Frank Thornton
Acting
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.
As actor 104
Coronation Street
1960
The Avengers
1961
Casualty
1986
Crown Court
1972
Richard & Judy
2001
Pebble Mill
1991
The Sooty Show
1955
Last of the Summer Wine
1973
Blankety Blank
1979
The Man in Room 17
1965
Danger Man
1960
The Champions
1968
Are You Being Served?
1972
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
The Goodies
1970
The New Avengers
1976
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
Sykes
1972
Steptoe and Son
1962
Hancock's Half Hour
1956
Gosford Park
2001
The Four Just Men
1959
The Dickie Henderson Show
1960
The Cheaters
1960
It's a Square World
1961
Fall of Eagles
1974
The Kenny Everett Television Show
1982
The Adventures of William Tell
1958
Not in Front of the Children
1967
The Three Musketeers
1973
HMS Paradise
1964
Grace & Favour
1992
Ben Travers Farces
1970
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
1970
The Assassination Bureau
1969
The BFG
1990
The World of Beachcomber
1968
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966
From a Bird's Eye View
1970
The Magic Christian
1969
Great Expectations
1989
Carry On Screaming!
1966
Are You Being Served? The Movie
1977
Cracked Nuts
1931
Armchair Theatre
1956
The Big Job
1965
The Tomb of Ligeia
1964
Victim
1961
The Bed Sitting Room
1969
Portrait of Alison
1955
That's Your Funeral
1972
Run For Your Wife
2012
The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm
1969
Battle of the V-1
1958
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
1970
No Sex Please - We're British
1973
The Early Bird
1965
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
Bless This House
1972
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
1976
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
1968
Side by Side
1975
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
1968
The Wild Affair
1965
Keep It Up, Jack!
1974
Red, White, and Zero
1968
The Comedy Man
1964
Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
1973
Some Will, Some Won't
1970
Royal Variety Performance 1984
1984
Till Death Us Do Part
1969
Our Miss Fred
1972
Spanish Fly
1976
Ride of the Valkyrie
1977
Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box
2001
Lucy in London
1966
The Making of Gosford Park
2002
All the Way Up
1970
Six Shades of Black
1965
It's Trad, Dad!
1962
Doomsday at Eleven
1962
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
1973
Johnny, You're Wanted
1956
Crooks and Coronets
1969
Up the Chastity Belt
1972
A Flea in Her Ear
1968
Cloak Without Dagger
1956
The Florentine Dagger
1935
What's a Carry On?
1998
Radio Cab Murder
1954
Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
2022
Operation Stogie
1962
The Boundary
1975
The Taming of the Shrew
1980
The Impersonator
1961
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
1968
Gonks Go Beat
1965
The Old Curiosity Shop
1995
We Love Are You Being Served?
2020
Are You Being Served? Secrets & Scandals
2022
The Silent Witness
1954
Dannicaforilithermidor
1966
Danny the Dragon
1966
That Sinking Feeling
1973