Richard Franklin

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.

Known For

Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster 2023

The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years 2017

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 2016 ★ 7.5

Longleat '83: The Lost Footage 2015

The Ties That Bind Us 2008

Chemical Wedding 2008 ★ 4.2

Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983 2008

ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis 2001

Where on Earth Is Katy Manning? 1998 ★ 8.5

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time 1993 ★ 4.8

Heartbeat 1992 ★ 7.2

Blake's 7: Aftermath 1986

Doctor Who: The Five Doctors 1983 ★ 7.8

Blake's 7 1978 ★ 7.3

Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders 1974 ★ 7.4

Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs 1974 ★ 6.8

Doctor Who: The Green Death 1973 ★ 8.4

Doctor Who: The Time Monster 1972 ★ 5.9

Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos 1971 ★ 6.8

Doctor Who: The Dæmons 1971 ★ 7.6

The Fiction Makers 1968 ★ 7.2

Doctor Who 1963 ★ 7.9

The Saint 1962 ★ 7.4

Dixon of Dock Green 1955 ★ 6.0