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.
Fotos
Filme (69)

Are You Being Served? Secrets & Scandals
2022 · Archive Footage

Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
2022 · Self (archive)

We Love Are You Being Served?
2020

Run For Your Wife
2012 · Man on Bus
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005 · Self

The Making of Gosford Park
2002 · Self (uncredited)

Muerte a la media noche
2001 · Mr. Burkett

Great Comedy Moments
2001 · Captain Stephen Peacock (archive footage)

Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box
2001 · Self

What's a Carry On?
1998 · Self (uncredited)

The Old Curiosity Shop
1995

The BFG
1990 · Mr. Tibbs (voice)

Royal Variety Performance 1984
1984

The Taming of the Shrew
1980 · Gremio

Ride of the Valkyrie
1977

Are You Being Served? The Movie
1977 · Captain Stephen Peacock

The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
1976 · Whitlow

Spanish Fly
1976 · Dr. Johnson
The Boundary
1975

Side by Side
1975 · Inspector Crumb

Vampira
1974 · Mr. King

Keep It Up, Jack!
1974 · Mr. Clarke

The Three Musketeers
1973 · Man in Small Carriage (uncredited)

Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
1973 · Estate Agent
That Sinking Feeling
1973 · Arthur

No Sex Please - We're British
1973 · Glass Shop Manager

Steptoe & Son Ride Again
1973 · Mr. Russell

Our Miss Fred
1972 · British Colonel

That's Your Funeral
1972 · Town Clerk

Bless This House
1972 · Mr. Jones

Up the Chastity Belt
1972 · Master of Ceremonies

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
1970 · Tom Stoddart

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
1970 · Porter

All the Way Up
1970 · Mr Driver

Some Will, Some Won't
1970 · Purvis

The Magic Christian
1969 · Police Inspector

The Bed Sitting Room
1969 · The BBC

Crooks and Coronets
1969 · Cyril

The Assassination Bureau
1969 · Elevator victim (uncredited)

Till Death Us Do Part
1969 · Valuation Officer

A Flea in Her Ear
1968 · Charles, the Butler

The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
1968 · Factory Manager

If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
1968 · The Undertaker

30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
1968 · Registrar

Red, White, and Zero
1968

Lucy in London
1966 · Passport Officer, Customs Officer (uncredited)

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966 · Slave Driver

Carry On Screaming!
1966 · Mr. Jones

Danny the Dragon
1966
Dannicaforilithermidor
1966 · Sergeant Bull

The Wild Affair
1965 · Wine Shop Manager

The Early Bird
1965 · Drunken Doctor

The Big Job
1965 · Bank Official

Gonks Go Beat
1965 · Mr. A&R

The Tomb of Ligeia
1964 · Peperel

The Comedy Man
1964 · Producer

It's Trad, Dad!
1962 · TV Director

Operation Stogie
1962 · Hotel receptionist (uncredited)
Doomsday at Eleven
1962 · BBC Announcer

Victim
1961 · George - Henry's Assistant (uncredited)

The Impersonator
1961 · Police Sargeant

Battle of the V-1
1958 · British Scientist (uncredited)

Cloak Without Dagger
1956 · False James Markley

Johnny, You're Wanted
1956 · Police Inspector

Portrait of Alison
1955 · Police Photographer

The Silent Witness
1954 · The Barman (uncredited)

Radio Cab Murder
1954 · Inspector Finch

The Florentine Dagger
1935 · (uncredited)

Cracked Nuts
1931 · Revolutionary
Serien (41)

Richard & Judy
2001 · Self

Grace & Favour
1992 · Capt Stephen Peacock RASC (Ex)
Pebble Mill
1991 · Self

Great Expectations
1989 · Mr Trabb

Casualty
1986 · Edward Gutheridge

The Kenny Everett Television Show
1982 · Various

Blankety Blank
1979

The New Avengers
1976 · Roland

Fall of Eagles
1974 · Prince Albert

Last of the Summer Wine
1973 · Truly
The Reg Varney Revue
1972

Crown Court
1972 · Professor McIver

Sykes
1972 · Dr. Taplow

Are You Being Served?
1972 · Captain Peacock

...And Mother Makes Three
1971 · Store Manager

The Goodies
1970 · Waiter, Master of Ceremonies
Ben Travers Farces
1970 · Claude Hickett MP

From a Bird's Eye View
1970 · Spinks
The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm
1969 · King Kong

The Champions
1968 · Clerk
B and B
1968 · Benjamin Burton
The World of Beachcomber
1968 · Various Roles

Not in Front of the Children
1967 · Mr Wilkinson

The Troubleshooters
1965 · Television Interviewer

The Man in Room 17
1965 · Chief Inspector Bascombe
Six Shades of Black
1965 · Mr Inchcape-Lewis
HMS Paradise
1964 · Commander Fairweather

Steptoe and Son
1962 · Seller, Barman, Butler, The Frenchman

It's a Square World
1961

The Avengers
1961

The Cheaters
1960 · Long

Coronation Street
1960 · Danny Roach
The Dickie Henderson Show
1960

Danger Man
1960 · Police Captain, Pepe

The Four Just Men
1959 · Clerk, Coroner, Hotel Manager (uncredited)

The Adventures of William Tell
1958 · Tax Collector, Heinburgher

Armchair Theatre
1956 · Station Sergeant, Arthur - The Groom's Father

Hancock's Half Hour
1956

Dixon of Dock Green
1955 · PC Cox

The Sooty Show
1955 · Mr Wolfe, Dr. Hugh

Sunday Night Theatre
1950 · Sailor

