Richard Franklin
Acting
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.
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
as Captain Mike Yates
Age 35 (now 87)
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
as Captain Yates
Age 36 (now 87)
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
as Captain Mike Yates
Age 35 (now 87)
Doctor Who: The Green Death
as Captain Mike Yates
Age 37 (now 87)
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
as Mike Yates
Age 38 (now 87)
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
as Captain Mike Yates
Age 35 (now 87)
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
as Mike Yates
Age 38 (now 87)
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
as Captain Mike Yates
Age 36 (now 87)
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
as Mike Yates
Age 57 (now 87)
Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
as (archive footage)
Age 87
A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee
as (archive footage)
Age 77 (now 87)
The Ties That Bind Us
as Captain Mike Yates (archive footage)
Age 72 (now 87)
Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
as Himself
Age 65 (now 87)
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
as Mike Yates
Age 57 (now 87)
Reverse the Polarity: A Day in the Life of Jon Pertwee
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
as Mike Yates
Age 38 (now 87) Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
as Mike Yates
Age 38 (now 87) Doctor Who: The Green Death
as Captain Mike Yates
Age 37 (now 87) Doctor Who: The Time Monster
as Captain Mike Yates
Age 36 (now 87) Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
as Captain Yates
Age 36 (now 87) Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
as Captain Mike Yates
Age 35 (now 87) Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
as Captain Mike Yates
Age 35 (now 87) Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
as Captain Mike Yates
Age 35 (now 87)
Fred Dinenage - Murder Casebook
as Self
Age 75 (now 87)
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IMDB
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