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.
31 movies · 9 shows
Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
2023·0.0
Saving Elodie
2022·0.0
The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
2017·0.0
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016·7.5
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
2015·0.0
A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee
2013·0.0
Twilight of the Gods
2013·3.0
Life on Earth
2011·0.0
Chemical Wedding
2008·4.2
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008·0.0
The Ties That Bind Us
2008·0.0
Chronotrip
2002·6.0
ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis
2001·0.0
Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
2001·7.0
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
1998·8.5
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
1993·4.8
Return to Devil's End
1993·8.0
Reverse the Polarity: A Day in the Life of Jon Pertwee
1992·0.0
Blake's 7: Aftermath
1986·0.0
Waving to a Train
1984·0.0
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
1983·7.8
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
1974·7.4
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
1974·6.8
Doctor Who: The Green Death
1973·8.4
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
1972·5.9
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
1972·7.9
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
1971·7.6
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
1971·6.8
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
1971·7.5
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
1971·7.8
The Fiction Makers
1968·7.2