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 Biography / Wiki
| Name | Frank Thornton |
| Also Know | |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Dulwich, London, England, UK |
| Date of Birth | 1921-01-15 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 92 |
| Deathday | 2013-03-16 |
Frank Thornton Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| Gonks Go Beat | Mr. A&R | 1965-05-24 | A swiftly assembled musical fantasy movie made to capitalise on the mid-Sixties, British craze for gonks (a sort of soft, furry toy). Today it is of m… |
| Are You Being Served? | Captain Stephen Peacock | 1977-06-10 | The clothing department’s floor requires renovation; rather than let the staff sit idle while the area is closed off, the management sends them on a p… |
| If There Weren’t Any Blacks You’d Have to Invent Them | 1968-08-03 | Set in a cemetery, the film tells the story of a young man whom a blind man wrongly imagines to be black, and explores the nature of human prejudice…. | |
| Ride of the Valkyrie | 1977-10-29 | An opera singer, dressed in full costume and dress, must navigate through the busy city streets to get to the theater in time for his performance. Fil… | |
| The Taming of the Shrew | Gremio | 1980-10-23 | Baptista has two daughters: Kate and Bianca. Everyone wants to wed the fair Bianca, but nobody’s much interested in problem child, Kate. Baptista decl… |
| Keep It Up, Jack! | Mr. Clarke | 1974-06-27 | Failed music hall performer Jack James inherits a brothel when his ancient Aunt dies. He takes over the running of the business and falls in love with… |
| Red, White, and Zero | 1979-12-21 | Composed of three shorts – Ride of the Valkyrie, The White Bus, and Red and Blue – from three of Britain’s most-celebrated directors – Lindsay A… | |
| Spanish Fly | Dr. Johnson | 1976-01-01 | British sex comedy. Sir Percy de Courcy (Terry-Thomas) accidentally turns some poor tasting wine into an aphrodisiac when his old school chum, Mike Sc… |
| Radio Cab Murder | Inspector Finch | 1954-10-01 | Fred Martin, a taxi driver who is a reformed convict, is used by the police to go undercover in order to help catch a gang of safe robbers. However th… |
| Dannicaforilithermidor | Sergeant Bull | 1966-01-01 | … |
| Danny the Dragon | 1966-01-01 | Gavin, Jean and Peter meet Danny the Dragon, an unintentional visitor from outer space. Danny and the children encounter many adventures before Danny … | |
| The Early Bird | Drunken Doctor | 1965-11-30 | Norman Pitkin is the assistant helping to run a small, old fashioned dairy which is threatened by a larger, modern organisation. Pitkin does his best … |
| Side by Side | 1975-04-30 | Glam Rock musical comedy about two clashing nightclubs… | |
| The Impersonator | Police Sargeant | 1961-05-01 | When a USAF sergeant stationed on a base in England is suspected and then accused of murdering a woman, both he and a local school teacher must race t… |
| We Love Are You Being Served? | 2020-08-28 | Grace Brothers shut up shop over thirty years ago but for one night only we are reopening that infamous department store, climbing into the lift and g… | |
| The Tomb of Ligeia | Peperel | 1964-11-29 | Verden Fell is shattered after the death of his lovely wife. But, after an unexpected encounter with Lady Rowena Trevanion, Fell soon finds himself ma… |
| Cracked Nuts | Revolutionary | 1931-04-18 | To impress his fiancee’s aunt, a young man tries to become king in a small kingdom, but the people there have already crowned one, who has won this ho… |
| The BFG | Mr. Tibbs (voice) | 1989-12-25 | Sophie is snatched from her orphanage early one morning by the BFG (Big Friendly Giant), whom she witnesses engaged in mysterious activities. She is s… |
| Are You Being Served?: Secrets & Scandals | Archive Footage | 2022-05-28 | Are You Being Served? is one of the most popular and most outrageous British sitcoms of all time. For more than a decade, millions of viewers tuned in… |
| Till Death Us Do Part | Valuation Officer | 1969-01-01 | The film version of ‘Till Death Do Us Part’ tells the story of Alf Garnett, his wife Else, and their newborn daughter Rita, living through the London… |
| Crooks and Coronets | Cyril | 1969-04-02 | Two crooks are hired to rob an eccentric old lady’s estate, but once they get to know her, they can’t bring themselves to do it…. |
| A Flea In Her Ear | Charles, the Butler | 1968-11-27 | Suspecting that her husband might be having an affair, a wife plots to catch him in the act…. |
