Richard Franklin

Actor

Born: January 15, 1936
Died: December 25, 2023 (age 87)
From: Marylebone, London, England, UK

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…

Filmography (31)

Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster (2023)
(archive footage)
Saving Elodie (2022)
Granddad
The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years (2017)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Engineer
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage (2015)
A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee (2013)
(archive footage)
Twilight of the Gods (2013)
Richard Wagner
Life on Earth (2011)
Self
Chemical Wedding (2008)
Dean
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983 (2008)
The Ties That Bind Us (2008)
Captain Mike Yates (archive footage)
Chronotrip
Chronotrip (2002)
ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis (2001)
Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (2001)
Himself
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning? (1998)
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time (1993)
Mike Yates
Return to Devil's End (1993)
Self
Reverse the Polarity: A Day in the Life of Jon Pertwee (1992)
Blake's 7: Aftermath (1986)
Federation Trooper
Waving to a Train
Waving to a Train (1984)
Young Richard
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors (1983)
Captain Yates
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders (1974)
Mike Yates
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs (1974)
Mike Yates
Doctor Who: The Green Death (1973)
Captain Mike Yates
Doctor Who: The Time Monster (1972)
Captain Mike Yates
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks (1972)
Captain Yates
Doctor Who: The Dæmons (1971)
Captain Mike Yates
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos (1971)
Captain Mike Yates
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil (1971)
Captain Mike Yates
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons (1971)
Captain Mike Yates