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Biography

Born in Egypt on 16 December 1929, Nicholas Courtney grew up in Kenya and France, then at the age of eighteen was called up…more

Born

12/16/1929, Cairo, Egypt

Died

2/22/2011

Birth Name

William Nicholas Stone Courtney

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (2)

Role
- French Fields
  The Marquis
  - S 3: Ep 7 Hail And Farewell
    10/8/91
  - S 3: Ep 6 Darling Daughters
    10/1/91
  - S 3: Ep 5 Surprise, Surprise
    9/24/91
  - S 3: Ep 4 Make For The HIlls
    9/17/91
  - S 3: Ep 3 The Merry, Merry Pipes
    9/10/91
  - + 3 More Credits
- Doctor Who (1963)
  Brigadier-General Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart [ 1970-1972 ]
Recurring Role (8)

Role
- Then Churchill Said to Me
  Colonel Witherton
  - S 1: Ep 6 Goose Has Landed
    4/15/93
  - S 1: Ep 4 Those Who Loot We Shoot
    3/21/93
  - S 1: Ep 2 A Mole in the Hole
    3/8/93
  - S 1: Ep 1 Operation Panic
    3/1/93
- Then Churchill Said to Me
  Col. Witherton
  - S 1: Ep 3 Nanny By Searchlight
    3/15/93
- French Fields
  The Marquis
  - S 2: Ep 5 Sale Or Return
    10/22/90
  - S 2: Ep 4 Home and Away
    10/15/90
  - S 2: Ep 3 Sheep May Safely Graze
    10/8/90
  - S 2: Ep 2 Inside Story
    10/1/90
  - S 2: Ep 1 Long Legged Beasties and Things That Go Bump in the Night
    9/24/90
  - + 6 More Credits
- Doctor Who (1963)
  The Brigadier
  - S 20: Ep 23 The Five Doctors
    11/25/83
  - S 20: Ep 12 Mawdryn Undead, Part Four
    2/9/83
  - S 20: Ep 11 Mawdryn Undead, Part Three
    2/8/83
  - S 20: Ep 10 Mawdryn Undead, Part Two
    2/2/83
  - S 20: Ep 9 Mawdryn Undead, Part One
    2/1/83
- Doctor Who (1963)
  Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart
  - S 13: Ep 4 Terror of the Zygons, Part Four
    9/20/75
  - S 13: Ep 2 Terror of the Zygons, Part Two
    9/6/75
  - S 13: Ep 1 Terror of the Zygons, Part One
    8/30/75
  - S 12: Ep 4 Robot, Part Four
    1/18/75
  - S 12: Ep 3 Robot, Part Three
    1/11/75
  - + 71 More Credits
- Doctor Who (1963)
  Brigade Leader Lethbridge Stewart
  - S 7: Ep 23 Inferno, Episode 5
    6/6/70
- Doctor Who (1963)
  Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
  - S 6: Ep 18 The Invasion, Episode Eight
    12/21/68
  - S 6: Ep 17 The Invasion, Episode Seven
    12/14/68
  - S 6: Ep 16 The Invasion, Episode Six
    12/7/68
  - S 6: Ep 15 The Invasion, Episode Five
    11/30/68
  - S 6: Ep 14 The Invasion, Episode Four
    11/23/68
  - + 11 More Credits
- Doctor Who (1963)
  Col. Lethbridge-Stewart
  - S 5: Ep 28 The Web of Fear, Episode 6
    3/9/68
  - S 5: Ep 27 The Web of Fear, Episode 5
    3/2/68
  - S 5: Ep 26 The Web of Fear, Episode 4
    2/24/68
  - S 5: Ep 25 The Web of Fear, Episode 3
    2/17/68
Guest Star (33)

