Nicholas Courtney

★ Acting #75,270

1929 - 2011 (age 81) • Acting

Born: 12/16/1929 in Cairo, Egypt

Died: 2/22/2011 (age 81)

Known for: Acting

Nicholas Courtney

★ Acting #75,270

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

79%

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart / Col. Lethbridge-Stewart / Bret Vyon / Tourist (uncredited)

1963

The Avengers

78%

Gifford

1961

Yes, Prime Minister

83%

Unknown

1986

The Saint

74%

Alain

1962

The Sarah Jane Adventures

71%

Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart

2007

Casualty

62%

Claude Devigny

1986

All Creatures Great and Small

78%

Paul Cotterell

1978

The Bill

68%

Unknown

1984

Tales of the Tardis

56%

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

2023

Nick & Caroline: Uncut!

2021

Doctor Who: The Web of Fear - Episode 3

Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart (voice)

2021

The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years

2017

Longleat '83: The Lost Footage

2015

Myth Makers

Himself

2015

A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee

(archive footage)

2013

Tomorrow's Times: The First Doctor

Self (voice)

2011

Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983

2008

The Ties That Bind Us

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (archive footage)

2008

Five Doctors, One Studio

2008

Incendiary

54%

Archbishop of Canterbury

2008

Rogue Time Lords

2007

The Sarah Jane Adventures

71%

Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart

2007

Doctor Who Confidential

82%

Unknown

2005

The Story of Doctor Who

80%

2003

Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time

87%

The Brigadier

2002

Chronotrip

60%

2002

Doctor at Sea

2002

ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis

2001

TravelWise

100%

Alistair Singleton

2000

Doctors

48%

Unknown

2000

Sir Bernard's Stately Homes

72%

Unknown

1999

Lust in Space

90%

Time Judge / self

1998

Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?

85%

1998

Who is Tom Baker?

1997

Satellite City

80%

Unknown

1996

The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond

70%

1995