William Nicholas Stone Courtney (16 December 1929 â€" 22 February
2011) was a British actor. He was known for his long-running role as
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart in the BBC science fiction television
series Doctor Who.Courtney was born in Cairo, Egypt, the son of a
British diplomat father and half-American mother. His paternal
grandfather was the journalist William Leonard Courtney.He was
educated in France, Kenya and Egypt. On his maternal side, Courtney
was descended from New Zealand politician John Cuff. He did his
national service in the British Army, leaving after 18 months as a
private, not wanting to pursue a military career. He moved to England
to join London's Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. After two
years doing repertory theatre in Northampton, he became resident in
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