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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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Dulwich, London, England, UK, 1921-01-15

Died: 2013-03-16

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1931	Cracked Nuts	Revolutionary	70
2	1935	The Florentine Dagger	(uncredited)	57
3	1954	The Silent Witness	The Barman (uncredited)	0
4	1954	Radio Cab Murder	Inspector Finch	54
5	1955	Portrait of Alison	Police Photographer	62
6	1956	Johnny, You're Wanted	Police Inspector	50
7	1956	Cloak Without Dagger	Mr. Markley	73
8	1961	The Impersonator	Police Sargeant	56
9	1961	Victim	George - Henry's Assistant (uncredited)	75
10	1962	Doomsday at Eleven	BBC Announcer	0
11	1962	Operation Stogie	Hotel receptionist (uncredited)	20
12	1962	It's Trad, Dad!	TV Director	56
13	1964	The Comedy Man	Producer	71
14	1964	The Tomb of Ligeia	Peperel	62
15	1965	The Big Job	Bank Official	67
16	1965	Gonks Go Beat	Mr. A&R	28
17	1965	The Early Bird	Drunken Doctor	76
18	1965	The Wild Affair	Wine Shop Manager	54
19	1966	Danny the Dragon		0
20	1966	Dannicaforilithermidor	Sergeant Bull	0
21	1966	Carry On Screaming!	Mr. Jones	65
22	1966	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum	Slave Driver	60
23	1966	Lucy in London	Passport Officer	60
24	1968	30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!	Registrar	42
25	1968	If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them		0
26	1968	The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom	Factory Manager	67
27	1968	A Flea in Her Ear	Charles, the Butler	62
28	1969	Till Death Us Do Part	Valuation Officer	72
29	1969	The Assassination Bureau	Elevator victim (uncredited)	66
30	1969	Crooks and Coronets	Cyril	83
31	1969	The Bed Sitting Room	The BBC	59
32	1969	The Magic Christian	Police Inspector	57
33	1970	Some Will, Some Won't	Purvis	48
34	1970	All the Way Up	Mr Driver	60
35	1970	The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes	Porter	68
36	1970	The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer	Tom Stoddart	61
37	1972	Bless This House	Mr. Jones	63
38	1972	That's Your Funeral	Town Clerk	15
39	1972	Our Miss Fred	British Colonel	64
40	1973	Steptoe & Son Ride Again	Mr. Russell	67
41	1973	No Sex Please: We're British	Glass Shop Manager	51
42	1973	That Sinking Feeling	Arthur	0
43	1973	Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World	Estate Agent	46
44	1973	The Three Musketeers	Man in Small Carriage (uncredited)	68
45	1974	Keep It Up, Jack!	Mr. Clarke	37
46	1975	Side by Side		65
47	1976	Spanish Fly	Dr. Johnson	47
48	1977	Are You Being Served? The Movie	Captain Stephen Peacock	48
49	1977	Ride of the Valkyrie		40
50	1979	Red, White, and Zero		50
51	1980	The Taming of the Shrew	Gremio	78
52	1989	The BFG	Mr. Tibbs (voice)	64
53	1995	The Old Curiosity Shop		63
54	2001	Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box		0
55	2001	Gosford Park	Mr. Burkett	68
56	2002	The Making of 'Gosford Park'	Self (uncredited)	50
57	2012	Run For Your Wife	Man on Bus	44
58	2020	We Love Are You Being Served?		0
59	2022	Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs	Self (archive)	0
60	2022	Are You Being Served? Secrets & Scandals	Archive Footage	70

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1950	Sunday Night Theatre	Sailor	35
2	1955	The Sooty Show	Dr. Hugh	61
3	1955	The Sooty Show	Mr Wolfe	61
4	1955	Dixon of Dock Green	PC Cox	53
5	1956	Hancock's Half Hour		75
6	1958	The Adventures of William Tell	Tax Collector	63
7	1958	The Adventures of William Tell	Heinburgher	63
8	1959	The Four Just Men	Clerk	65
9	1960	The Dickie Henderson Show		0
10	1960	Coronation Street	Danny Roach	54
11	1960	The Cheaters	Long	0
12	1961	The Avengers		77
13	1961	It's a Square World		0
14	1962	Suspense	Det Insp Gwilliam	55
15	1964	HMS Paradise	Commander Fairweather	0
16	1965	The Man in Room 17	Chief Inspector Bascombe	53
17	1968	The World of Beachcomber		0
18	1968	The Champions	Clerk	61
19	1970	From a Bird's Eye View	Spinks	55
20	1970	The Goodies	Waiter	75
21	1970	The Goodies	Master of Ceremonies	75
22	1972	Are You Being Served?	Captain Peacock	73
23	1972	Sykes	Dr. Taplow	64
24	1972	Crown Court	Professor McIver	54
25	1973	Last of the Summer Wine	Truly	71
26	1974	Fall of Eagles	Prince Albert	68
27	1976	The New Avengers	Roland	70
28	1978	The BBC Television Shakespeare	Gremio	60
29	1979	Blankety Blank		46
30	1980	The Gentle Touch	Leo	69
31	1982	The Kenny Everett Television Show	Various	70
32	1986	Casualty	Edward Gutheridge	61
33	1991	Pebble Mill	Self	31
34	1992	Grace & Favour	Capt Stephen Peacock RASC (Ex)	82
35	2001	Richard & Judy	Self	29