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Frank Thornton

Actor

Frank Thornton

15 January 1921† 16 March 2013 (aged 92) Dulwich, London, England, UK
Movies
67
Shows
36

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.

IMDb

Known For

Gosford Park

6.82001

The Three Musketeers

6.71973

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

6.81970

The Tomb of Ligeia

6.41964

The BFG

6.41990

Victim

7.51961

The Avengers

7.81961

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

6.11966

Coronation Street

5.31960

Carry On Screaming!

6.51966

Are You Being Served?

7.31972

The Assassination Bureau

6.71969

Casualty

6.21986

Are You Being Served? The Movie

5.01977

The Bed Sitting Room

5.91969

The New Avengers

7.21976

The Magic Christian

5.81969

Last of the Summer Wine

7.21973

Steptoe and Son

7.81962

The Early Bird

7.51965

Are You Being Served? Secrets & Scandals

7.02022

Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs

2022

We Love Are You Being Served?

2020

Run For Your Wife

4.42012

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

6.52005

The Making of Gosford Park

5.32002

Gosford Park

6.82001

Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box

10.02001

What's a Carry On?

7.71998

The Old Curiosity Shop

7.21995

The BFG

6.41990

Royal Variety Performance 1984

1984

The Taming of the Shrew

8.01980

Ride of the Valkyrie

6.31977

Are You Being Served? The Movie

5.01977

The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones

3.51976

Spanish Fly

4.81976

The Boundary

10.01975

Side by Side

6.71975

Keep It Up, Jack!

3.81974

The Three Musketeers

6.71973

Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World

4.81973

That Sinking Feeling

1973

No Sex Please - We're British

5.21973

Steptoe & Son Ride Again

6.71973

Our Miss Fred

6.11972

That's Your Funeral

4.21972

Bless This House

6.41972

Up the Chastity Belt

4.21972

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

6.11970

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

6.81970

All the Way Up

7.01970

Some Will, Some Won't

5.21970

The Magic Christian

5.81969

The Bed Sitting Room

5.91969

Crooks and Coronets

8.21969

The Assassination Bureau

6.71969

Till Death Us Do Part

7.61969

A Flea in Her Ear

6.51968

The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom

6.81968

If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them

9.01968

30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!

5.41968

Red, White, and Zero

5.01968

Lucy in London

6.51966

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

6.11966

Carry On Screaming!

6.51966

Danny the Dragon

10.01966

Dannicaforilithermidor

1966

The Wild Affair

5.31965

The Early Bird

7.51965

The Big Job

6.71965

Gonks Go Beat

3.81965

The Tomb of Ligeia

6.41964

The Comedy Man

7.11964

It's Trad, Dad!

5.71962

Operation Stogie

6.01962

Doomsday at Eleven

9.01962

Victim

7.51961

The Impersonator

6.11961

Battle of the V-1

5.21958