
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