Richard Franklin
ActingBiography
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.
Movies
(30 total)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
as Engineer
Chemical Wedding
as Dean
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
as Captain Yates
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
as Mike Yates
The Fiction Makers
as 2nd Guard
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
as Captain Mike Yates
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
as Captain Yates
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
as Mike Yates
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
as Captain Mike Yates
Doctor Who: The Green Death
as Captain Mike Yates
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
as Captain Mike Yates
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
as Captain Mike Yates
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
as Mike Yates
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
as Captain Mike Yates
Twilight of the Gods
as Richard Wagner
Return to Devil's End
as Self
Life on Earth
as Self
TV Shows
(10 total)
Doctor Who
as Mike Yates
Doctor Who
as Captain Mike Yates
The Saint
as 2nd Guard
Blake's 7
as Federation Trooper
Heartbeat
as Doctor
Dixon of Dock Green
as 2nd PBX Operator
Myth Makers
as Himself
