Richard Franklin

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 highprofile 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 spinoff media