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Frank Thornton
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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.
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67 acting credits · Includes cameos and other appearances where listed.
The Three Musketeers
Man in Small Carriage (uncredited)
The Tomb of Ligeia
Peperel
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Slave Driver
The BFG
Mr. Tibbs (voice)
The Bed Sitting Room
The BBC
The Assassination Bureau
Elevator victim (uncredited)
What's a Carry On?
Self (uncredited)
The Magic Christian
Police Inspector
Carry On Screaming!
Mr. Jones
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
Factory Manager
No Sex Please - We're British
Glass Shop Manager
The Making of Gosford Park
Self (uncredited)
Victim
George - Henry's Assistant (uncredited)
A Flea in Her Ear
Charles, the Butler
Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
Estate Agent
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
Mr. Russell
Cracked Nuts
Revolutionary
Keep It Up, Jack!
Mr. Clarke
Battle of the V-1
British Scientist (uncredited)
Run For Your Wife
Man on Bus
Are You Being Served? The Movie
Captain Stephen Peacock
Up the Chastity Belt
Master of Ceremonies
All the Way Up
Mr Driver
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
The Undertaker
The Early Bird
Drunken Doctor
That's Your Funeral
Town Clerk
Some Will, Some Won't
Purvis
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
Tom Stoddart
Till Death Us Do Part
Valuation Officer
The Florentine Dagger
(uncredited)
Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
Self (archive)
Our Miss Fred
British Colonel
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
Registrar
Bless This House
Mr. Jones
It's Trad, Dad!
TV Director
The Comedy Man
Producer
The Taming of the Shrew
Gremio
Spanish Fly
Dr. Johnson
Radio Cab Murder
Inspector Finch
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