9.0
9.0
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
1998
Richard Franklin
Acting
N/A
CommunityBiographyvia wikipedia
Richard Kimber Franklin (15 January 1936 – 25 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. Franklin was a dramatist and the author of the book Forest Wisdom: Radical Reform of Democracy and the Welfare State, which reflected his political views and activism. He also wrote novels based in the Whoniverse. Franklin stood as a candidate for the UK Parliament for several parties and founded the Silent Majority Party.
Filmography (29 movies)
8.6
8.6
Doctor Who: The Green Death
1973
as Captain Mike Yates
8.0
8.0
Return to Devil's End
1993
as Self
7.9
7.9
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
1972
as Captain Yates
7.7
7.7
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
1971
as Captain Mike Yates
7.5
7.5
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
1971
as Captain Mike Yates
7.5
7.5
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
1971
as Captain Mike Yates
7.4
7.4
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
1974
as Mike Yates
6.8
6.8
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
1971
as Captain Mike Yates
6.8
6.8
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
1974
as Mike Yates
6.8
6.8
The Fiction Makers
1968
as 2nd Guard
5.7
5.7
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
1972
as Captain Mike Yates
4.4
4.4
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
1993
as Mike Yates
4.2
4.2
Chemical Wedding
2008
as Dean
4.0
4.0
Chronotrip
2002
3.0
3.0
Twilight of the Gods
2013
as Richard Wagner
Myth Makers 37: Roger Delgado
1997
as Self
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008
A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee
2013
as (archive footage)
Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
2001
as Himself
ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis
2001
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
2015
Myth Makers 16: Richard Franklin
1989
The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
2017
Life on Earth
2011
as Self
Reverse the Polarity: A Day in the Life of Jon Pertwee
1992
Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
2023
as (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Eight Doctors
2025
Saving Elodie
2022
as Granddad
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