Richard Franklin
Birthday
1936/01/15
Day of death
2023/12/25 (88 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Marylebone, London, England, UK
Also know as
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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.
Acting
(2011) Life on Earth
as Self
(1993) Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
as Mike Yates
(2013) Twilight of the Gods
as Richard Wagner
(1993) Return to Devil's End
as Self
(2001) ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis
as ---
(2015) Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
as ---
(1992) Reverse the Polarity: A Day in the Life of Jon Pertwee
as ---
(1989) Myth Makers 16: Richard Franklin
as ---
(2017) The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
as ---
(1971) Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
as Captain Mike Yates
(2002) Chronotrip
as ---
(1972) Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
as Captain Yates
(1972) Doctor Who: The Time Monster
as Captain Mike Yates
(2008) Chemical Wedding
as Dean
(2016) Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
as Engineer
(1983) Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
as Captain Yates
(2008) Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
as ---
(2013) A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee
as (archive footage)
(1998) Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
as ---
(2001) Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
as Himself
(1968) The Fiction Makers
as 2nd Guard
(1973) Doctor Who: The Green Death
as Captain Mike Yates
(1971) Doctor Who: The Dæmons
as Captain Mike Yates
(1974) Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
as Mike Yates
(1974) Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
as Mike Yates
(1971) Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
as Captain Mike Yates
(1971) Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
as Captain Mike Yates
(1955) Dixon of Dock Green
as 2nd PBX Operator
(1963) Doctor Who
as Mike Yates
(1963) Doctor Who
as Captain Mike Yates
(1978) Blake's 7
as Federation Trooper
(1992) Heartbeat
as Doctor
(1962) The Saint
as 2nd Guard
(2011) Fred Dinenage - Murder Casebook
as Self