Acting
Richard Franklin
EN cinema · 31 credits
Born
15 January 1936
Died
25 December 2023 (aged 87)
Birthplace
Marylebone, London, England, UK
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
as (archive footage)
Saving Elodie
as Granddad
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
as Engineer
Twilight of the Gods
as Richard Wagner
A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee
as (archive footage)
Chemical Wedding
as Dean
The Ties That Bind Us
as Captain Mike Yates (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
as Mike Yates
Blake's 7: Aftermath
as Federation Trooper
Waving to a Train
1984
Waving to a Train
as Young Richard
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
as Captain Yates
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
as Mike Yates
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
as Mike Yates
Doctor Who: The Green Death
as Captain Mike Yates
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
as Captain Yates
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
as Captain Mike Yates
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
as Captain Mike Yates
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
as Captain Mike Yates
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
as Captain Mike Yates
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
as Captain Mike Yates
The Fiction Makers
as 2nd Guard