Frank Thornton

Actor Jan 15 (died age 92) Dulwich, London, England, UK 1931–2022 (91 year career)

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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.

Known For

Film

Gosford Park

Mr. Burkett

Film

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

Porter

Film

The Three Musketeers

Man in Small Carriage (uncredited)

Film

Victim

George - Henry's Assistant (uncredited)

Film

The BFG

Mr. Tibbs (voice)

Film

The Tomb of Ligeia

Peperel

Film

Are You Being Served?

Captain Peacock

Film

Carry On Screaming!

Mr. Jones

Filmography

Acting (104)

Movies (66)

Are You Being Served? Secrets & Scandals

2022

as Archive Footage

7.0

Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs

2022

as Self (archive)

We Love Are You Being Served?

2020

Run For Your Wife

2012

as Man on Bus

4.4

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

2005

as Self

6.0

The Making of Gosford Park

as Self (uncredited)

Gosford Park

as Mr. Burkett

Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box

2001

as Self

What's a Carry On?

1998

as Self (uncredited)

7.8

The Old Curiosity Shop

The BFG

as Mr. Tibbs (voice)

Royal Variety Performance 1984

1984

The Taming of the Shrew

as Gremio

Ride of the Valkyrie

Are You Being Served? The Movie

1977

as Captain Stephen Peacock

4.8

The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones

as Whitlow

Spanish Fly

as Dr. Johnson

Side by Side

as Inspector Crumb

Keep It Up, Jack!

as Mr. Clarke

The Three Musketeers

as Man in Small Carriage (uncredited)

6.7

No Sex Please - We're British

1973

as Glass Shop Manager

5.0

Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World

1973

as Estate Agent

4.6

Steptoe & Son Ride Again

1973

as Mr. Russell

6.8

That Sinking Feeling

1973

as Arthur

Our Miss Fred

as British Colonel

That's Your Funeral

as Town Clerk

Up the Chastity Belt

as Master of Ceremonies

4.0

Bless This House

1972

as Mr. Jones

6.3

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

1970

as Porter

6.8

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

as Tom Stoddart

All the Way Up

as Mr Driver

Some Will, Some Won't

1970

as Purvis

4.8

The Assassination Bureau

1969

as Elevator victim (uncredited)

The Magic Christian

as Police Inspector

The Bed Sitting Room

as The BBC

Crooks and Coronets

as Cyril

Till Death Us Do Part

1969

as Valuation Officer

7.2

The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom

as Factory Manager

Red, White, and Zero

A Flea in Her Ear

as Charles, the Butler

6.2

30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!

1968

as Registrar

4.2

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

1968

Dannicaforilithermidor

1966

as Sergeant Bull

Carry On Screaming!

as Mr. Jones

Lucy in London

as Passport Officer

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

as Slave Driver

Danny the Dragon

The Early Bird

as Drunken Doctor

The Wild Affair

as Wine Shop Manager

The Big Job

as Bank Official

Gonks Go Beat

as Mr. A&R

The Comedy Man

as Producer

The Tomb of Ligeia

as Peperel

Operation Stogie

as Hotel receptionist (uncredited)

It's Trad, Dad!

as TV Director

Doomsday at Eleven

as BBC Announcer

Victim

1961

as George - Henry's Assistant (uncredited)

The Impersonator

as Police Sargeant

Battle of the V-1

as British Scientist (uncredited)

4.5

Johnny, You're Wanted

1956

as Police Inspector

5.0

Cloak Without Dagger

1956

as False James Markley

7.2

Portrait of Alison

1955

as Police Photographer

6.2

The Silent Witness

1954

as The Barman (uncredited)

Radio Cab Murder

1954

as Inspector Finch

5.4

The Florentine Dagger

as (uncredited)

Cracked Nuts

as Revolutionary

Television (38)

Richard & Judy

2001

as Self

2.9

Grace & Favour

1992

as Capt Stephen Peacock RASC (Ex)

Pebble Mill

as Self

Great Expectations

as Mr Trabb

Casualty

as Edward Gutheridge

The Kenny Everett Television Show

as Guest

The Gentle Touch

as Leo

Blankety Blank

The New Avengers

as Roland

Fall of Eagles

as Prince Albert

Last of the Summer Wine

1973

as Truly

7.1

Last of the Summer Wine

as Truly

Crown Court

as Professor McIver

Sykes

as Dr. Taplow

Are You Being Served?

as Captain Peacock

The Goodies

as Waiter

From a Bird's Eye View

1970

as Spinks

5.5

Ben Travers Farces

1970

as Claude Hickett MP

The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm

1969

as King Kong

The Champions

1968

as Clerk

6.2

The World of Beachcomber

1968

as Various Roles

Not in Front of the Children

1967

as Mr Wilkinson

6.0

The Man in Room 17

1965

as Chief Inspector Bascombe

5.3

HMS Paradise

1964

as Commander Fairweather

Steptoe and Son

1962

as Travel Agency Clerk

Suspense

as Det Insp Gwilliam

The Avengers

It's a Square World

Coronation Street

as Danny Roach

The Dickie Henderson Show

1960

The Cheaters

1960

as Long

The Four Just Men

1959

as Coroner

6.5

The Adventures of William Tell

as Tax Collector

Hancock's Half Hour

Armchair Theatre

as Station Sergeant

Dixon of Dock Green

as PC Cox

The Sooty Show

as Mr Wolfe

Sunday Night Theatre

as Sailor