Portrait of Richard Franklin

Acting

Richard Franklin

Career

Active from 1971 to 2023, with a break from 1985 to 2012, busiest in 1971 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
2
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for Doctor Who: The Time Monster
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
GoodWatch score63/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 10 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Richard Franklin Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.4, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    1.5, average 3.0
  • Romance
    2.4, average 3.8
  • Melancholy
    3.3, average 4.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Sci-Fi 3
  • Nostalgic Adventure 3
  • Alien Invasion 2
  • British Television 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

27
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

2 titles
Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster (2023)

as (archive footage)

Saving Elodie
Saving Elodie (2022)

as Granddad

2010s

3 titles · average score 76
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
GoodWatch score 76

as Engineer

Twilight of the Gods
Twilight of the Gods (2013)

as Richard Wagner

A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee
A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee (2013)

as (archive footage)

2000s

2 titles · average score 39
Chemical Wedding
Chemical Wedding (2008)
GoodWatch score 39

as Dean

The Ties That Bind Us
The Ties That Bind Us (2008)

as Captain Mike Yates (archive footage)

1990s

2 titles · average score 63
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time (1993)
GoodWatch score 47

as Mike Yates

Heartbeat
Heartbeat (1992)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Doctor

1980s

3 titles · average score 79
Blake's 7: Aftermath
Blake's 7: Aftermath (1986)

as Federation Trooper

Waving to a Train
Waving to a Train (1984)

as Young Richard

Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors (1983)
GoodWatch score 79

as Captain Yates

1970s

11 titles · average score 69
Blake's 7
Blake's 7 (1978)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Federation Trooper

Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders (1974)

as Mike Yates

Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs (1974)

as Mike Yates

Doctor Who: The Green Death
Doctor Who: The Green Death (1973)

as Captain Mike Yates

Doctor Who: The Time Monster
Doctor Who: The Time Monster (1972)
GoodWatch score 63

as Captain Mike Yates

Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks (1972)

as Captain Yates

Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil (1971)

as Captain Mike Yates

Doctor Who: The Dæmons
Doctor Who: The Dæmons (1971)

as Captain Mike Yates

Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons (1971)

as Captain Mike Yates

Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos (1971)

as Captain Mike Yates

Little Women
Little Women (1970)

TV show · as Jack Scott

1960s

3 titles · average score 72
The Fiction Makers
The Fiction Makers (1968)
GoodWatch score 66

as 2nd Guard

Doctor Who
Doctor Who (1963)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Captain Mike Yates / Mike Yates

The Saint
The Saint (1962)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as 2nd Guard

1950s

1 title · average score 64
Dixon of Dock Green
Dixon of Dock Green (1955)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as 2nd PBX Operator