Frank Thornton

ActingBorn 1921-01-15Died 2013-03-16 (92)Dulwich, London, England, UK

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.

Frank Thornton

Known For

Crooks and Coronets

Grace & Favour

The Taming of the Shrew

What's a Carry On?

The Avengers

The Early Bird

The Goodies

The Goodies

Victim

Till Death Us Do Part

Filmography

Are You Being Served? Secrets & Scandals

Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs

We Love Are You Being Served?

Run For Your Wife

The Making of Gosford Park

Gosford Park

Richard & Judy

What's a Carry On?

The Old Curiosity Shop

Grace & Favour

The BFG

Great Expectations

Casualty

Royal Variety Performance 1984

The Kenny Everett Television Show

The Taming of the Shrew

The Gentle Touch

Blankety Blank

Ride of the Valkyrie

Are You Being Served? The Movie

The New Avengers

The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones

Spanish Fly

Side by Side

Keep It Up, Jack!

Fall of Eagles

The Three Musketeers

Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World

No Sex Please - We're British

Steptoe & Son Ride Again

Last of the Summer Wine

Our Miss Fred

That's Your Funeral

Crown Court

Sykes

Bless This House

Are You Being Served?

Up the Chastity Belt

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

The Goodies

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

From a Bird's Eye View

All the Way Up

Some Will, Some Won't

The Magic Christian

The Bed Sitting Room

Crooks and Coronets

The Assassination Bureau

Till Death Us Do Part

A Flea in Her Ear

The Champions

The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom

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

30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!

Red, White, and Zero

Lucy in London

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Carry On Screaming!

Danny the Dragon

The Wild Affair

The Early Bird

The Big Job

The Man in Room 17

Gonks Go Beat

The Tomb of Ligeia

The Comedy Man

It's Trad, Dad!