Frank Thornton
Known for: Acting
Born: January 15, 1921
Died: March 16, 2013
Frank Thornton Ball (15 January 1921 - 16 March 2013), professionally known as Frank Thornton, was an English actor. He was known for playing Captain Peacock in Are You Being Served? (1972-1985) and its sequel Grace & Favour and as Herbert "Truly" Truelove in Last of the Summer Wine.
Known for
The Boundary
1975
Gonks Go Beat
1965
Are You Being Served? The Movie
1977
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
1968
Ride of the Valkyrie
1977
Red, White, and Zero
1968
The Taming of the Shrew
1980
The Silent Witness
1954
Keep It Up, Jack!
1974
Spanish Fly
1976
Dannicaforilithermidor
1966
Danny the Dragon
1966
Side by Side
1975
The Impersonator
1961
We Love Are You Being Served?
2020
The Tomb of Ligeia
1964
Johnny, You're Wanted
1956
Are You Being Served? Secrets & Scandals
2022
Cracked Nuts
1931
The BFG
1990
The Bed Sitting Room
1969
Till Death Us Do Part
1969
Crooks and Coronets
1969
That Sinking Feeling
1973
A Flea in Her Ear
1968
All the Way Up
1970
Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box
2001
The Early Bird
1965
Cloak Without Dagger
1956
Lucy in London
1966
It's Trad, Dad!
1962
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
1968
The Big Job
1965
Radio Cab Murder
1954
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
1968
No Sex Please - We're British
1973
Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
1973
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
1973
Our Miss Fred
1972
Carry On Screaming!
1966
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966
Portrait of Alison
1955
That's Your Funeral
1972
Up the Chastity Belt
1972
Doomsday at Eleven
1962
Operation Stogie
1962
The Old Curiosity Shop
1995
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
1970
The Wild Affair
1965
Some Will, Some Won't
1970
Victim
1961
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
1976
The Magic Christian
1969
The Comedy Man
1964
The Three Musketeers
1973
Bless This House
1972
The Assassination Bureau
1969
Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
2022
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
1970
The Florentine Dagger
1935
Gosford Park
2001
The Making of Gosford Park
2002
Run For Your Wife
2012
Battle of the V-1
1958
Royal Variety Performance 1984
1984
Are You Being Served?
1972
The Avengers
1961
Grace & Favour
1992
Richard & Judy
2001
Last of the Summer Wine
1973
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
The Champions
1968
It's a Square World
1961
From a Bird's Eye View
1970
The New Avengers
1976
Fall of Eagles
1974
The Adventures of William Tell
1958
Pebble Mill
1991
HMS Paradise
1964
The Cheaters
1960
The Kenny Everett Television Show
1982
Hancock's Half Hour
1956
Blankety Blank
1979
Crown Court
1972
The Sooty Show
1955
Casualty
1986
The Man in Room 17
1965
The Goodies
1970
Sykes
1972
Coronation Street
1960
The Four Just Men
1959
The Dickie Henderson Show
1960
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
Ben Travers Farces
1970
The World of Beachcomber
1968
Great Expectations
1989
The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm
1969
Armchair Theatre
1956
Not in Front of the Children
1967
Danger Man
1960
Steptoe and Son
1962
What's a Carry On?
1998