Richard Franklin

Personal Info

Birthday

January 15, 1936

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

The Saint

Doctor Who

Heartbeat

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Blake's 7

Dixon of Dock Green

The Ties That Bind Us

Chemical Wedding

Filmography

2023
Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
as (archive footage)
2022
Saving Elodie
as Granddad
2016
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
as Engineer
2013
A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee
as (archive footage)
Twilight of the Gods
as Richard Wagner
2011
Life on Earth
as Self
2008
Chemical Wedding
as Dean
The Ties That Bind Us
as Captain Mike Yates (archive footage)
2001
Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
as Himself
1997
Myth Makers 37: Roger Delgado
as Self
1993
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
as Mike Yates
Return to Devil's End
as Self
1983
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
as Captain Yates
1974
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
as Mike Yates
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
as Mike Yates
1973
Doctor Who: The Green Death
as Captain Mike Yates
1972
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
as Captain Mike Yates
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
as Captain Yates
1971
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
as Captain Mike Yates
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
as Captain Mike Yates
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
as Captain Mike Yates
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
as Captain Mike Yates
1968
The Fiction Makers
as 2nd Guard