Richard Franklin
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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
Credits
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
as Engineer
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors (1983)
as Captain Yates
Chemical Wedding (2008)
as Dean
The Ties That Bind Us (2008)
as Captain Mike Yates (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks (1972)
as Captain Yates
The Fiction Makers (1968)
as 2nd Guard
Doctor Who: The Green Death (1973)
as Captain Mike Yates
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil (1971)
as Captain Mike Yates
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time (1993)
as Mike Yates
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage (2015)
Actor
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning? (1998)
Actor
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos (1971)
as Captain Mike Yates
Return to Devil's End (1993)
as Self
A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee (2013)
as (archive footage)
The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years (2017)
Actor
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983 (2008)
Actor
Doctor Who: The Dæmons (1971)
as Captain Mike Yates
Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (2001)
as Himself
Twilight of the Gods (2013)
as Richard Wagner
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders (1974)
as Mike Yates
Doctor Who: The Time Monster (1972)
as Captain Mike Yates
ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis (2001)
Actor
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons (1971)
as Captain Mike Yates
Blake's 7: Aftermath (1986)
as Federation Trooper
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs (1974)
as Mike Yates
Chronotrip (2002)
Actor
Life on Earth (2011)
as Self
Waving to a Train (1984)
as Young Richard
Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster (2023)
as (archive footage)
Saving Elodie (2022)
as Granddad
Reverse the Polarity: A Day in the Life of Jon Pertwee (1992)
Actor