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Nicholas Courtney

Nicholas Courtney

Nicholas Courtney

1929-12-16

Cairo, Egypt

ACTING

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.

Best known for:

Doctor Who

Incendiary

The Avengers

Yes, Prime Minister

Doppelgänger

The Saint

The Sarah Jane Adventures

Casualty

Endless Night

All Creatures Great and Small

Doctors

The Bill

The Brides of Fu Manchu

Doctor Who Confidential

Bullseye!

Minder

The Champions

Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)

Take a Girl Like You

Doctor Who: The Five Doctors

Soft Beds, Hard Battles

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time

Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

Doctor Who: The Three Doctors

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Filmography:

The Avengers (1961)
6.5
APPEREAD AS:
Gifford
The Saint (1962)
6
APPEREAD AS:
Alain
Doctor Who (1963)
6.7
APPEREAD AS:
Col. Lethbridge-Stewart, Tourist (uncredited), Bret Vyon, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Victoria Regina (1964)
APPEREAD AS:
Tudor
The Man in Room 17 (1965)
APPEREAD AS:
Gilles
The End of Arthur's Marriage (1965)
APPEREAD AS:
Husband
The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966)
APPEREAD AS:
Sergeant
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan (1966)
APPEREAD AS:
Bret Vyon

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The Champions (1968)
APPEREAD AS:
Doctor Farley
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear (1968)
APPEREAD AS:
Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who: The Invasion (1968)
APPEREAD AS:
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (1969)
APPEREAD AS:
Max
The Main Chance (1969)
APPEREAD AS:
James Harding
Doppelgänger (1969)
4.8
APPEREAD AS:
Data Analyst
Doomwatch (1970)
APPEREAD AS:
Phillip
Take a Girl Like You (1970)
APPEREAD AS:
Panel Chairman

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Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space (1970)
APPEREAD AS:
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who and the Silurians (1970)
APPEREAD AS:
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death (1970)
APPEREAD AS:
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who: Inferno (1970)
APPEREAD AS:
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart / Brigade Leader Lethbridge-Stewart
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971)
APPEREAD AS:
Hutchinson Hatch
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons (1971)
APPEREAD AS:
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil (1971)
APPEREAD AS:
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos (1971)
APPEREAD AS:
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who: Colony in Space (1971)
APPEREAD AS:
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who: The Dæmons (1971)
APPEREAD AS:
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Endless Night (1972)
4.7
APPEREAD AS:
Second Auctioneer (uncredited)
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks (1972)
APPEREAD AS:
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who: The Time Monster (1972)
APPEREAD AS:
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who: The Three Doctors (1973)
APPEREAD AS:
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who: The Green Death (1973)
APPEREAD AS:
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Soft Beds, Hard Battles (1974)
APPEREAD AS:
French Intelligence Officer
Doctor Who: The Time Warrior (1974)
APPEREAD AS:
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs (1974)
APPEREAD AS:
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders (1974)
APPEREAD AS:
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who: Robot (1975)
APPEREAD AS:
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons (1975)
APPEREAD AS:
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse (1977)
APPEREAD AS:
Bronzed Man
All Creatures Great and Small (1978)
6.5
APPEREAD AS:
Paul Cotterell
Minder (1979)
APPEREAD AS:
Raymond Wilkins
Doctor Who: Logopolis (1981)
APPEREAD AS:
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead (1983)
APPEREAD AS:
Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors (1983)
APPEREAD AS:
Brig. Lethbridge-Stewart
To Catch a King (1984)
APPEREAD AS:
de Oliveira
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks (1984)
APPEREAD AS:
The Brigadier (archive footage) (uncredited)
Casualty (1986)
4.7
APPEREAD AS:
Claude Devigny
Wartime (1988)
APPEREAD AS:
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (voice)
French Fields (1989)
APPEREAD AS:
Marquis
Doctor Who: Battlefield (1989)
APPEREAD AS:
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Bullseye! (1990)
APPEREAD AS:
Sir Hugh
The Corridor Sketch (1991)
APPEREAD AS:
Sir Horace
Born Kicking (1992)
APPEREAD AS:
Tim Ayling
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time (1993)
APPEREAD AS:
The Brigadier
UNIT Recruiting Film (1993)
APPEREAD AS:
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (voice)
Missing in Action (1993)
APPEREAD AS:
Narrator
Downtime (1995)
APPEREAD AS:
Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
TravelWise (2000)
APPEREAD AS:
Alistair Singleton
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time (2002)
APPEREAD AS:
The Brigadier
The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007)
5.8
APPEREAD AS:
Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
Incendiary (2008)
3.9
APPEREAD AS:
Archbishop of Canterbury
The Ties That Bind Us (2008)
APPEREAD AS:
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (archive footage)
A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee (2013)
APPEREAD AS:
(archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear - Episode 3 (2021)
APPEREAD AS:
Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart (voice)
Tales of the Tardis (2023)
APPEREAD AS:
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart