Richard Franklin
Actor
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.
Filmography
Chemical Wedding
as Dean 2008
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
as Captain Yates 1983
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
as Mike Yates 1993
The Fiction Makers
as 2nd Guard 1968
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
as Captain Mike Yates 1971
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
as Captain Yates 1972
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
as Mike Yates 1974
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
as Captain Mike Yates 1971
Doctor Who: The Green Death
as Captain Mike Yates 1973
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
as Captain Mike Yates 1971
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
as Captain Mike Yates 1971
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
as Captain Mike Yates 1972
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
as Mike Yates 1974
Twilight of the Gods
as Richard Wagner 2013
Return to Devil's End
as Self 1993
Chronotrip
2002