Acting
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
Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
Film · 2023
Saving Elodie
Film · 2022
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
Series · 2018
The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
Film · 2017
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Film · 2016
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
Film · 2015
Myth Makers
Series · 2015
Twilight of the Gods
Film · 2013
A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee
Film · 2013
Life on Earth
Film · 2011
Fred Dinenage - Murder Casebook
Series · 2011
Chemical Wedding
Film · 2008
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
Film · 2008
The Ties That Bind Us
Film · 2008
Chronotrip
Film · 2002
ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis
Film · 2001
Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
Film · 2001
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
Film · 1998
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
Film · 1993
Return to Devil's End
Film · 1993
Reverse the Polarity: A Day in the Life of Jon Pertwee
Film · 1992
Heartbeat
Series · 1992
Blake's 7: Aftermath
Film · 1986
Waving to a Train
Film · 1984
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
Film · 1983
Blake's 7
Series · 1978
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
Film · 1974
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
Film · 1974
Doctor Who: The Green Death
Film · 1973
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
Film · 1972
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
Film · 1972
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
Film · 1971
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
Film · 1971
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
Film · 1971
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
Film · 1971
Little Women
Series · 1970
The Fiction Makers
Film · 1968
Doctor Who
Series · 1963
Doctor Who
Series · 1963
The Saint
Series · 1962
Dixon of Dock Green
Series · 1955