Birthday
1921/01/15
Day of death
2013/03/16 (92 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Dulwich, London, England, UK
Also know as
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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.
(1977) Are You Being Served? The Movie
as Captain Stephen Peacock
(1969) The Bed Sitting Room
as The BBC
(1969) Till Death Us Do Part
as Valuation Officer
(1965) The Wild Affair
as Wine Shop Manager
(1965) The Big Job
as Bank Official
(1995) The Old Curiosity Shop
as ---
(1980) The Taming of the Shrew
as Gremio
(1969) The Assassination Bureau
as Elevator victim (uncredited)
(1976) Spanish Fly
as Dr. Johnson
(2022) Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
as Self (archive)
(1954) The Silent Witness
as The Barman (uncredited)
(1965) Gonks Go Beat
as Mr. A&R
(1956) Johnny, You're Wanted
as Police Inspector
(2022) Are You Being Served? Secrets & Scandals
as Archive Footage
(1931) Cracked Nuts
as Revolutionary
(1965) The Early Bird
as Drunken Doctor
(1974) Keep It Up, Jack!
as Mr. Clarke
(1961) Victim
as George - Henry's Assistant (uncredited)
(1973) The Three Musketeers
as Man in Small Carriage (uncredited)
(1968) 30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
as Registrar
(2012) Run For Your Wife
as Man on Bus
(1969) Crooks and Coronets
as Cyril
(1968) If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
as ---
(1973) That Sinking Feeling
as Arthur
(1954) Radio Cab Murder
as Inspector Finch
(1973) No Sex Please: We're British
as Glass Shop Manager
(1966) Danny the Dragon
as ---
(1966) Dannicaforilithermidor
as Sergeant Bull
(1969) The Magic Christian
as Police Inspector
(1935) The Florentine Dagger
as (uncredited)
(1968) A Flea in Her Ear
as Charles, the Butler
(1973) Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
as Estate Agent
(1970) The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
as Porter
(1966) Carry On Screaming!
as Mr. Jones
(1966) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
as Slave Driver
(1975) Side by Side
as ---
(1966) Lucy in London
as Passport Officer
(1962) It's Trad, Dad!
as TV Director
(1977) Ride of the Valkyrie
as ---
(1979) Red, White, and Zero
as ---
(1964) The Comedy Man
as Producer
(1961) The Impersonator
as Police Sargeant
(1955) Portrait of Alison
as Police Photographer
(1970) All the Way Up
as Mr Driver
(1970) Some Will, Some Won't
as Purvis
(1972) Bless This House
as Mr Jones
(1973) Steptoe & Son Ride Again
as Mr. Russell
(1970) The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
as Tom Stoddart
(1972) Our Miss Fred
as British Colonel
(2001) Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box
as ---
(1968) The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
as Factory Manager
(2020) We Love Are You Being Served?
as ---
(1964) The Tomb of Ligeia
as Peperel
(1972) That's Your Funeral
as Town Clerk
(1989) The BFG
as Mr. Tibbs (voice)
(2001) Gosford Park
as Mr. Burkett
(2002) The Making of 'Gosford Park'
as Self (uncredited)
(1956) Cloak Without Dagger
as Mr. Markley
(1962) Doomsday at Eleven
as BBC Announcer
(1972) Are You Being Served?
as Captain Peacock
(1961) The Avengers
as ---
(1992) Grace & Favour
as Capt Stephen Peacock RASC (Ex)
(1970) The Goodies
as ---
(2001) Richard & Judy
as Self
(1973) Last of the Summer Wine
as Truly
(1955) Dixon of Dock Green
as PC Cox
(1968) The Champions
as Clerk
(1961) It's a Square World
as ---
(1976) The New Avengers
as Roland
(1970) From a Bird's Eye View
as Spinks
(1974) Fall of Eagles
as Prince Albert
(1958) The Adventures of William Tell
as Tax Collector
(1991) Pebble Mill
as Self
(1964) HMS Paradise
as ---
(1960) The Cheaters
as Long
(1978) The BBC Television Shakespeare
as ---
(1982) The Kenny Everett Television Show
as Various
(1956) Hancock's Half Hour
as ---
(1968) The World of Beachcomber
as ---
(1979) Blankety Blank
as ---
(1972) Crown Court
as Professor McIver
(1982) The Kenny Everett Television Show
as Guest
(1955) The Sooty Show
as Mr Wolfe
(1955) The Sooty Show
as Dr. Hugh
(1986) Casualty
as Edward Gutheridge
(1980) The Gentle Touch
as Leo
(1965) The Man In Room 17
as Chief Inspector Bascombe
(1970) The Goodies
as Waiter
(1970) The Goodies
as Master of Ceremonies
(1958) The Adventures of William Tell
as Heinburgher
(1972) Sykes
as Dr. Taplow
(1973) Last of the Summer Wine
as Himself
(1960) Coronation Street
as Danny Roach
(1959) The Four Just Men
as Clerk