Richard Franklin
Acting · 87 years old
Marylebone, 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.
Known For
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
Doctor Who: The Green Death
Captain Mike Yates
Return to Devil's End
Self
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
Captain Yates
Doctor Who
Mike Yates
Doctor Who
Captain Mike Yates
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
Captain Mike Yates
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
Captain Yates
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
Captain Mike Yates
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Engineer
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
Captain Mike Yates
Fred Dinenage - Murder Casebook
Self
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
Mike Yates
The Saint
2nd Guard
Blake's 7
Federation Trooper
Heartbeat
Doctor
The Fiction Makers
2nd Guard
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
Mike Yates
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
Captain Mike Yates
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
Captain Mike Yates