Frank Thornton
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.
Filmography (103)
Are You Being Served? Secrets & Scandals
Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
We Love Are You Being Served?
Run For Your Wife- The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
The Making of Gosford Park- Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box
Gosford Park
Richard & Judy
What's a Carry On?
The Old Curiosity Shop
Grace & Favour- Pebble Mill
The BFG
Great Expectations
Casualty
Royal Variety Performance 1984
The Kenny Everett Television Show
The Taming of the Shrew
Blankety Blank
Ride of the Valkyrie
Are You Being Served? The Movie
The New Avengers
Spanish Fly
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones- The Boundary
Side by Side
Fall of Eagles
Keep It Up, Jack!
Last of the Summer Wine
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
The Three Musketeers
No Sex Please - We're British
Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World- That Sinking Feeling
Are You Being Served?
Sykes
Bless This House
Our Miss Fred
Crown Court
That's Your Funeral
Up the Chastity Belt
The Goodies
All the Way Up
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
From a Bird's Eye View
Some Will, Some Won't- Ben Travers Farces
- The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm
Crooks and Coronets
Till Death Us Do Part
The Assassination Bureau
The Bed Sitting Room
The Magic Christian
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them- The World of Beachcomber
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
The Champions
A Flea in Her Ear
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
Red, White, and Zero
Not in Front of the Children
Danny the Dragon
Carry On Screaming!
Lucy in London
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum- Dannicaforilithermidor
The Early Bird
The Big Job
The Man in Room 17
The Wild Affair
Gonks Go Beat
The Comedy Man
The Tomb of Ligeia- HMS Paradise
- Doomsday at Eleven
Steptoe and Son
Operation Stogie
It's Trad, Dad!
The Avengers
Victim
It's a Square World
The Impersonator
The Cheaters
Danger Man
Coronation Street- The Dickie Henderson Show
The Four Just Men
The Adventures of William Tell
Battle of the V-1
Cloak Without Dagger
Hancock's Half Hour
Johnny, You're Wanted
Armchair Theatre
The Sooty Show
Portrait of Alison
Dixon of Dock Green
The Silent Witness
Radio Cab Murder
Sunday Night Theatre
The Florentine Dagger
Cracked Nuts