Actor

Richard Franklin

1936Marylebone, London, England, UK29 Movies8 TV Shows

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..

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Richard Franklin

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Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster

Saving Elodie

The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Longleat '83: The Lost Footage

A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee

Twilight of the Gods

Life on Earth

Chemical Wedding

Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983

The Ties That Bind Us

ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis

Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy

Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time

Return to Devil's End

Reverse the Polarity: A Day in the Life of Jon Pertwee

Blake's 7: Aftermath

Doctor Who: The Five Doctors

Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders

Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs

Doctor Who: The Green Death

Doctor Who: The Time Monster

Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks

Doctor Who: The Dæmons

Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos

Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil

Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons

The Fiction Makers

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Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa

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Fred Dinenage - Murder Casebook

Heartbeat

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