Richard Franklin
Acting • 1936-01-15 • 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.
Known For
7.9Doctor Who
1963
7.5Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
1971
7.9Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
1972
7.8Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
1971
7.6Doctor Who: The Dæmons
1971
8.4Doctor Who: The Green Death
1973
From Nerdspin
Filmography
- 2023
- 2022
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016★ 7.5
- 2015
- 2015
- 2013★ 3.0
- 2013
- 2011★ 7.5
- 2011
- 2008★ 4.2
- 2008
- 2008
- 2002ChronotripFilm★ 6.0
- 2001★ 7.0
- 2001
- 1998★ 8.5
- 1993★ 4.8
- 1993★ 8.0
- 1992★ 7.1
- 1992
- 1986
- 1984
- 1983★ 7.8
- 1978★ 7.3
- 1974★ 7.4
- 1974★ 6.8
- 1973★ 8.4
- 1972★ 7.9
- 1972★ 5.9
- 1971★ 7.5
- 1971★ 7.8
- 1971★ 7.6
- 1971★ 6.8
- 1970★ 7.5
- 1968★ 7.2
- 1963★ 7.9
- 1963★ 7.9
- 1962★ 7.4
- 1955★ 6.0
