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

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Heartbeat

The Saint

Blake's 7

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Dixon of Dock Green

Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa

All Movies (31)

• Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster2023 · as (archive footage)
• Saving Elodie2022 · as Granddad
• The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years2017
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story2016 · as Engineer
• Longleat '83: The Lost Footage2015
• A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee2013 · as (archive footage)
• Twilight of the Gods2013 · as Richard Wagner
• Life on Earth2011 · as Self
• Chemical Wedding2008 · as Dean
• Celebration: Doctor Who in 19832008
• The Ties That Bind Us2008 · as Captain Mike Yates (archive footage)
• Chronotrip2002
• ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis2001
• Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy2001 · as Himself
• Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?1998
• Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time1993 · as Mike Yates
• Return to Devil's End1993 · as Self
• Reverse the Polarity: A Day in the Life of Jon Pertwee1992
• Blake's 7: Aftermath1986 · as Federation Trooper
• Waving to a Train1984 · as Young Richard
• Doctor Who: The Five Doctors1983 · as Captain Yates
• Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders1974 · as Mike Yates
• Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs1974 · as Mike Yates
• Doctor Who: The Green Death1973 · as Captain Mike Yates
• Doctor Who: The Time Monster1972 · as Captain Mike Yates
• Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks1972 · as Captain Yates
• Doctor Who: The Dæmons1971 · as Captain Mike Yates
• Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos1971 · as Captain Mike Yates
• Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil1971 · as Captain Mike Yates
• Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons1971 · as Captain Mike Yates
• The Fiction Makers1968 · as 2nd Guard

All TV Shows (10)

• Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa2018 · as Self
• Myth Makers2015 · as Himself
• Fred Dinenage - Murder Casebook2011 · as Self
• Heartbeat1992 · as Doctor
• Blake's 71978 · as Federation Trooper
• Little Women1970 · as Jack Scott
• Doctor Who1963 · as Mike Yates
• Doctor Who1963 · as Captain Mike Yates
• The Saint1962 · as 2nd Guard
• Dixon of Dock Green1955 · as 2nd PBX Operator