Nicholas Courtney

Known For: Acting
Born: December 16, 1929
Place of Birth: Cairo, Egypt
Died: February 22, 2011

Nicholas Courtney

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.

Filmography

Tales of the Tardis

2023 · Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

Nick & Caroline: Uncut!

2021

Doctor Who: The Web of Fear - Episode 3

2021 · Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart (voice)

The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years

2017

Longleat '83: The Lost Footage

2015

Myth Makers

2015 · Himself

A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee

2013 · (archive footage)

Tomorrow's Times: The First Doctor

2011 · Self (voice)

Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983

2008

The Ties That Bind Us

2008 · Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (archive footage)

Five Doctors, One Studio

Five Doctors, One Studio

2008

Incendiary

2008 · Archbishop of Canterbury

Rogue Time Lords

2007

The Sarah Jane Adventures

2007 · Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart

Doctor Who Confidential

2005

The Story of Doctor Who

2003

Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time

2002 · The Brigadier

Chronotrip

2002

Doctor at Sea

2002

ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis

2001

TravelWise

2000 · Alistair Singleton

Doctors

2000

Sir Bernard's Stately Homes

1999

Lust in Space

1998 · Time Judge / self

Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?

1998

Who is Tom Baker? Unauthorised

1997

Satellite City

1996

The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond

1995

Downtime

1995 · Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart

UNIT Recruiting Film

1993 · Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (voice)

30 Years in the TARDIS

1993 · Himself / Narrator

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time

1993 · The Brigadier

Missing in Action

1993 · Self - Narrator

Then Churchill Said to Me

1993

Return to Devil's End

1993 · Self

Born Kicking

1992 · Tim Ayling

The Corridor Sketch

1991 · Sir Horace

Bullseye!

1990 · Sir Hugh

The PanoptiCon Tapes III

1990

Doctor Who: Battlefield

1989 · Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

French Fields

1989 · Marquis

Wartime

1988 · Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (voice)

Myth Runner

1987 · Himself

Casualty

1986 · Claude Devigny

Yes, Prime Minister

1986

The Bill

1984

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks

1984 · The Brigadier (archive footage) (uncredited)

To Catch a King

1984 · de Oliveira

Doctor Who: The Five Doctors

1983 · Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead

1983 · Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart

Doctor Who: Logopolis

1981 · Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (archive footage)

Minder

1979 · Raymond Wilkins

Shelley

1979

All Creatures Great and Small

1978 · Paul Cotterell

The Galton & Simpson Playhouse

1977 · Bronzed Man

Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons

1975 · Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

Doctor Who: Robot

1975 · Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders

1974 · Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs

1974 · Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

Soft Beds, Hard Battles

1974 · French Intelligence Officer

Doctor Who: The Time Warrior

1974 · Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

Doctor Who: The Green Death

1973 · Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

Doctor Who: The Three Doctors

1973 · Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

Endless Night

1972 · Second Auctioneer (uncredited)

Doctor Who: The Time Monster

1972 · Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks

1972 · Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

1971 · Hutchinson Hatch

Jason King

1971

Doctor Who: The Dæmons

1971 · Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

Doctor Who: Colony in Space

1971 · Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos

1971 · Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil

1971 · Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons

1971 · Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

Take a Girl Like You

1970 · Panel Chairman

Doctor Who: Inferno

1970 · Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart / Brigade Leader Lethbridge-Stewart

Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death

1970 · Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

Doctor Who and the Silurians

1970 · Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

Doomwatch

1970 · Phillip

Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space

1970 · Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)

1969 · Max

Doppelgänger

1969 · Data Analyst

The Main Chance

1969 · James Harding

Doctor Who: The Invasion

1968 · Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

The Champions

1968 · Doctor Farley

Doctor Who: The Web of Fear

1968 · Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart

Callan

1967

The Brides of Fu Manchu

1966 · Sergeant

The Informer

1966 · Henry Leason

Watch the Birdies

Watch the Birdies

1966 · Bill Page

The End of Arthur's Marriage

1965 · Husband

Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan

1965 · Bret Vyon

The Man in Room 17

1965 · Gilles

Victoria Regina

1964 · Tudor

Theatre 625

1964 · Ned, Freemantle

Doctor Who

1963 · Col. Lethbridge-Stewart, Tourist (uncredited), Bret Vyon

The Saint

1962 · Alain

The Avengers

1961 · Gifford

No Hiding Place

1959

Armchair Theatre

1956 · Alex

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