Richard Franklin
28 movies · 6 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 15, 1936
- Died
- Dec 25, 2023 (age 87)
- Place of birth
- Marylebone, London, England, UK
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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Richard Franklin: movies and TV shows
Acting (34)
- 2023 Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
as (archive footage)
- 2022 Saving Elodie
as Granddad
- 2017
- 2016 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
as Engineer
- 2015
- 2013 A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee
as (archive footage)
- 2013 Twilight of the Gods
as Richard Wagner
- 2008 Chemical Wedding
as Dean
- 2008
- 2008 The Ties That Bind Us
as Captain Mike Yates (archive footage)
- 2002
- 2001
- 1998
- 1993 Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
as Mike Yates
- 1992
- 1992
- 1986 Blake's 7: Aftermath
as Federation Trooper
- 1984 Waving to a Train
as Young Richard
- 1983 Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
as Captain Yates
- 1978
- 1974 Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
as Mike Yates
- 1974 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
- 1972 Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
as Captain Yates
- 1971 Doctor Who: The Dæmons
as Captain Mike Yates
- 1971 Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
as Captain Mike Yates
- 1971 Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
as Captain Mike Yates
- 1971 Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
as Captain Mike Yates
- 1970
- 1968 The Fiction Makers
as 2nd Guard
- 1963
- 1962
- 1955
Talk shows and appearances (6)
- 2018 Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
5 episodes
- 2015 Myth Makers
1 episode
- 2011
- 2011 Fred Dinenage - Murder Casebook
1 episode
- 2001
- 1993