Frank Thornton

Biography

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

Are You Being Served? The Movie

10 June, 1977

The Bed Sitting Room

1 June, 1969

Till Death Us Do Part

1 January, 1969

The Wild Affair

5 December, 1965

The Big Job

1 January, 1965

The Old Curiosity Shop

19 March, 1995

The Taming of the Shrew

23 October, 1980

The Assassination Bureau

9 March, 1969

Spanish Fly

1 February, 1976

Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs

5 March, 2022

The Silent Witness

1 October, 1954

Gonks Go Beat

24 May, 1965

Johnny, You're Wanted

20 January, 1956

Are You Being Served? Secrets & Scandals

28 May, 2022

Cracked Nuts

18 April, 1931

The Early Bird

30 November, 1965

Keep It Up, Jack!

27 June, 1974

Victim

1 August, 1961

The Three Musketeers

11 December, 1973

30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!

4 March, 1968

Run For Your Wife

16 May, 2012

Crooks and Coronets

2 April, 1969

If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them

3 August, 1968

That Sinking Feeling

13 November, 1973

Radio Cab Murder

1 October, 1954

No Sex Please: We're British

25 July, 1973

Danny the Dragon

1 January, 1966

Dannicaforilithermidor

1 January, 1966

The Magic Christian

12 December, 1969

The Florentine Dagger

30 March, 1935

A Flea in Her Ear

27 November, 1968

Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World

1 December, 1973

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

29 October, 1970

Carry On Screaming!

20 May, 1966

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

16 October, 1966

Side by Side

30 April, 1975

Lucy in London

24 October, 1966

It's Trad, Dad!

30 March, 1962

Ride of the Valkyrie

29 October, 1977

Red, White, and Zero

21 December, 1979

The Comedy Man

3 September, 1964

The Impersonator

1 May, 1961

Portrait of Alison

29 November, 1955

All the Way Up

1 June, 1970

Some Will, Some Won't

1 April, 1970

Bless This House

8 September, 1972

Steptoe & Son Ride Again

1 May, 1973

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

12 November, 1970

Our Miss Fred

14 December, 1972

Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box

12 June, 2001

The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom

11 September, 1968

We Love Are You Being Served?

28 August, 2020

The Tomb of Ligeia

29 November, 1964

That's Your Funeral

1 December, 1972

The BFG

25 December, 1989

Gosford Park

26 December, 2001

The Making of 'Gosford Park'

18 June, 2002

Cloak Without Dagger

31 May, 1956

Doomsday at Eleven

1 January, 1962

Operation Stogie

5 March, 1962

Are You Being Served?

1972

The Avengers

1961

Grace & Favour

1992

The Goodies

1970

Richard & Judy

2001

Last of the Summer Wine

1973

Dixon of Dock Green

1955

The Champions

1968

It's a Square World

1961

The New Avengers

1976

From a Bird's Eye View

1970

Fall of Eagles

1974

The Adventures of William Tell

1958

Pebble Mill

1991

HMS Paradise

1964

The Cheaters

1960

The BBC Television Shakespeare

1978

The Kenny Everett Television Show

1982

Hancock's Half Hour

1956

The World of Beachcomber

1968

Blankety Blank

1979

Crown Court

1972

The Sooty Show

1955

The Sooty Show

1955

Casualty

1986

The Gentle Touch

1980

The Man in Room 17

1965

The Goodies

1970

The Goodies

1970

The Adventures of William Tell

1958

Sykes

1972

Coronation Street

1960

The Four Just Men

1959

Suspense

1962

The Dickie Henderson Show

1960