Richard Franklin

Known for ActingBorn 1936-01-15Died 2023-12-25Marylebone, London, England, UK

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?

Doctor Who: The Green Death

Return to Devil's End

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks

Fred Dinenage - Murder Casebook

Doctor Who: The Five Doctors

Doctor Who

Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons

Doctor Who: The Dæmons

Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil

Little Women

Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders

Heartbeat

Blake's 7

Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy

The Saint

The Fiction Makers

Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs

Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos

Chronotrip

Doctor Who: The Time Monster

Dixon of Dock Green

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time

Chemical Wedding

Twilight of the Gods

Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster

Saving Elodie

Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa

The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years

Longleat '83: The Lost Footage

Myth Makers

A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee

Life on Earth

Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983

The Ties That Bind Us

ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis

Reverse the Polarity: A Day in the Life of Jon Pertwee

Blake's 7: Aftermath