# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-franklin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:26:07.070Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-franklin"
name: "Richard Franklin"
slug: "richard-franklin"
description: "Richard Kimber Franklin 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."
tagline: "British actor (1936–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_Franklin_(cropped).JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1936-01-15"
deathDate: "2023-12-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.16
  momentum:             1.575342465753425
  historical:           9.242588
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0291524/"
    handle:    "nm0291524"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/95d4393e-0e1a-4f55-95b5-5355f70fdd21"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_(%D9%85%D9%85%D8%AB%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%87)"
    title: "ريتشارد فرانكلين (ممثل افلام من المملكه المتحده)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Franklin_(Schauspieler)"
    title: "Richard Franklin (Schauspieler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Franklin_(actor)"
    title: "Richard Franklin (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Franklin_(actor)"
    title: "Richard Franklin (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86_(%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%B1)"
    title: "ریچارد فرانکلین (بازیگر)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Franklin_(acteur)"
    title: "Richard Franklin (acteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Franklin_(mai_wasan_kwaikwayo)"
    title: "Richard Franklin (mai wasan kwaikwayo)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Franklin_(aktor)"
    title: "Richard Franklin (aktor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Ричард Френклин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Franklin_(dramatan)"
    title: "Richard Franklin (dramatan)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q559743"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump