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
CREDITS
PHOTOS
TV Series
Are You Being Served?
7.2
The Avengers
7.734
Grace & Favour
8.2
The Goodies
7.5
Richard & Judy
2.9
Last of the Summer Wine
7.1
Dixon of Dock Green
5.3
The Champions
6.1
It's a Square World
0
The New Avengers
7
From a Bird's Eye View
5.5
Fall of Eagles
6.8
The Adventures of William Tell
6.3
Pebble Mill
3.1
HMS Paradise
0
The Cheaters
0
The BBC Television Shakespeare
6
The Kenny Everett Television Show
7
Hancock's Half Hour
7.5
The World of Beachcomber
0
Blankety Blank
4.6
Crown Court
5.4
The Sooty Show
6.1
The Sooty Show
6.1
Casualty
6.1
The Gentle Touch
6.9
The Man in Room 17
5.3
The Goodies
7.5
The Goodies
7.5
The Adventures of William Tell
6.3
Sykes
6.4
Coronation Street
5.338
The Four Just Men
6.5
Suspense
5.5
Movies
Are You Being Served? The Movie
4.8
The Bed Sitting Room
5.933
Till Death Us Do Part
7.2
The Wild Affair
5.4
The Big Job
6.7
The Old Curiosity Shop
6.3
The Taming of the Shrew
7.8
The Assassination Bureau
6.6
Spanish Fly
4.65
Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
0
The Silent Witness
0
Gonks Go Beat
2.8
Johnny, You're Wanted
5
Are You Being Served? Secrets & Scandals
7
Cracked Nuts
7
The Early Bird
7.6
Keep It Up, Jack!
3.654
Victim
7.462
The Three Musketeers
6.785
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
4.2
Run For Your Wife
3.85
Crooks and Coronets
8.3
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
0
That Sinking Feeling
0
Radio Cab Murder
5.4
No Sex Please: We're British
5.1
Danny the Dragon
0
Dannicaforilithermidor
0
The Magic Christian
5.7
The Florentine Dagger
5.7
A Flea in Her Ear
6.2
Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
4.6
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
6.8
Carry On Screaming!
6.5
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
6
Side by Side
6.5
Lucy in London
6
It's Trad, Dad!
5.6
Ride of the Valkyrie
4
Red, White, and Zero
5
The Comedy Man
7.1
The Impersonator
5.6
Portrait of Alison
6.2
All the Way Up
6
Some Will, Some Won't
4.75
Bless This House
6.304
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
6.7
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
6.125
Our Miss Fred
6.4
Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box
0
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
6.667
We Love Are You Being Served?
0
The Tomb of Ligeia
6.3
That's Your Funeral
1.5
The BFG
6.4
Gosford Park
6.8
The Making of 'Gosford Park'
5
Cloak Without Dagger
7.25
Doomsday at Eleven
0
Operation Stogie
2
Road Test Pedestrians
0