Richard Franklin
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday15 January 1936
Died25 December 2023 (age 87)
Place of birthMarylebone, London, England, UK
Known credits40
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.
Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
2023 · (archive footage)
Saving Elodie
2022 · Granddad
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
2018 · Self
The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
2017
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016 · Engineer
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
2015
Myth Makers
2015 · Himself
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
Fred Dinenage - Murder Casebook
2011 · Self
Chemical Wedding
2008 · Dean
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008
The Ties That Bind Us
2008 · Captain Mike Yates (archive footage)
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
Heartbeat
1992 · Doctor
Blake's 7: Aftermath
1986 · Federation Trooper
Waving to a Train
1984 · Young Richard
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
1983 · Captain Yates
Blake's 7
1978 · Federation Trooper
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
Little Women
1970 · Jack Scott
The Fiction Makers
1968 · 2nd Guard
Doctor Who
1963 · Mike Yates
Doctor Who
1963 · Captain Mike Yates
The Saint
1962 · 2nd Guard
Dixon of Dock Green
1955 · 2nd PBX Operator
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