Richard Franklin
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Doctor Who
Mike Yates
1963
Series
Doctor Who
Captain Mike Yates
1963
Series
The Saint
2nd Guard
1962
Series
Heartbeat
Doctor
1992
Film
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Engineer
2016
Series
Blake's 7
Federation Trooper
1978
Series
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
Self
2018
Series
Dixon of Dock Green
2nd PBX Operator
1955
Series
Myth Makers
Himself
2015
Little Women
Jack Scott
1970
Series
Fred Dinenage - Murder Casebook
Self
2011
Film
ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis
2001
Film
The Ties That Bind Us
Captain Mike Yates (archive footage)
2008
Film
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
Mike Yates
1974
Film
Chemical Wedding
Dean
2008
Film
Blake's 7: Aftermath
Federation Trooper
1986
Film
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
Captain Yates
1983
Film
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
Captain Mike Yates
1971
Film
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
Mike Yates
1993
Film
The Fiction Makers
2nd Guard
1968
Film
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
Mike Yates
1974
Film
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
2015
Film
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
Captain Mike Yates
1971
Film
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
Captain Mike Yates
1972
Film
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
Captain Mike Yates
1971
Chronotrip
2002
Film
Doctor Who: The Green Death
Captain Mike Yates
1973
Film
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
Captain Yates
1972
Film
The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
2017
Film
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008
Film
Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
Himself
2001
Film
Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
(archive footage)
2023
Film
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
1998
Waving to a Train
Young Richard
1984
Film
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
Captain Mike Yates
1971
Film
A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee
(archive footage)
2013
Film
Return to Devil's End
Self
1993
Film
Reverse the Polarity: A Day in the Life of Jon Pertwee
1992
Film
Twilight of the Gods
Richard Wagner
2013
Film
Life on Earth
Self
2011
Film
Saving Elodie
Granddad
2022