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.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
as Engineer
Doctor Who: The Green Death
as Captain Mike Yates
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
as Mike Yates
Chemical Wedding
as Dean
The Fiction Makers
as 2nd Guard
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
as Captain Yates
The Ties That Bind Us
as Captain Mike Yates (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
as Captain Yates
Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
as Himself
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
as Mike Yates
ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
as Captain Mike Yates
The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
as Captain Mike Yates
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
as Mike Yates
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
as Captain Mike Yates
A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee
as (archive footage)
Chronotrip
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
as Captain Mike Yates
Return to Devil's End
as Self
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
as Captain Mike Yates
Blake's 7: Aftermath
as Federation Trooper
Life on Earth
as Self
Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
as (archive footage)
Reverse the Polarity: A Day in the Life of Jon Pertwee
Twilight of the Gods
as Richard Wagner
Saving Elodie
as Granddad