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Richard Franklin
Marylebone, London, England, UK
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 regula…
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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.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2023
Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
Movie (archive footage)
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2022
Saving Elodie
Movie Granddad
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2018
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
TV show Self
- 2017
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2016
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Movie Engineer
- 2015
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2015
Myth Makers
TV show Himself
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2013
A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee
Movie (archive footage)
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2013
Twilight of the Gods
Movie Richard Wagner
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2011
Life on Earth
Movie Self
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2011
Fred Dinenage - Murder Casebook
TV show Self
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2008
Chemical Wedding
Movie Dean
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2008
The Ties That Bind Us
Movie Captain Mike Yates (archive footage)
- 2008
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2002
Chronotrip
Movie
- 2001
More credits
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2001
Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
Movie Himself
- 1998
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1993
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
Movie Mike Yates
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1993
Return to Devil's End
Movie Self
- 1992
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1992
Heartbeat
TV show Doctor
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1986
Blake's 7: Aftermath
Movie Federation Trooper
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1984
Waving to a Train
Movie Young Richard
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1983
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
Movie Captain Yates
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1978
Blake's 7
TV show Federation Trooper
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1974
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
Movie Mike Yates
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1974
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
Movie Mike Yates
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1973
Doctor Who: The Green Death
Movie Captain Mike Yates
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1972
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
Movie Captain Mike Yates
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1972
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
Movie Captain Yates
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1971
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
Movie Captain Mike Yates
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1971
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
Movie Captain Mike Yates
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1971
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
Movie Captain Mike Yates
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1971
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
Movie Captain Mike Yates
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1970
Little Women
TV show Jack Scott
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1968
The Fiction Makers
Movie 2nd Guard
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1963
Doctor Who
TV show Mike Yates
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1962
The Saint
TV show 2nd Guard
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1955
Dixon of Dock Green
TV show 2nd PBX Operator
