Richard Franklin
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.
Life on Earth
(Self)
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
(Mike Yates)
Twilight of the Gods
(Richard Wagner)
Return to Devil's End
(Self)
ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
Reverse the Polarity: A Day in the Life of Jon Pertwee
Myth Makers 16: Richard Franklin
The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
(Captain Mike Yates)
Chronotrip
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
(Captain Yates)
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
(Captain Mike Yates)
Chemical Wedding
(Dean)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
(Engineer)
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
(Captain Yates)
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee
((archive footage))
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
(Himself)
The Fiction Makers
(2nd Guard)
Doctor Who: The Green Death
(Captain Mike Yates)
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
(Captain Mike Yates)
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
(Mike Yates)
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
(Mike Yates)
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
(Captain Mike Yates)
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
(Captain Mike Yates)
Dixon of Dock Green
(2nd PBX Operator)
Doctor Who
(Mike Yates)
Doctor Who
(Captain Mike Yates)
Blake's 7
(Federation Trooper)
Heartbeat
(Doctor)
The Saint
(2nd Guard)
Fred Dinenage - Murder Casebook
(Self)