Nicholas Courtney
Acting
Born: December 16, 1929 · Cairo, Egypt
Died: February 22, 2011 (aged 81)
Highest Rated
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
1963
Incendiary
2008
The Avengers
1961
Yes, Prime Minister
1986
Doppelgänger
1969
The Saint
1962
The Sarah Jane Adventures
2007
Casualty
1986
Endless Night
1972
All Creatures Great and Small
1978
The Bill
1984
Doctors
2000
Photos (4)
Movies (58)
ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis
2001
Incendiary
Archbishop of Canterbury
Endless Night
Second Auctioneer (uncredited)
Doppelgänger
Data Analyst
Soft Beds, Hard Battles
French Intelligence Officer
Doctor Who: Logopolis
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (archive footage)
The Brides of Fu Manchu
Sergeant
Bullseye!
Sir Hugh
Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
The Brigadier (archive footage) (uncredited)
Doctor Who: Robot
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Downtime
Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
To Catch a King
de Oliveira
Who is Tom Baker?
1997
Doctor Who: Battlefield
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
The Brigadier
Take a Girl Like You
Panel Chairman
Doctor Who: Inferno
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart / Brigade Leader Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
The Ties That Bind Us
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (archive footage)
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
The Brigadier
Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who: Colony in Space
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
Bret Vyon
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
UNIT Recruiting Film
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (voice)
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
The Story of Doctor Who
2003
TravelWise
Alistair Singleton
Doctor Who: The Time Warrior
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
2015
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who: The Invasion
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Born Kicking
Tim Ayling
A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee
(archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Green Death
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who and the Silurians
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who: The Three Doctors
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008
The End of Arthur's Marriage
Husband
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear
Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear - Episode 3
Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart (voice)
The Corridor Sketch
Sir Horace
Rogue Time Lords
2007
Wartime
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (voice)
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
1998
Doctor at Sea
2002
The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
2017
The PanoptiCon Tapes III
1990
Nick & Caroline: Uncut!
2021
TV Shows (36)
Doctor Who
Col. Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who
Tourist (uncredited) · 2 eps
Doctor Who
Bret Vyon · 4 eps
Doctor Who
The Brigadier · 101 eps
Doctor Who
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart · 4 eps
The Avengers
Gifford · 2 eps
Casualty
Claude Devigny · 1 eps
Minder
Raymond Wilkins · 1 eps
The Saint
Alain · 1 eps
Doctors
1 eps
The Bill
1 eps
The Sarah Jane Adventures
Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart · 2 eps
Theatre 625
Ned · 1 eps
Theatre 625
Freemantle · 2 eps
No Hiding Place
1 eps
All Creatures Great and Small
Paul Cotterell · 1 eps
Doctor Who Confidential
2 eps
The Champions
Doctor Farley · 1 eps
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Hutchinson Hatch · 1 eps
Yes, Prime Minister
1 eps
Callan
1 eps
Jason King
1 eps
Doomwatch
Phillip · 1 eps
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
Max · 1 eps
The Main Chance
James Harding · 1 eps
Shelley
1 eps
The Man in Room 17
Gilles · 1 eps
Tales of the Tardis
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart · 1 eps
The Informer
Henry Leason · 1 eps
French Fields
Marquis · 5 eps
Sir Bernard's Stately Homes
Senior Policeman · 1 eps
Satellite City
1 eps
Armchair Theatre
Alex · 1 eps
Victoria Regina
Tudor · 1 eps
Then Churchill Said to Me
6 eps
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
Bronzed Man · 1 eps
