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.
Known for
Doctor Who
Mike Yates
Doctor Who
Captain Mike Yates
Heartbeat
Doctor
The Saint
2nd Guard
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Engineer
Blake's 7
Federation Trooper
Dixon of Dock Green
2nd PBX Operator
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
Captain Yates
The Fiction Makers
2nd Guard
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
Captain Mike Yates
Myth Makers 37: Roger Delgado
Self
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
Captain Yates
Reverse the Polarity: A Day in the Life of Jon Pertwee
Doctor Who: The Eight Doctors
The Ties That Bind Us
Captain Mike Yates (archive footage)
A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee
(archive footage)
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
Captain Mike Yates
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
Captain Mike Yates
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
Captain Mike Yates
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
Mike Yates
Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
Himself
Chemical Wedding
Dean
Saving Elodie
Granddad
Doctor Who: The Green Death
Captain Mike Yates
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
Mike Yates
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
Captain Mike Yates
Life on Earth
Self
Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
(archive footage)
ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis
Twilight of the Gods
Richard Wagner
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
Mike Yates
Return to Devil's End
Self
Fred Dinenage - Murder Casebook
Self