Acting credits
36
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Richard Franklin
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.6
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Movies: 28Series: 8
TMDB ID: 1230438
IMDb ID: nm0291524
Known for: Acting
Born: January 15, 1936
Died: December 25, 2023
Age: 87
Place of birth: Marylebone, London, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1955 - 2023
Years active: 69
Average TMDB rating: 6.89
Wikidata: Q559743
Biography
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Richard Franklin.
Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
as (archive footage)
2023 Movie
Saving Elodie
as Granddad
2022 Movie
The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
2017 Movie
7.5
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
as Engineer
2016 Movie
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
2015 Movie
A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee
as (archive footage)
2013 Movie
3.0
Twilight of the Gods
as Richard Wagner
2013 Movie
Life on Earth
as Self
2011 Movie
4.2
Chemical Wedding
as Dean
2008 Movie
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008 Movie
The Ties That Bind Us
as Captain Mike Yates (archive footage)
2008 Movie
ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis
2001 Movie
Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
as Himself
2001 Movie
9.0
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
1998 Movie
4.6
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
as Mike Yates
1993 Movie
8.0
Return to Devil's End
as Self
1993 Movie
Reverse the Polarity: A Day in the Life of Jon Pertwee
1992 Movie
7.7
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
as Captain Yates
1983 Movie
7.4
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
as Mike Yates
1974 Movie
6.8
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
as Mike Yates
1974 Movie
8.4
Doctor Who: The Green Death
as Captain Mike Yates
1973 Movie
5.9
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
as Captain Mike Yates
1972 Movie
7.9
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
as Captain Yates
1972 Movie
7.6
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
as Captain Mike Yates
1971 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Richard Franklin.
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
as Self • 5 eps
2018 Series
Myth Makers
as Himself • 1 eps
2015 Series
6.0
Fred Dinenage - Murder Casebook
as Self • 1 eps
2011 Series
7.1
Heartbeat
as Doctor • 1 eps
1992 Series
7.3
Blake's 7
as Federation Trooper • 1 eps
1978 Series
7.9
Doctor Who
as Mike Yates • 22 eps
1963 Series
7.4
The Saint
as 2nd Guard • 1 eps
1962 Series
5.3
Dixon of Dock Green
as 2nd PBX Operator • 1 eps
1955 Series