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.
Filmography
Doctor Who
The Saint
Heartbeat
Blake's 7
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Dixon of Dock Green
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
No Image
Little Women
Myth Makers
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
Chemical Wedding
The Fiction Makers
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
The Ties That Bind Us
Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
Fred Dinenage - Murder Casebook
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
Blake's 7: Aftermath
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
Doctor Who: The Green Death
ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983