Cast & creator
Nicholas Courtney
Best known for Doctor Who, Doctor Who, Doctor Who
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.
66
film credits
38
television credits
104
1956–2023 · acting roles
7.2
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (104)
Showing 104 of 104 credits
Doctor Who
Col. Lethbridge-Stewart
1963Doctor Who
Tourist (uncredited)
1963Doctor Who
Bret Vyon
1963Doctor Who
The Brigadier
1963Doctor Who
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1963
Casualty
Claude Devigny
1986
The Avengers
Gifford
1961
The Bill
1984
Minder
Raymond Wilkins
1979
The Saint
Alain
1962
Doctors
2000
Theatre 625
Ned
1964Theatre 625
Freemantle
1964
No Hiding Place
1959
All Creatures Great and Small
Paul Cotterell
1978
The Champions
Doctor Farley
1968
The Sarah Jane Adventures
Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
2007
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
The Main Chance
James Harding
1969
Callan
1967
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Hutchinson Hatch
1971
Doomwatch
Phillip
1970
Jason King
1971
The Man in Room 17
Gilles
1965
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
Max
1969
Yes, Prime Minister
1986
Tales of the Tardis
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
2023
Shelley
1979
The Informer
Henry Leason
1966
French Fields
Marquis
1989
Myth Makers
Himself
2015
Armchair Theatre
Alex
1956
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
Bronzed Man
1977
Sir Bernard's Stately Homes
Senior Policeman
1999
Endless Night
Second Auctioneer (uncredited)
1972
Victoria Regina
Tudor
1964
Satellite City
1996
The Brides of Fu Manchu
Sergeant
1966
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
The Brigadier (archive footage) (uncredited)
1984
Incendiary
Archbishop of Canterbury
2008
Then Churchill Said to Me
1993
Soft Beds, Hard Battles
French Intelligence Officer
1974
Who is Tom Baker?
1997
Doctor Who: Inferno
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart / Brigade Leader Lethbridge-Stewart
1970
The Ties That Bind Us
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (archive footage)
2008
To Catch a King
de Oliveira
1984
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1974
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1971
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
The Brigadier
1993
Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1970
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
Bret Vyon
1965
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1983
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1971
Doctor Who: Robot
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1975
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1971
Doctor Who: The Green Death
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1973
The Story of Doctor Who
2003
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1972
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1972
Doctor Who: The Three Doctors
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1973
30 Years in the TARDIS
Himself / Narrator
1993
ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis
2001
Bullseye!
Sir Hugh
1990
Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1975
Doctor Who: The Invasion
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1968
Doctor Who and the Silurians
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1970
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1971
Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1970
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
1983
Take a Girl Like You
Panel Chairman
1970
Doctor Who: Logopolis
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (archive footage)
1981
Doctor Who: Colony in Space
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1971
Doppelgänger
Data Analyst
1969Five Doctors, One Studio
2008
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995
Doctor Who: The Time Warrior
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1974
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear
Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart
1968
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
1998
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008
A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee
(archive footage)
2013
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
The Brigadier
2002
TravelWise
Alistair Singleton
2000
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1974
Doctor Who: Battlefield
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1989
The PanoptiCon Tapes III
1990
The End of Arthur's Marriage
Husband
1965
The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
2017Watch the Birdies
Bill Page
1966
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear - Episode 3
Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart (voice)
2021
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
2015
Return to Devil's End
Self
1993Chronotrip
2002
Tomorrow's Times: The First Doctor
Self (voice)
2011
Downtime
Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
1995
UNIT Recruiting Film
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (voice)
1993
Lust in Space
Time Judge / self
1998
Myth Runner
Himself
1987
Wartime
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (voice)
1988
Doctor at Sea
2002
Born Kicking
Tim Ayling
1992
Rogue Time Lords
2007
The Corridor Sketch
Sir Horace
1991
Missing in Action
Self - Narrator
1993