
Richard Franklin
Acting
16
Movies
8
TV Shows
24
Credits
About
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.

Richard Franklin
Acting
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.

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Heartbeat

The Saint

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Blake's 7

Dixon of Dock Green

Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa

ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis

Doctor Who: The Five Doctors

The Fiction Makers

Doctor Who: The Green Death

Chemical Wedding

The Ties That Bind Us

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time

Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy

Myth Makers

Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks

Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders

The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years

Longleat '83: The Lost Footage

Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?

Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos

A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee