Richard Franklin
Known for Acting
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
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
as Engineer
The Ties That Bind Us
2008
as Captain Mike Yates (archive footage)
Chemical Wedding
2008
as Dean
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
1974
as Mike Yates
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
1972
as Captain Mike Yates
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
1972
as Captain Yates
The Fiction Makers
1968
as 2nd Guard
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
1993
as Mike Yates
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
1983
as Captain Yates
Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
2001
as Himself
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
1974
as Mike Yates
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
1971
as Captain Mike Yates
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008
Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
2023
as (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
1971
as Captain Mike Yates
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
1971
as Captain Mike Yates
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
1998
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
2015
Return to Devil's End
1993
as Self
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
1971
as Captain Mike Yates