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.
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Acting History
2023
Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster as (archive footage)
2022Saving Elodie as Granddad
2017The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
2016Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as Engineer
2015Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
2015Myth Makers as Himself
2013A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee as (archive footage)
2013Twilight of the Gods as Richard Wagner
2011Life on Earth as Self
2011Fred Dinenage - Murder Casebook as Self
2008Chemical Wedding as Dean
2008The Ties That Bind Us as Captain Mike Yates (archive footage)
2008Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2002Chronotrip
2001ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis
2001Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy as Himself
1998Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
1993Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time as Mike Yates
1993Return to Devil's End as Self
1992Reverse the Polarity: A Day in the Life of Jon Pertwee
1992Heartbeat as Doctor
1983Doctor Who: The Five Doctors as Captain Yates
1978Blake's 7 as Federation Trooper
1974Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders as Mike Yates
1974Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs as Mike Yates
1973Doctor Who: The Green Death as Captain Mike Yates
1972Doctor Who: The Time Monster as Captain Mike Yates
1972Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks as Captain Yates
1971Doctor Who: The Dæmons as Captain Mike Yates
1971Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos as Captain Mike Yates
1971Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil as Captain Mike Yates
1971Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons as Captain Mike Yates
1970Little Women as Jack Scott
1968The Fiction Makers as 2nd Guard
1963Doctor Who as Mike Yates
1963Doctor Who as Captain Mike Yates
1962The Saint as 2nd Guard
1955Dixon of Dock Green as 2nd PBX Operator