Richard Franklin
Actor
- Born
- January 15, 1936 · Marylebone, London, England, UK
- Died
- December 25, 2023 (age 87)
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
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
December 14, 2016
Chemical Wedding
May 4, 2008
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
November 25, 1983
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
November 27, 1993
The Fiction Makers
December 8, 1968
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
March 6, 1971
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
January 22, 1972
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
June 8, 1974
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
January 23, 1971
Doctor Who: The Green Death
June 23, 1973
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
June 19, 1971
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
April 3, 1971
Acting31
- 2023Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster as (archive footage)
- 2022Saving Elodie as Granddad
- 2017The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
- 2016Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as Engineer
- 2015Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
- 2013A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee as (archive footage)
- 2013Twilight of the Gods as Richard Wagner
- 2011Life on Earth as Self
- 2008Chemical Wedding as Dean
- 2008Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983