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
38 titles
Doctor Who
Doctor Who
The Saint
Heartbeat
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Blake's 7
Dixon of Dock Green
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
Myth Makers
The Fiction Makers
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
Chemical Wedding
The Ties That Bind Us
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
Twilight of the Gods
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