Richard Franklin
Acting
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.
As actor 40
Doctor Who
1963
Heartbeat
1992
The Saint
1962
Blake's 7
1978
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
2018
Myth Makers
2015
Little Women
1970
ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis
2001
Fred Dinenage - Murder Casebook
2011
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
1993
The Ties That Bind Us
2008
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
1983
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
1971
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
1972
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
1971
Chemical Wedding
2008
The Fiction Makers
1968
Waving to a Train
1984
Blake's 7: Aftermath
1986
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
1974
Doctor Who: The Green Death
1973
Chronotrip
2002
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
2015
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
1972
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
1998
Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
2023
Return to Devil's End
1993
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
1974
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
1971
The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
2017
Life on Earth
2011
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
1971
A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee
2013
Twilight of the Gods
2013
Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
2001
Reverse the Polarity: A Day in the Life of Jon Pertwee
1992
Saving Elodie
2022