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Acting
Birthday
December 16, 1929
Died
February 22, 2011
Place of Birth
Cairo, Egypt
Nicholas Courtney
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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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Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who: Yellow Fever
2025
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Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Doctor Who: Downtime
2025
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Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Tales of the Tardis
2023
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Nick & Caroline: Uncut!
2021
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Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart (voice)
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear - Episode 3
2021
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The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
2017
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Himself
Myth Makers
2015
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(archive footage)
A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee
2013
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Self (voice)
Tomorrow's Times: The First Doctor
2011
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Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (archive footage)
The Ties That Bind Us
2008
Credits
Doctor Who: Yellow Fever
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
2025
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Doctor Who: Downtime
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
2025
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Tales of the Tardis
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
2023
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Nick & Caroline: Uncut!
2021
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Doctor Who: The Web of Fear - Episode 3
as Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart (voice)
2021
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The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
2017
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Myth Makers
as Himself
2015
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A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee
as (archive footage)
2013
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Tomorrow's Times: The First Doctor
as Self (voice)
2011
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The Ties That Bind Us
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (archive footage)
2008
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Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008
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Five Doctors, One Studio
2008
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Incendiary
as Archbishop of Canterbury
2008
5.4
The Sarah Jane Adventures
as Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
2007
7.1
Rogue Time Lords
2007
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Doctor Who Confidential
2005
8.2
The Story of Doctor Who
2003
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Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
as The Brigadier
2002
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Chronotrip
2002
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Doctor at Sea
2002
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ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis
2001
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TravelWise
as Alistair Singleton
2000
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Doctors
2000
4.7
Sir Bernard's Stately Homes
1999
6.3
Lust in Space
as Time Judge / self
1998
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Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
1998
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Who is Tom Baker? Unauthorised
1997
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Satellite City
1996
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The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995
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Downtime
as Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
1995
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UNIT Recruiting Film
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (voice)
1993
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30 Years in the TARDIS
as Himself / Narrator
1993
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Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
as The Brigadier
1993
4.4
Missing in Action
as Self - Narrator
1993
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Then Churchill Said to Me
1993
5.5
Return to Devil's End
as Self
1993
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Born Kicking
as Tim Ayling
1992
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The Corridor Sketch
as Sir Horace
1991
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Bullseye!
as Sir Hugh
1990
5.2
The PanoptiCon Tapes III
1990
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Doctor Who: Battlefield
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1989
7.2
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French Fields
as Marquis
1989
7.2
Wartime
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (voice)
1988
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Myth Runner
as Himself
1987
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Casualty
as Claude Devigny
1986
6.1
Yes, Prime Minister
1986
8.4
The Bill
1984
6.7
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
as The Brigadier (archive footage) (uncredited)
1984
7.8
To Catch a King
as de Oliveira
1984
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Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
as Brig. Lethbridge-Stewart
1983
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Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
as Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
1983
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Doctor Who: Logopolis
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (archive footage)
1981
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Minder
as Raymond Wilkins
1979
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Shelley
1979
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All Creatures Great and Small
as Paul Cotterell
1978
7.8
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
as Bronzed Man
1977
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Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1975
8.1
Doctor Who: Robot
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1975
6.8
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1974
7.4
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1974
6.8
Soft Beds, Hard Battles
as French Intelligence Officer
1974
4.3
Doctor Who: The Time Warrior
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1974
7.2
Doctor Who: The Green Death
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1973
8.6
Doctor Who: The Three Doctors
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1973
7.1
Endless Night
as Second Auctioneer (uncredited)
1972
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Doctor Who: The Time Monster
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1972
5.7
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1972
7.9
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Hutchinson Hatch
1971
7.4
Jason King
1971
7.6
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1971
7.5
Doctor Who: Colony in Space
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1971
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Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1971
6.8
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1971
7.5
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1971
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Take a Girl Like You
as Panel Chairman
1970
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Doctor Who: Inferno
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart / Brigade Leader Lethbridge-Stewart
1970
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Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1970
7.4
Doctor Who and the Silurians
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1970
7.1
Doomwatch
as Phillip
1970
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Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1970
8.7
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
as Max
1969
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Doppelgänger
as Data Analyst
1969
6.2
The Main Chance
as James Harding
1969
7.7
Doctor Who: The Invasion
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1968
9.1
The Champions
as Doctor Farley
1968
6.2
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear
as Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart
1968
7.7
Callan
1967
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The Brides of Fu Manchu
as Sergeant
1966
5.7
The Informer
as Henry Leason
1966
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Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
as Bret Vyon
1966
7.8
The End of Arthur's Marriage
as Husband
1965
4.8
The Man in Room 17
as Gilles
1965
5.3
Victoria Regina
as Tudor
1964
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Theatre 625
as Ned
1964
7.2
Theatre 625
as Freemantle
1964
7.2
Doctor Who
as Col. Lethbridge-Stewart
1963
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Doctor Who
as Tourist (uncredited)
1963
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Doctor Who
as Bret Vyon
1963
7.9
Doctor Who
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1963
7.9
The Saint
as Alain
1962
7.4
The Avengers
as Gifford
1961
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No Hiding Place
1959
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