Role
- The Sarah Jane Adventures
  Sir Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart
  - S 2: Ep 12 Enemy of the Bane (2)
    12/8/08
  - S 2: Ep 11 Enemy Of The Bane (1)
    12/1/08
- The Bill
  Dr Nigel Botterill
  - S 23: Ep 57 Good Cop, Bad Cop
    8/8/07
- Doctor Who Confidential
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 5 Why on Earth?
    4/23/05
- Harry Hill
  Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
  - S 3: Ep 1 Series 3 Episode 1
    2/27/00
- Sir Bernard's Stately Homes
  Senior policeman
  - S 1: Ep 6 Stebson Towers
    6/16/99
- This Morning
  Himself
  - S 13: Ep 9 25th November 1998
    11/25/98
- Satellite City
  English Stan
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Other Side
    10/25/96
- Children in Need
  Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart
  - S 4: Ep 4 Pause For Pudsey (4)
    11/7/93
- The Bill
  Judge
  - S 7: Ep 4 Crown V. Cooper
    1/10/91
- Only Fools and Horses
  Charles
  - S 5: Ep 9 Dates
    12/25/88
- Doctor Who (1963)
  Tourist [uncredited]
  - S 25: Ep 8 Silver Nemesis, Part One
    11/23/88
- Yes, Prime Minister
  Police Commissioner
  - S 2: Ep 3 A Diplomatic Incident
    12/17/87
- Juliet Bravo
  Superintendent Austin
  - S 6: Ep 10 Inspection
    11/9/85
- Minder (1979)
  Raymond Wilkins
  - S 5: Ep 8 The Balance of Power
    10/31/84
- Shelley
  Bank Manager
  - S 2: Ep 4 Owner Occupiers
    5/8/80
- All Creatures Great and Small
  Paul Cotterell
  - S 3: Ep 12 Matters of Life and Death
    3/15/80
- The Two Ronnies
  Dicky
  - S 3: Ep 1 Series 3, Episode 1
    9/27/73
- The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
  Hutchinson Hatch
  - S 2: Ep 3 Cell 13
    2/12/73
- Doomwatch
  Phillip
  - S 3: Ep 10 Cause of Death
    8/7/72
- Jason King
  Dr. Stayman
  - S 1: Ep 1 Wanna Buy a Television Series
    9/15/71
- The Avengers
  Gifford
  - S 5: Ep 24 Mission... Highly Improbable
- Sink or Swim
  Bank Manager
  - — episode # 2.1
- Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (1969)
  Max
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Ghost Who Saved the Bank at Monte Carlo
    11/30/69
- Callan
  Forbes
  - S 2: Ep 12 The Running Dog
    3/26/69
- The Champions
  Dr . Farley
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Experiment
    10/16/68
- Softly Softly
  Davidson
  - S 3: Ep 7 Inducement
    11/22/67
- Doctor Who (1963)
  Bret Vyon
  - S 3: Ep 13 The Traitors
    12/4/65
  - S 3: Ep 12 Devil's Planet
    11/27/65
  - S 3: Ep 11 Day of Armageddon
    11/20/65
  - S 3: Ep 10 The Nightmare Begins
    11/13/65
- The Wednesday Play
  Husband
  - S 3: Ep 6 The End of Arthur's Marriage
    11/17/65
- The Saint
  Alain
  - S 4: Ep 2 The Abductors
    7/8/65
- The Man in Room 17
  Gilles
  - S 1: Ep 4 Confidential Report
    7/2/65
- Theatre 625
  Ned
  - S 2: Ep 4 Carried by Storm
    10/25/64
- No Hiding Place
  Mark Norman
  - S 6: Ep 23 Why Baker Died
    9/21/64
- The Avengers
  Captain Legros
  - S 2: Ep 2 Propellant 23
    10/6/62

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Doctor Who's Nicholas Courtney Dies aged 81

By Heather Hughes, Feb 23, 2011

A tribute to Doctor Who actor Nicholas Courtney. read more

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- In 1984, a stage comedy titled Recall UNIT: The Great Tea-Bag Mystery was performed as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Due to other commitments, Nicholas Courtney was unable to appear as the Brigadier, even though the script had been written for him, but pre-recorded a telephone message from Lethbridge-Stewart which was written into the plot.
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- Nicholas Courtney's first film role was as an uncredited Sergeant in the 1966 schlock horror feature The Bride's of Fu Manchu.
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- Nicholas Courtney's official website is greyhoundleader.com in an homage to the U.N.I.T. call sign of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart.
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- Nicholas Courtney: Pat Troughton was leaving and Jon Pertwee was coming in - exiled to Earth by the Time Lords for 'misbehaving in time' - and the BBC asked me to become a regular for a couple of years. Head of Unit. I was over the moon. A bit of security when my first daughter was born.
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- Nicholas Courtney: Looking back over the years I will always think of my time in Northampton [repertory company] as the most enjoyable and important of my career. I was given the chance to play some truly challenging parts and I believe it was during 1959 to 1961 that I really began to develop and expand as an actor.
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- Nicholas Courtney: (About director Douglas Camfield) He was determined to present the Army in an authentic light, he even managed to persuade the powers that be to let him engage a platoon of real squaddies for The Invasion. One day I overheard one of the men asking his real officer whether he should salute me or not, so I must have given a reasonable impression of the real thing.
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