Acting
Richard Franklin
1936 · Marylebone, London, England, UK
30 films
Bio
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
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Engineer
ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis
Chronotrip
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
Captain Yates
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
Mike Yates
The Fiction Makers
2nd Guard
Blake's 7: Aftermath
Federation Trooper
Chemical Wedding
Dean
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
Captain Mike Yates
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
Mike Yates
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
Captain Mike Yates
The Ties That Bind Us
Captain Mike Yates (archive footage)