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.
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CREDITS
PHOTOS
TV Series
Dixon of Dock Green
5.3
Doctor Who
7.9
Doctor Who
7.9
Blake's 7
7.2
Heartbeat
7
The Saint
7.3
Fred Dinenage - Murder Casebook
6
Movies
Life on Earth
0
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
4.4
Twilight of the Gods
3
Return to Devil's End
8
ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis
0
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
0
Reverse the Polarity: A Day in the Life of Jon Pertwee
0
Myth Makers 16: Richard Franklin
0
The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
0
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
7.714
Chronotrip
4
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
7.9
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
5.7
Chemical Wedding
4.35
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
7.5
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
7.706
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
0
A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee
0
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
9
Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
0
The Fiction Makers
7.2
Doctor Who: The Green Death
8.7
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
7.5
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
6.8
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
7.4
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
7.2
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
6.75
The Ties That Bind Us
0
Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
0
Doctor Who: The Eight Doctors
0
Saving Elodie
0