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.

Cast

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time

Twilight of the Gods

Return to Devil's End

ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis

Longleat '83: The Lost Footage

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

The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years

Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons

Captain Mike Yates

Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks

Doctor Who: The Time Monster

Captain Mike Yates

Chemical Wedding

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Doctor Who: The Five Doctors

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

The Fiction Makers

Doctor Who: The Green Death

Captain Mike Yates

Doctor Who: The Dæmons

Captain Mike Yates

Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs

Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders

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)