Richard Franklin
Acting
Richard Kimber Franklin (15 January 1936 – 24 December 2023) was an English actor, writer, director and political activist. Principally a stage actor, he also appeared as a regular character in several high-profile British television programmes, including Crossroads and Emmerdale Farm, and he portrayed Captain Mike Yates of UNIT in Doctor Who from 1971 until 1974, returning to the role on a number of occasions both on television and in Doctor Who spin-off media.
Known for
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movieTime and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
2023
(archive footage)
movieSaving Elodie
2022
Granddad
tvMyth Makers
2015
Himself
movieA Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee
2013
(archive footage)
movieTwilight of the Gods
2013
Richard Wagner
movieThe Ties That Bind Us
2008
Captain Mike Yates (archive footage)
movieDoctor Who: Dimensions in Time
1993
Mike Yates
tvHeartbeat
1992
Doctor
movieBlake's 7: Aftermath
1986
Federation Trooper
Waving to a Train
1984
Young Richard
movieDoctor Who: The Five Doctors
1983
Captain Yates
tvBlake's 7
1978
Federation Trooper
movieDoctor Who: The Green Death
1973
Captain Mike Yates
movieDoctor Who: The Time Monster
1972
Captain Mike Yates
movieDoctor Who: Day of the Daleks
1972
Captain Yates
movieDoctor Who: The Dæmons
1971
Captain Mike Yates
movieDoctor Who: The Claws of Axos
1971
Captain Mike Yates
movieDoctor Who: The Mind of Evil
1971
Captain Mike Yates
movieDoctor Who: Terror of the Autons
1971
Captain Mike Yates
Little Women
1970
Jack Scott
movieThe Fiction Makers
1968
2nd Guard
tvDoctor Who
1963
Mike Yates / Captain Mike Yates
tvThe Saint
1962
2nd Guard
tvDixon of Dock Green
1955
2nd PBX Operator