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.
102 acting credits
Acting · 102
The Avengers
1961
Coronation Street
1960
Casualty
1986
Crown Court
1972
Last of the Summer Wine
1973
The Champions
1968
Richard & Judy
2001
Danger Man
1960
Pebble Mill
1991
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
The Sooty Show
1955
Blankety Blank
1979
Are You Being Served?
1972
The New Avengers
1976
The Goodies
1970
Hancock's Half Hour
1956
Sykes
1972
Fall of Eagles
1974
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
The Gentle Touch
1980
The Kenny Everett Television Show
1982
The Adventures of William Tell
1958
Gosford Park
2001
The Man in Room 17
1965
The Three Musketeers
1973
The Four Just Men
1959
Lucy in London
1966
The Dickie Henderson Show
1960
The Cheaters
1960
Armchair Theatre
1956
Not in Front of the Children
1967
Great Expectations
1989
From a Bird's Eye View
1970
HMS Paradise
1964
Grace & Favour
1992
The Making of Gosford Park
2002
The Assassination Bureau
1969
Ben Travers Farces
1970
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
1970
It's a Square World
1961
Victim
1961
The Magic Christian
1969
The BFG
1990
Carry On Screaming!
1966
The World of Beachcomber
1968
Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
1973
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
1973
Are You Being Served? The Movie
1977
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
1970
The Bed Sitting Room
1969
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
1968
The Tomb of Ligeia
1964
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
Run For Your Wife
2012
The Florentine Dagger
1935
The Old Curiosity Shop
1995
What's a Carry On?
1998
Red, White, and Zero
1968
Bless This House
1972
Our Miss Fred
1972
Up the Chastity Belt
1972
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
1976
Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
2022
Till Death Us Do Part
1969
The Wild Affair
1965
The Taming of the Shrew
1980
No Sex Please - We're British
1973
The Big Job
1965
The Comedy Man
1964
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
1968
The Early Bird
1965
All the Way Up
1970
A Flea in Her Ear
1968
Some Will, Some Won't
1970
Royal Variety Performance 1984
1984
Portrait of Alison
1955
It's Trad, Dad!
1962
That's Your Funeral
1972
Spanish Fly
1976
Keep It Up, Jack!
1974
Cloak Without Dagger
1956
The Impersonator
1961
Crooks and Coronets
1969
The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm
1969
Battle of the V-1
1958
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
1968
That Sinking Feeling
1973
Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box
2001
Johnny, You're Wanted
1956
Side by Side
1975
Radio Cab Murder
1954
Cracked Nuts
1931
Operation Stogie
1962
Doomsday at Eleven
1962
Gonks Go Beat
1965
Ride of the Valkyrie
1977
We Love Are You Being Served?
2020
Are You Being Served? Secrets & Scandals
2022
Dannicaforilithermidor
1966
Danny the Dragon
1966
The Silent Witness
1954