Frank Thornton
Born: 1921-01-15 in Dulwich, London, England, UK
Died: 2013-03-16
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2022
- Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs as Self (archive)
- Are You Being Served? Secrets & Scandals as Archive Footage
2012
- Run For Your Wife as Man on Bus
2005
2002
- The Making of Gosford Park as Self (uncredited)
2001
- Richard & Judy as Self
- Gosford Park as Mr. Burkett
- Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box as Self
1998
- What's a Carry On? as Self (uncredited)
1992
- Grace & Favour as Capt Stephen Peacock RASC (Ex)
1991
- Pebble Mill as Self
1990
- The BFG as Mr. Tibbs (voice)
1989
- Great Expectations as Mr Trabb
1986
- Casualty as Edward Gutheridge
1982
- The Kenny Everett Television Show as Various
1980
- The Gentle Touch as Leo
- The Taming of the Shrew as Gremio
1979
1977
- Are You Being Served? The Movie as Captain Stephen Peacock
- Ride of the Valkyrie
1976
- The New Avengers as Roland
- Spanish Fly as Dr. Johnson
- The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones as Whitlow
1975
- Side by Side as Inspector Crumb
1974
- Fall of Eagles as Prince Albert
- Keep It Up, Jack! as Mr. Clarke
1973
- Last of the Summer Wine as Truly
- The Three Musketeers as Man in Small Carriage (uncredited)
- Steptoe & Son Ride Again as Mr. Russell
- Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World as Estate Agent
- No Sex Please - We're British as Glass Shop Manager
- That Sinking Feeling as Arthur
1972
- Crown Court as Professor McIver
- Are You Being Served? as Captain Peacock
- Sykes as Dr. Taplow
- Our Miss Fred as British Colonel
- Bless This House as Mr. Jones
- Up the Chastity Belt as Master of Ceremonies
- That's Your Funeral as Town Clerk
1970
- The Goodies as Waiter
- From a Bird's Eye View as Spinks
- Ben Travers Farces as Claude Hickett MP
- The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes as Porter
- The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer as Tom Stoddart
- Some Will, Some Won't as Purvis
- All the Way Up as Mr Driver
1969
- The Assassination Bureau as Elevator victim (uncredited)
- The Magic Christian as Police Inspector
- The Bed Sitting Room as The BBC
- Till Death Us Do Part as Valuation Officer
- The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm as King Kong
- Crooks and Coronets as Cyril
1968
- The Champions as Clerk
- The World of Beachcomber as Various Roles
- The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom as Factory Manager
- Red, White, and Zero
- If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them as The Undertaker
- 30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia! as Registrar
- A Flea in Her Ear as Charles, the Butler
1967
- Not in Front of the Children as Mr Wilkinson
1966
- Carry On Screaming! as Mr. Jones
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum as Slave Driver
- Lucy in London as Passport Officer
- Danny the Dragon
- Dannicaforilithermidor as Sergeant Bull
1965
- The Man in Room 17 as Chief Inspector Bascombe
- The Early Bird as Drunken Doctor
- The Big Job as Bank Official
- The Wild Affair as Wine Shop Manager
- Gonks Go Beat as Mr. A&R
1964
- HMS Paradise as Commander Fairweather
- The Comedy Man as Producer
- The Tomb of Ligeia as Peperel
1962
- Operation Stogie as Hotel receptionist (uncredited)
- It's Trad, Dad! as TV Director
- Doomsday at Eleven as BBC Announcer
1961
- The Avengers
- It's a Square World
- Victim as George - Henry's Assistant (uncredited)
- The Impersonator as Police Sargeant
1960
- Coronation Street as Danny Roach
- Danger Man as Police Captain
- The Cheaters as Long
- The Dickie Henderson Show
1959
- The Four Just Men as Clerk
1958
- The Adventures of William Tell as Tax Collector
- Battle of the V-1 as British Scientist (uncredited)
1956
- Hancock's Half Hour
- Armchair Theatre as Station Sergeant
- Johnny, You're Wanted as Police Inspector
- Cloak Without Dagger as False James Markley
1955
- The Sooty Show as Mr Wolfe
- Dixon of Dock Green as PC Cox
- Portrait of Alison as Police Photographer
1954
- Radio Cab Murder as Inspector Finch
- The Silent Witness as The Barman (uncredited)
1950
- Sunday Night Theatre as Sailor
1935
- The Florentine Dagger as (uncredited)
1931
- Cracked Nuts as Revolutionary