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.
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Acting History
2025
Doctor Who: Downtime as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
2023Tales of the Tardis as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
2021Nick & Caroline: Uncut!
2021Doctor Who: The Web of Fear - Episode 3 as Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart (voice)
2017The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
2015Myth Makers as Himself
2013Doctor Who: Yellow Fever and How to Cure It as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
2013A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee as (archive footage)
2011Tomorrow's Times: The First Doctor as Self (voice)
2008The Ties That Bind Us as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (archive footage)
2008Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008Five Doctors, One Studio
2008Incendiary as Archbishop of Canterbury
2007The Sarah Jane Adventures as Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
2007Rogue Time Lords
2005Doctor Who Confidential
2003The Story of Doctor Who
2002Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time as The Brigadier
2002Chronotrip
2002Doctor at Sea
2001ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis
2000TravelWise as Alistair Singleton
2000Doctors
1999Sir Bernard's Stately Homes
1998Lust in Space as Time Judge / self
1998Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
1997Who is Tom Baker? Unauthorised
1996Satellite City
1995The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995Downtime as Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
1993UNIT Recruiting Film as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (voice)
199330 Years in the TARDIS as Himself / Narrator
1993Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time as The Brigadier
1993Missing in Action as Self - Narrator
1993Then Churchill Said to Me
1993Return to Devil's End as Self
1992Born Kicking as Tim Ayling
1991The Corridor Sketch as Sir Horace
1990Bullseye! as Sir Hugh
1990The PanoptiCon Tapes III
1989Doctor Who: Battlefield as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1989French Fields as Marquis
1988Wartime as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (voice)
1987Myth Runner as Himself
1986Casualty as Claude Devigny
1986Yes, Prime Minister
1984The Bill
1984Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks as The Brigadier (archive footage) (uncredited)
1984To Catch a King as de Oliveira
1983Doctor Who: The Five Doctors as Brig. Lethbridge-Stewart
1983Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead as Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
1981Doctor Who: Logopolis as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (archive footage)
1979Minder as Raymond Wilkins
1979Shelley
1978All Creatures Great and Small as Paul Cotterell
1977The Galton & Simpson Playhouse as Bronzed Man
1975Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1975Doctor Who: Robot as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1974Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1974Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1974Soft Beds, Hard Battles as French Intelligence Officer
1974Doctor Who: The Time Warrior as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1973Doctor Who: The Green Death as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1973Doctor Who: The Three Doctors as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1972Endless Night as Second Auctioneer (uncredited)
1972Doctor Who: The Time Monster as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1972Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1971The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as Hutchinson Hatch
1971Jason King
1971Doctor Who: The Dæmons as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1971Doctor Who: Colony in Space as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1971Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1971Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1971Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1970Take a Girl Like You as Panel Chairman
1970Doctor Who: Inferno as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart / Brigade Leader Lethbridge-Stewart
1970Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1970Doctor Who and the Silurians as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1970Doomwatch as Phillip
1970Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1969Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) as Max
1969Doppelgänger as Data Analyst
1969The Main Chance as James Harding
1968Doctor Who: The Invasion as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1968The Champions as Doctor Farley
1968Doctor Who: The Web of Fear as Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart
1967Callan
1966The Brides of Fu Manchu as Sergeant
1966The Informer as Henry Leason
1966Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan as Bret Vyon
1965The End of Arthur's Marriage as Husband
1965The Man in Room 17 as Gilles
1964Victoria Regina as Tudor
1964Theatre 625 as Ned
1964Theatre 625 as Freemantle
1963Doctor Who as Col. Lethbridge-Stewart
1963Doctor Who as Tourist (uncredited)
1963Doctor Who as Bret Vyon
1963Doctor Who as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1962The Saint as Alain
1961The Avengers as Gifford
1959No Hiding Place