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.
Acting
Movie
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
as Engineer
2016
TV
Doctor Who
as Mike Yates
1963
TV
Doctor Who
as Captain Mike Yates
1963
TV
The Saint
as 2nd Guard
1962
TV
Blake's 7
as Federation Trooper
1978
Movie
Chemical Wedding
as Dean
2008
TV
Heartbeat
as Doctor
1992
Movie
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
as Captain Yates
1983
Movie
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
as Mike Yates
1993
Movie
The Fiction Makers
as 2nd Guard
1968
Movie
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
as Captain Mike Yates
1971
Movie
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
as Captain Yates
1972
Movie
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
as Mike Yates
1974
Movie
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
as Captain Mike Yates
1971
Movie
Doctor Who: The Green Death
as Captain Mike Yates
1973
Movie
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
as Captain Mike Yates
1971
Movie
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
as Captain Mike Yates
1971
Movie
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
as Mike Yates
1974
Movie
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
as Captain Mike Yates
1972
TV
Dixon of Dock Green
as 2nd PBX Operator
1955
Movie
Return to Devil's End
as Self
1993
Movie
Chronotrip
2002
Movie
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
1998
TV
Fred Dinenage - Murder Casebook
as Self
2011