Richard Franklin
- Acting
- January 15, 1936 · Marylebone, London, England, UK
- December 25, 2023
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster · (archive footage)
- Saving Elodie · Granddad
- Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa · Self
- The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story · Engineer
- Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
- Myth Makers · Self
- A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee · (archive footage)
- Twilight of the Gods · Richard Wagner
- Life on Earth · Self
- Fred Dinenage - Murder Casebook · Self
- Chemical Wedding · Dean
- Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
- The Ties That Bind Us · Captain Mike Yates (archive footage)
- Chronotrip
- ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis
- Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy · Self
- Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
- Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time · Mike Yates
- Return to Devil's End · Self
- Reverse the Polarity: A Day in the Life of Jon Pertwee
- Heartbeat · Doctor
- Blake's 7: Aftermath · Federation Trooper
- Waving to a Train · Young Richard
- Doctor Who: The Five Doctors · Captain Yates
- Blake's 7 · Federation Trooper
- Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders · Mike Yates
- Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs · Mike Yates
- Doctor Who: The Green Death · Captain Mike Yates
- Doctor Who: The Time Monster · Captain Mike Yates
- Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks · Captain Yates
- Doctor Who: The Dæmons · Captain Mike Yates
- Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos · Captain Mike Yates
- Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil · Captain Mike Yates
- Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons · Captain Mike Yates
- Little Women · Jack Scott
- The Fiction Makers · 2nd Guard
- Doctor Who · Mike Yates, Captain Mike Yates
- The Saint · 2nd Guard
- Dixon of Dock Green · 2nd PBX Operator