

TV · 1 ep

1986
Casualty poster

Casualty

TV · as Claude Devigny · 1 ep

1984
To Catch a King poster

To Catch a King

Movie · as de Oliveira

1984
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks poster

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks

Movie · as The Brigadier (archive footage) (uncredited)

1984
The Bill poster

The Bill

TV · 1 ep

1983
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors poster

Doctor Who: The Five Doctors

Movie · as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

1983
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead poster

Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead

Movie · as Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart

1981
Doctor Who: Logopolis poster

Doctor Who: Logopolis

Movie · as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (archive footage)

1979
Minder poster

Minder

TV · as Raymond Wilkins · 1 ep

1979
Shelley poster

Shelley

TV · 1 ep

1978
All Creatures Great and Small poster

All Creatures Great and Small

TV · as Paul Cotterell · 1 ep

1977
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse poster

The Galton & Simpson Playhouse

TV · as Bronzed Man · 1 ep

1975
Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons poster

Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons

Movie · as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

1975
Doctor Who: Robot poster

Doctor Who: Robot

Movie · as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

1974
Soft Beds, Hard Battles poster

Soft Beds, Hard Battles

Movie · as French Intelligence Officer

1974
Doctor Who: The Time Warrior poster

Doctor Who: The Time Warrior

Movie · as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

1974
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs poster

Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs

Movie · as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

1974
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders poster

Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders

Movie · as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

1973
Doctor Who: The Three Doctors poster

Doctor Who: The Three Doctors

Movie · as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

1973
Doctor Who: The Green Death poster

Doctor Who: The Green Death

Movie · as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

1972
Endless Night poster

Endless Night

Movie · as Second Auctioneer (uncredited)

1972
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks poster

Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks

Movie · as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

1972
Doctor Who: The Time Monster poster

Doctor Who: The Time Monster

Movie · as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

1971
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons poster

Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons

Movie · as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

1971
Doctor Who: The Dæmons poster

Doctor Who: The Dæmons

Movie · as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

1971
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil poster

Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil

Movie · as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

1971
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos poster

Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos

Movie · as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

1971
Doctor Who: Colony in Space poster

Doctor Who: Colony in Space

Movie · as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

1971
Jason King poster

Jason King

TV · 1 ep

1971
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes poster

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

TV · as Hutchinson Hatch · 1 ep

1970
Doctor Who: Inferno poster

Doctor Who: Inferno

Movie · as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart / Brigade Leader Lethbridge-Stewart

1970
Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space poster

Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space

Movie · as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

1970
Doctor Who and the Silurians poster

Doctor Who and the Silurians

Movie · as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

1970
Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death poster

Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death

Movie · as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

1970
Take a Girl Like You poster

Take a Girl Like You

Movie · as Panel Chairman

1970
Doomwatch poster

Doomwatch

TV · as Phillip · 1 ep

1969
Doppelgänger poster

Doppelgänger

Movie · as Data Analyst

1969
The Main Chance poster

The Main Chance

TV · as James Harding · 1 ep

1969
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) poster

Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)

TV · as Max · 1 ep

1968
Doctor Who: The Invasion poster

Doctor Who: The Invasion

Movie · as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

1968
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear poster

Doctor Who: The Web of Fear

Movie · as Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart

1968
The Champions poster

The Champions

TV · as Doctor Farley · 1 ep

1967
Callan poster

Callan

TV · 1 ep

1966
The Brides of Fu Manchu poster

The Brides of Fu Manchu

Movie · as Sergeant

1966
The Informer poster

The Informer

TV · as Henry Leason · 1 ep

1966
Watch the Birdies

Watch the Birdies

TV · as Bill Page · 5 eps

1965
The End of Arthur's Marriage poster

The End of Arthur's Marriage

Movie · as Husband

1965
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan poster

Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan

Movie · as Bret Vyon

1965
The Man in Room 17 poster

The Man in Room 17

TV · as Gilles · 1 ep

1964
Victoria Regina poster

Victoria Regina

TV · as Tudor · 1 ep

1964
Theatre 625 poster

Theatre 625

TV · as Ned, Freemantle · 1 ep

1963
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Col. Lethbridge-Stewart, Tourist (uncredited), Bret Vyon, The Brigadier, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

1962
The Saint poster

The Saint

TV · as Alain · 1 ep

1961
The Avengers poster

The Avengers

TV · as Gifford · 2 eps

1959
No Hiding Place poster

No Hiding Place

TV · 1 ep

1956
Armchair Theatre poster

Armchair Theatre

TV · as Alex · 1 ep