Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1929-12-16
- Day of Death2011-02-22 (81 years)
- Place of BirthCairo, Egypt
- Also Known As-
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.
Known For
Acting Career
- 2023
Tales of the Tardis
As: Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
- 2021
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear - Episode 3
As: Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart (voice)
- 2008
Incendiary
As: Archbishop of Canterbury
- 2007
The Sarah Jane Adventures
As: Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
- 2002
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
As: The Brigadier
- 2000
TravelWise
As: Alistair Singleton
- 1995
Downtime
As: Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
- 1993
UNIT Recruiting Film
As: Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (voice)
- 1993
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
As: The Brigadier
- 1993
Missing in Action
As: Narrator
- 1992
Born Kicking
As: Tim Ayling
- 1991
The Corridor Sketch
As: Sir Horace
- 1990
Bullseye!
As: Sir Hugh
- 1989
Doctor Who: Battlefield
As: Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
- 1989
French Fields
As: Marquis
- 1988
Wartime
As: Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (voice)
- 1986
Casualty
As: Claude Devigny
- 1984
To Catch a King
As: de Oliveira
- 1983
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
As: Brig. Lethbridge-Stewart
- 1983
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
As: Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
- 1979
Minder
As: Raymond Wilkins
- 1978
All Creatures Great and Small
As: Paul Cotterell
- 1975
Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons
As: Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
- 1975
Doctor Who: Robot
As: Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
- 1974
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
As: Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
- 1974
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
As: Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
- 1974
Soft Beds, Hard Battles
As: French Intelligence Officer
- 1974
Doctor Who: The Time Warrior
As: Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
- 1973
Doctor Who: The Green Death
As: Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
- 1973
Doctor Who: The Three Doctors
As: Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
- 1972
Endless Night
As: Second Auctioneer (uncredited)
- 1972
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
As: Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
- 1972
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
As: Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
- 1971
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
As: Hutchinson Hatch
- 1971
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
As: Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
- 1971
Doctor Who: Colony in Space
As: Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
- 1971
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
As: Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
- 1971
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
As: Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
- 1971
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
As: Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
- 1970
Take a Girl Like You
As: Panel Chairman
- 1970
Doctor Who: Inferno
As: Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart / Brigade Leader Lethbridge-Stewart
- 1970
Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death
As: Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
- 1970
Doctor Who and the Silurians
As: Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
- 1970
Doomwatch
As: Phillip
- 1970
Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space
As: Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
- 1969
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
As: Max
- 1969
Doppelgänger
As: Data Analyst
- 1969
The Main Chance
As: James Harding
- 1968
Doctor Who: The Invasion
As: Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
- 1968
The Champions
As: Doctor Farley
- 1968
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear
As: Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart
- 1966
The Brides of Fu Manchu
As: Sergeant
- 1966
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
As: Bret Vyon
- 1965
The End of Arthur's Marriage
As: Husband
- 1965
The Man in Room 17
As: Gilles
- 1964
Victoria Regina
As: Tudor
- 1963
Doctor Who
As: Col. Lethbridge-Stewart
- 1963
Doctor Who
As: Tourist (uncredited)
- 1963
Doctor Who
As: Bret Vyon
- 1963
Doctor Who
As: Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
- 1962
The Saint
As: Alain
- 1961
The Avengers
As: Gifford