Cast
Richard Franklin
Acting
Cast
Richard Franklin
Known for
Acting
Born
1936-01-15
From
Marylebone, London, England, UK
Died
2023-12-25
Biography
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.
★7.5
MOVIE2016
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
as Engineer
MOVIE2001
ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis
★6.0
MOVIE2002
Chronotrip
MOVIE1984
Waving to a Train
as Young Richard
MOVIE2008
The Ties That Bind Us
as Captain Mike Yates (archive footage)
MOVIE1986
Blake's 7: Aftermath
as Federation Trooper
★7.6
MOVIE1971
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
as Captain Mike Yates
★7.2
MOVIE1968
The Fiction Makers
as 2nd Guard
★8.4
MOVIE1973
Doctor Who: The Green Death
as Captain Mike Yates
★4.2
MOVIE2008
Chemical Wedding
as Dean
★8.5
MOVIE1998
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
MOVIE2023
Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
as (archive footage)
★4.8
MOVIE1993
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
as Mike Yates
★6.8
MOVIE1971
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
as Captain Mike Yates
★7.4
MOVIE1974
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
as Mike Yates
★7.8
MOVIE1983
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
as Captain Yates
★5.9
MOVIE1972
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
as Captain Mike Yates
★7.9
MOVIE1972
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
as Captain Yates
★7.0
MOVIE2001
Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
as Himself
★7.5
MOVIE1971
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
as Captain Mike Yates
★8.0
MOVIE1993
Return to Devil's End
as Self
MOVIE2008
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
★6.8
MOVIE1974
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
as Mike Yates
MOVIE2017
The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
MOVIE2013
A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee
as (archive footage)
MOVIE2015
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
★3.0
MOVIE2013
Twilight of the Gods
as Richard Wagner
MOVIE2011
Life on Earth
as Self
★7.8
MOVIE1971
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
as Captain Mike Yates
MOVIE2022
Saving Elodie
as Granddad
MOVIE1992