Richard Franklin
Actor/Actriz
29
Movies
8
TV Shows
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.
As Actor/Actress
Doctor Who
Mike Yates
Heartbeat
Doctor
The Saint
2nd Guard
Blake's 7
Federation Trooper
Star Wars: Rogue One
Engineer
Dixon of Dock Green
2nd PBX Operator
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
Self
Myth Makers
Himself
Doctor Who: The Green Death
Captain Mike Yates
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
Captain Yates
The Fiction Makers
2nd Guard
Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
Himself
Chemical Wedding
Dean
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
Captain Yates
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
Mike Yates
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
Mike Yates
The Ties That Bind Us
Captain Mike Yates (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
Mike Yates
Fred Dinenage - Murder Casebook
Self
ReUNITed
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
Captain Mike Yates
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
Captain Mike Yates
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
Captain Mike Yates
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
Return to Devil's End
Self
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
Captain Mike Yates
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
Captain Mike Yates
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?