
Actor
Richard Franklin
Born 1936 · Marylebone, London, England, UK
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

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Engineer · 2016

Doctor Who
Mike Yates · 1963

The Saint
2nd Guard · 1962

Blake's 7
Federation Trooper · 1978

Heartbeat
Doctor · 1992

Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
Captain Yates · 1983

Doctor Who: The Green Death
Captain Mike Yates · 1973

Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
Captain Yates · 1972

Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
Captain Mike Yates · 1971

Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
Captain Mike Yates · 1971

The Fiction Makers
2nd Guard · 1968

Doctor Who: The Dæmons
Captain Mike Yates · 1971

Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
Mike Yates · 1974

Return to Devil's End
Self · 1993

Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
Captain Mike Yates · 1971

Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
Mike Yates · 1974

Fred Dinenage - Murder Casebook
Self · 2011
Little Women
Jack Scott · 1970

Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
Himself · 2001

Doctor Who: The Time Monster
Captain Mike Yates · 1972

Dixon of Dock Green
2nd PBX Operator · 1955

Chemical Wedding
Dean · 2008

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
Mike Yates · 1993

Twilight of the Gods
Richard Wagner · 2013