Personal Info
Gender:Unspecified
Birth Date:1936-01-15 00:00:00
Birth Place:Marylebone, London, England, UK
Known For:Acting
Death Date:2023-12-25 00:00:00
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Richard Franklin
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.
Filmography (36)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Role: Engineer2016
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
Role: Captain Yates1983
The Ties That Bind Us
Role: Captain Mike Yates (archive footage)2008
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
Role: Mike Yates1993
Blake's 7: Aftermath
Role: Federation Trooper1986
The Fiction Makers
Role: 2nd Guard1968
A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee
Role: (archive footage)2013
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Doctor Who: The Eight Doctors
actor2025
Chemical Wedding
Role: Dean2008
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
actor1998
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
actor2008
The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
actor2017
Myth Makers 37: Roger Delgado
Role: Self1997
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
actor2015
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
Role: Mike Yates1974
Doctor Who: The Green Death
Role: Captain Mike Yates1973
Return to Devil's End
Role: Self1993
Life on Earth
Role: Self2011
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
Role: Captain Mike Yates1972
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
Role: Captain Yates1972
Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
Role: Himself2001
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
Role: Captain Mike Yates1971
Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
Role: (archive footage)2023
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
Role: Captain Mike Yates1971
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
Role: Mike Yates1974
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
Role: Captain Mike Yates1971
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
Role: Captain Mike Yates1971
Twilight of the Gods
Role: Richard Wagner2013
Between Now... and Now! Science and "The Time Monster"
Role: Self2010
The Final Curtain
Role: Self2011
Saving Elodie
Role: Granddad2022
Reverse the Polarity: A Day in the Life of Jon Pertwee
actor1992
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The Devil Rides Out: Making the Daemons
Role: Self2012
ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis
actor2001
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Chronotrip
actor2002
Myth Makers 16: Richard Franklin
actor1989