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)
The Ties That Bind Us
(Captain Mike Yates (archive footage))
Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
((archive footage))
Saving Elodie
(Granddad)
Myth Makers 37: Roger Delgado
(Self)
The Devil Rides Out: Making the Daemons
(Self)
Between Now... and Now! Science and "The Time Monster"
(Self)
The Final Curtain
(Self)
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)
Myth Makers
(Himself)
Little Women
(Jack Scott)