Nicholas Courtney
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1929-12-16
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
Acting
(2025)
Doctor Who: Downtime
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
(2021)
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear - Episode 3
as Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart (voice)
(2021)
(2017)
(2013)
A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee
as (archive footage)
(2008)
Incendiary
as Archbishop of Canterbury
(2008)
The Ties That Bind Us
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (archive footage)
(2008)
(2007)
(2003)
(2002)
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
as The Brigadier
(2002)
(2002)
(2001)
(2000)
TravelWise
as Alistair Singleton
(1998)
(1998)
Lust in Space
as Time Judge / self
(1997)
(1995)
Downtime
as Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
(1995)
(1994)
(1993)
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
as The Brigadier
(1993)
30 Years in the TARDIS
as Himself / Narrator
(1993)
Return to Devil's End
as Self
(1993)
UNIT Recruiting Film
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (voice)
(1993)
Missing in Action
as Narrator
(1992)
Born Kicking
as Tim Ayling
(1991)
The Corridor Sketch
as Sir Horace
(1990)
Bullseye!
as Sir Hugh
(1990)
(1989)
Doctor Who: Battlefield
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
(1988)
Wartime
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (voice)
(1987)
Myth Runner
as Himself
(1986)
(1985)
(1984)
To Catch a King
as de Oliveira
(1984)
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
as The Brigadier (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1983)
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
as Brig. Lethbridge-Stewart
(1983)
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
(1975)
Doctor Who: Robot
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
(1974)
Soft Beds, Hard Battles
as French Intelligence Officer
(1974)
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
(1974)
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
(1974)
Doctor Who: The Time Warrior
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
(1973)
Doctor Who: The Three Doctors
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
(1973)
Doctor Who: The Green Death
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
(1972)
Endless Night
as Second Auctioneer (uncredited)
(1972)
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
(1972)
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
(1971)
Doctor Who: Colony in Space
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
(1971)
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
(1971)
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
(1971)
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
(1971)
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
(1970)
Take a Girl Like You
as Panel Chairman
(1970)
Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
(1970)
Doctor Who: Inferno
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart / Brigade Leader Lethbridge-Stewart
(1970)
Doctor Who and the Silurians
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
(1970)
Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
(1969)
Doppelgänger
as Data Analyst
(1968)
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear
as Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart
(1968)
Doctor Who: The Invasion
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
(1966)
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
as Bret Vyon
(1966)
The Brides of Fu Manchu
as Sergeant
(1965)
The End of Arthur's Marriage
as Husband