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
1963
Casualty
2007
The Bill
1991
The Avengers
1962
Minder
1984
The Saint
1965
Doctors
2005
Theatre 625
1964
No Hiding Place
1964
All Creatures Great and Small
1980
The Champions
1968
The Sarah Jane Adventures
2008

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
104
2023
Tales of the Tardis
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
2021
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear - Episode 3
as Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart (voice)
2021
Nick & Caroline: Uncut!
2017
The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
2015
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
2015
Myth Makers
as Himself
2013
A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee
as (archive footage)
2011
Tomorrow's Times: The First Doctor
as Self (voice)
2008
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008
Incendiary
as Archbishop of Canterbury
2008
The Ties That Bind Us
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (archive footage)
2008
Five Doctors, One Studio
2008
The Sarah Jane Adventures
as Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
2007
Rogue Time Lords
2007
Casualty
as Claude Devigny
2005
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
Doctors
2003
The Story of Doctor Who
2002
Doctor at Sea
2002
Chronotrip
2002
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
as The Brigadier
2001
ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis
2000
TravelWise
as Alistair Singleton
1999
Sir Bernard's Stately Homes
as Senior Policeman
1998
Lust in Space
as Time Judge / self
1998
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
1997
Who is Tom Baker?
1996
Satellite City
1995
Downtime
as Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
1995
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1993
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
as The Brigadier
1993
Return to Devil's End
as Self
1993
30 Years in the TARDIS
as Himself / Narrator
1993
UNIT Recruiting Film
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (voice)
1993
Missing in Action
as Self - Narrator
1993
Then Churchill Said to Me
1992
Born Kicking
as Tim Ayling
1991
The Corridor Sketch
as Sir Horace
1991
The Bill
1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes III
1990
Bullseye!
as Sir Hugh
1989
Doctor Who: Battlefield
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1989
French Fields
as Marquis
1989
Doctor Who
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1988
Wartime
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (voice)
1988
Doctor Who
as Tourist (uncredited)
1987
Myth Runner
as Himself
1987
Yes, Prime Minister
1984
To Catch a King
as de Oliveira
1984
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
as The Brigadier (archive footage) (uncredited)
1984
Minder
as Raymond Wilkins
1983
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1983
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
as Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
1981
Doctor Who: Logopolis
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (archive footage)
1980
All Creatures Great and Small
as Paul Cotterell
1980
Shelley
1977
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
as Bronzed Man
1975
Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1975
Doctor Who: Robot
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1974
Soft Beds, Hard Battles
as French Intelligence Officer
1974
Doctor Who: The Time Warrior
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1974
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1974
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1973
Doctor Who: The Three Doctors
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1973
Doctor Who: The Green Death
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1973
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Hutchinson Hatch
1972
Endless Night
as Second Auctioneer (uncredited)
1972
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1972
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1972
Doomwatch
as Phillip
1971
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1971
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
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: Colony in Space
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1971
Jason King
1970
Doctor Who: Inferno
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart / Brigade Leader Lethbridge-Stewart
1970
Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1970
Doctor Who and the Silurians
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1970
Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1970
Take a Girl Like You
as Panel Chairman
1970
The Main Chance
as James Harding
1969
Doppelgänger
as Data Analyst
1969
Callan
1969
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
as Max
1969
Armchair Theatre
as Alex
1968
Doctor Who: The Invasion
as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
1968
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear
as Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart
1968
The Champions
as Doctor Farley
1968
Doctor Who
as The Brigadier
1967
The Informer
as Henry Leason
1967
Theatre 625
as Freemantle
1966
The Brides of Fu Manchu
as Sergeant
1966
Watch the Birdies
as Bill Page
1965
The End of Arthur's Marriage
as Husband
1965
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
as Bret Vyon
1965
The Saint
as Alain
1965
The Man in Room 17
as Gilles
1965
Doctor Who
as Bret Vyon
1964
No Hiding Place
1964
Victoria Regina
as Tudor
1964
Theatre 625
as Ned
1963
Doctor Who
as Col. Lethbridge-Stewart
1962
The Avengers
as Gifford