Richard Franklin
Acting
1936-01-15 · 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.
Filmography
Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
2023 · Movie
Saving Elodie
2022 · Movie
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
2018 · Series
The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
2017 · Movie
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016 · Movie
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
2015 · Movie
Myth Makers
2015 · Series
A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee
2013 · Movie
Twilight of the Gods
2013 · Movie
Life on Earth
2011 · Movie
Fred Dinenage - Murder Casebook
2011 · Series
Chemical Wedding
2008 · Movie
The Ties That Bind Us
2008 · Movie
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008 · Movie
Chronotrip
2002 · Movie
ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis
2001 · Movie
Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
2001 · Movie
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
1998 · Movie
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
1993 · Movie
Return to Devil's End
1993 · Movie
Reverse the Polarity: A Day in the Life of Jon Pertwee
1992 · Movie
Heartbeat
1992 · Series
Blake's 7: Aftermath
1986 · Movie
Waving to a Train
1984 · Movie
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
1983 · Movie
Blake's 7
1978 · Series
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
1974 · Movie
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
1974 · Movie
Doctor Who: The Green Death
1973 · Movie
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
1972 · Movie
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
1972 · Movie
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
1971 · Movie
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
1971 · Movie
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
1971 · Movie
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
1971 · Movie
Little Women
1970 · Series
The Fiction Makers
1968 · Movie
Doctor Who
1963 · Series
The Saint
1962 · Series
Dixon of Dock Green
1955 · Series