Richard Franklin
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1936-01-15
Day of Death
2023-12-25 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
Marylebone, London, England, UK
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
Acting
(2025)
(2023)
Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
as (archive footage)
(2017)
(2016)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
as Engineer
(2015)
(2013)
A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee
as (archive footage)
(2013)
Twilight of the Gods
as Richard Wagner
(2011)
Life on Earth
as Self
(2008)
The Ties That Bind Us
as Captain Mike Yates (archive footage)
(2008)
Chemical Wedding
as Dean
(2008)
(2002)
(2001)
(2001)
(1998)
(1993)
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
as Mike Yates
(1993)
Return to Devil's End
as Self
(1992)
(1989)
(1983)
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
as Captain Yates
(1974)
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
as Mike Yates
(1974)
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
as Mike Yates
(1973)
Doctor Who: The Green Death
as Captain Mike Yates
(1972)
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
as Captain Yates
(1972)
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
as Captain Mike Yates
(1971)
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
as Captain Mike Yates
(1971)
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
as Captain Mike Yates
(1971)
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
as Captain Mike Yates
(1971)
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
as Captain Mike Yates
(1968)
The Fiction Makers
as 2nd Guard