Nicholas Courtney

Born

December 16, 1929

Died

February 22, 2011 (81 years old)

Known For

Acting

Place of Birth

Cairo, Egypt

IMDb

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

7.9

Incendiary

Doctor Who: Downtime

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

0.0

2025

Tales of the Tardis

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart · (1 episode)

4.4

2023

Nick & Caroline: Uncut!

0.0

2021

Doctor Who: The Web of Fear - Episode 3

Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart (voice)

0.0

2021

The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years

0.0

2017

A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee

(archive footage)

0.0

2013

Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983

0.0

2008

The Ties That Bind Us

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (archive footage)

0.0

2008

Incendiary

Archbishop of Canterbury

5.4

2008

Rogue Time Lords

0.0

2007

The Sarah Jane Adventures

Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart · (2 episodes)

7.1

2007

Doctor Who Confidential

(2 episodes)

8.1

2005

The Story of Doctor Who

0.0

2003

Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time

The Brigadier

0.0

2002

Chronotrip

4.0

2002

Doctor at Sea

0.0

2002

ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis

0.0

2001

TravelWise

Alistair Singleton

0.0

2000

Doctors

(1 episode)

4.8

2000

Sir Bernard's Stately Homes

(1 episode)

7.0

1999

Lust in Space

Time Judge / self

0.0

1998

Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?

9.0

1998

Who is Tom Baker? Unauthorised

0.0

1997

Satellite City

(1 episode)

0.0

1996

The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond

0.0

1995

Downtime

Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart

4.9

1995

UNIT Recruiting Film

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (voice)

0.0

1993

30 Years in the TARDIS

Himself / Narrator

7.5

1993

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time

The Brigadier

4.4

1993

Missing in Action

Narrator

0.0

1993

Then Churchill Said to Me

(6 episodes)

5.5

1993

Return to Devil's End

Self

8.0

1993

Born Kicking

Tim Ayling

0.0

1992

The Corridor Sketch

Sir Horace

0.0

1991

Bullseye!

Sir Hugh

5.2

1990

The PanoptiCon Tapes III

0.0

1990

Doctor Who: Battlefield

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

7.2

1989

French Fields

Marquis · (5 episodes)

7.2

1989

Wartime

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (voice)

4.7

1988

Myth Runner

Himself

10.0

1987

Myth Makers 12: Ian Marter

0.0

1986

Casualty

Claude Devigny · (1 episode)

6.1

1986

Yes, Prime Minister

(1 episode)

8.4

1986

Myth Makers 3: Nicholas Courtney

0.0

1985

The Bill

(1 episode)

6.7

1984

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks

The Brigadier (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.8

1984

To Catch a King

de Oliveira

4.0

1984

Doctor Who: The Five Doctors

Brig. Lethbridge-Stewart

7.7

1983

Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead

Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart

7.0

1983

Doctor Who: Logopolis

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (archive footage)

6.8

1981

Minder

Raymond Wilkins · (1 episode)

6.8

1979

Shelley

(1 episode)

7.8

1979

All Creatures Great and Small

Paul Cotterell · (1 episode)

7.7

1978

Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

8.2

1975

Doctor Who: Robot

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

6.8

1975

Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

7.4

1974

Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

6.8

1974

Soft Beds, Hard Battles

French Intelligence Officer

4.4

1974

Doctor Who: The Time Warrior

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

7.2

1974

Doctor Who: The Green Death

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

8.7

1973

Doctor Who: The Three Doctors

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

7.2

1973

Endless Night

Second Auctioneer (uncredited)

6.1

1972

Doctor Who: The Time Monster

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

5.7

1972

Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

7.9

1972

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

Hutchinson Hatch · (1 episode)

7.3

1971

Jason King

(1 episode)

7.3

1971

Doctor Who: The Dæmons

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

7.5

1971

Doctor Who: Colony in Space

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

6.7

1971

Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

6.8

1971

Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

7.2

1971

Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

7.7

1971

Take a Girl Like You

Panel Chairman

5.6

1970

Doctor Who: Inferno

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart / Brigade Leader Lethbridge-Stewart

8.3

1970

Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

7.0

1970

Doctor Who and the Silurians

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

7.3

1970

Doomwatch

Phillip · (1 episode)

6.0

1970

Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

8.8

1970

Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)

Max · (1 episode)

7.0

1969

Doppelgänger

Data Analyst

6.2

1969

The Main Chance

James Harding · (1 episode)

7.7

1969

Doctor Who: The Invasion

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

9.0

1968

The Champions

Doctor Farley · (1 episode)

6.1

1968

Doctor Who: The Web of Fear

Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart

7.7

1968

Callan

(1 episode)

7.0

1967

The Brides of Fu Manchu

Sergeant

5.7

1966

Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan

Bret Vyon

7.8

1966

The End of Arthur's Marriage

Husband

5.4

1965

The Man In Room 17

Gilles · (1 episode)

5.3

1965

Victoria Regina

Tudor · (1 episode)

0.0

1964

Doctor Who

Col. Lethbridge-Stewart · (4 episodes)

7.9

1963

Doctor Who

Tourist (uncredited) · (2 episodes)

7.9

1963

Doctor Who

Bret Vyon · (4 episodes)

7.9

1963

Doctor Who

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart · (97 episodes)

7.9

1963

The Saint

Alain · (1 episode)

7.3

1962

The Avengers

Gifford · (2 episodes)

7.7

1961

No Hiding Place

(1 episode)

3.7

1959