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Richard Franklin
Acting
Born: January 15, 1936
Marylebone, London, England, UK
Biography
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
as Engineer
The Ties That Bind Us
as Captain Mike Yates (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
as Captain Yates
The Fiction Makers
as 2nd Guard
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
as Captain Mike Yates
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
as Mike Yates
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
as Captain Mike Yates
Chemical Wedding
as Dean
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
as Captain Yates
