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Frank Thornton

Frank Thornton

ActingBorn January 15, 1921Dulwich, London, England, UK 61 movies

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 filmography

The Three Musketeers poster
6.7
The Three Musketeers
1973 · Man in Small Carriage (uncredited)
Gosford Park poster
6.8
Gosford Park
2001 · Mr. Burkett
The Assassination Bureau poster
6.7
The Assassination Bureau
1969 · Elevator victim (uncredited)
The Magic Christian poster
5.8
The Magic Christian
1969 · Police Inspector
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum poster
6.1
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966 · Slave Driver
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes poster
6.8
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
1970 · Porter
The BFG poster
6.4
The BFG
1990 · Mr. Tibbs (voice)
The Bed Sitting Room poster
5.9
The Bed Sitting Room
1969 · The BBC
The Tomb of Ligeia poster
6.4
The Tomb of Ligeia
1964 · Peperel
Battle of the V-1 poster
5.2
Battle of the V-1
1958 · British Scientist (uncredited)
Carry On Screaming! poster
6.5
Carry On Screaming!
1966 · Mr. Jones
The Making of Gosford Park poster
5.3
The Making of Gosford Park
2002 · Self (uncredited)
A Flea in Her Ear poster
6.5
A Flea in Her Ear
1968 · Charles, the Butler
Victim poster
7.4
Victim
1961 · George - Henry's Assistant (uncredited)
Run For Your Wife poster
4.4
Run For Your Wife
2012 · Man on Bus
The Florentine Dagger poster
6.8
The Florentine Dagger
1935 · (uncredited)
Up the Chastity Belt poster
4.1
Up the Chastity Belt
1972 · Master of Ceremonies
Steptoe & Son Ride Again poster
6.8
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
1973 · Mr. Russell
Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World poster
4.8
Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
1973 · Estate Agent
The Early Bird poster
7.6
The Early Bird
1965 · Drunken Doctor
Crooks and Coronets poster
8.5
Crooks and Coronets
1969 · Cyril
Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs poster
Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
2022 · Self (archive)
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer poster
6.0
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
1970 · Tom Stoddart
Red, White, and Zero poster
5.0
Red, White, and Zero
1968
No Sex Please - We're British poster
5.2
No Sex Please - We're British
1973 · Glass Shop Manager
The Big Job poster
6.7
The Big Job
1965 · Bank Official
The Comedy Man poster
7.1
The Comedy Man
1964 · Producer
Spanish Fly poster
4.8
Spanish Fly
1976 · Dr. Johnson
Royal Variety Performance 1984 poster
Royal Variety Performance 1984
1984
The Taming of the Shrew poster
8.0
The Taming of the Shrew
1980 · Gremio
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones poster
3.5
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
1976 · Whitlow
Portrait of Alison poster
6.2
Portrait of Alison
1955 · Police Photographer
Cracked Nuts poster
8.0
Cracked Nuts
1931 · Revolutionary
What's a Carry On? poster
7.7
What's a Carry On?
1998 · Self (uncredited)
That's Your Funeral poster
4.3
That's Your Funeral
1972 · Town Clerk
The Old Curiosity Shop poster
7.2
The Old Curiosity Shop
1995
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom poster
6.8
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
1968 · Factory Manager
Are You Being Served? The Movie poster
5.0
Are You Being Served? The Movie
1977 · Captain Stephen Peacock
It's Trad, Dad! poster
5.7
It's Trad, Dad!
1962 · TV Director
Some Will, Some Won't poster
5.2
Some Will, Some Won't
1970 · Purvis
Cloak Without Dagger poster
7.6
Cloak Without Dagger
1956 · False James Markley
The Wild Affair poster
5.3
The Wild Affair
1965 · Wine Shop Manager
Keep It Up, Jack! poster
3.8
Keep It Up, Jack!
1974 · Mr. Clarke
Are You Being Served? Secrets & Scandals poster
7.0
Are You Being Served? Secrets & Scandals
2022 · Archive Footage
All the Way Up poster
7.0
All the Way Up
1970 · Mr Driver
Bless This House poster
6.4
Bless This House
1972 · Mr. Jones
Our Miss Fred poster
6.1
Our Miss Fred
1972 · British Colonel
Lucy in London poster
6.5
Lucy in London
1966 · Passport Officer
Radio Cab Murder poster
5.6
Radio Cab Murder
1954 · Inspector Finch
We Love Are You Being Served? poster
We Love Are You Being Served?
2020
Ride of the Valkyrie poster
6.3
Ride of the Valkyrie
1977
Till Death Us Do Part poster
7.6
Till Death Us Do Part
1969 · Valuation Officer
Gonks Go Beat poster
3.8
Gonks Go Beat
1965 · Mr. A&R
Johnny, You're Wanted poster
7.0
Johnny, You're Wanted
1956 · Police Inspector
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them poster
9.0
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
1968 · The Undertaker
The Impersonator poster
6.1
The Impersonator
1961 · Police Sargeant
Side by Side poster
6.7
Side by Side
1975 · Inspector Crumb
Operation Stogie poster
6.0
Operation Stogie
1962 · Hotel receptionist (uncredited)
Danny the Dragon poster
10.0
Danny the Dragon
1966
The Silent Witness poster
7.0
The Silent Witness
1954 · The Barman (uncredited)
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia! poster
5.4
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
1968 · Registrar
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