| All the Way Up | Mr Driver | 1970-01-01 | Fred Midway may be a bit short on brains but he’s got plenty of ambition. However, before he can gain promotion as a salesman he must make his family … |
| Cloak Without Dagger | Mr. Markley | 1956-05-31 | A British Intelligence officer fails a mission during WW2. Years later whilst working in a hotel he bumps into an old flame who is desperate to discov… |
| Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box | 2001-06-12 | Profile of actress Wendy Richard’s remarkable television career, featuring classic clips and contributions from colleagues…. | |
| Lucy in London | Passport Officer | 1966-10-24 | Lucy goes to hip London to experience all the current fads…. |
| It’s Trad, Dad! | TV Director | 1962-03-30 | The hero and heroine want to popularize a trad jazz in their town. Some older people feel displeased about a trad jazz, and prevent their trying. The … |
| The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom | Factory Manager | 1968-09-11 | Harriet Blossom is married to Robert Blossom, a businessman who’d rather spend the night at his bra factory than at home with her. One day, Harriet’s … |
| The Bed Sitting Room | The BBC | 1969-06-01 | In the hazy aftermath of World War III, the fallout from a ‘nuclear misunderstanding’ is producing strange mutations amongst the survivors, and the no… |
| The Big Job | Bank Official | 1965-01-01 | A gang of hapless crooks, led by Sidney James, successfully perpetrate a robbery only to be caught after the fact. Fifteen years later they emerge fro… |
| 30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia! | Registrar | 1968-03-04 | A 29-year old aspiring composer—still single and without any romantic prospects—vows to both marry and write a hit musical before he turns 30. Dir… |
| No Sex Please: We’re British | Glass Shop Manager | 1973-07-25 | A porn-store owner orders some new stuff from his supplier, but the delivery address gets mixed with the address of the local Barclays Bank. Here, Dav… |
| Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World | Estate Agent | 1973-12-01 | Digby consumes a bowl of Project X, a liquid growth formula. Soon, he becomes a sheepdog of gigantic size!… |
| Steptoe and Son Ride Again | Mr. Russell | 1973-05-01 | Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are rag-and-bone men, complete with horse and cart to tour the neighbourhood. They also live amicably together at th… |
| Carry On Screaming | Mr. Jones | 1966-05-20 | The sinister Dr Watt has an evil scheme going. He’s kidnapping beautiful young women and turning them into mannequins to sell to local stores. Fortuna… |
| A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Slave Driver | 1966-10-16 | A wily slave must unite a virgin courtesan and his young smitten master to earn his freedom…. |
| Portrait of Alison | Police Photographer | 1955-11-29 | An actress and an artist are linked by his brother to deadly smugglers sought by Scotland Yard…. |
| Our Miss Fred | British Colonel | 1972-12-14 | Danny La Rue stars in this 1970s drag comedy as Fred Wimbush, a Shakespearean actor who is drafted into WWII and is appearing in a camp show in France… |
| That’s Your Funeral | Town Clerk | 1972-12-01 | Two funeral parlours fight one another for business, one of whom is more shady than the other…. |
| The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes | Porter | 1970-10-29 | Holmes and Dr. Watson take on the case of a beautiful woman whose husband has vanished. The investigation proves strange indeed, involving six missing… |
| The Old Curiosity Shop | 1995-03-19 | 1839. The young Nell Trent is leading a happy life with her grandfather in his curiosity shop. Wharf owner Daniel Quilp has given large amounts of mon… | |
| Bless This House | Mr Jones | 1972-01-01 | The legendary Sid James stars as the head of a chaotic household in this movie spin-off from the hit ITV sitcom. Sid Abbott and his best mate Trevor (… |
| The Magic Christian | Police Inspector | 1969-12-12 | Sir Guy Grand, the richest man in the world, adopts a homeless man, Youngman. Together, they set out to prove that anyone–and anything–can be bought… |
| Some Will, Some Won’t | Purvis | 1970-04-01 | Four people go to great lengths to obtain the fortune left in a will by a very wealthy practical joker…. |
| The Three Musketeers | Man in Small Carriage (uncredited) | 1973-12-11 | The young D’Artagnan arrives in Paris with dreams of becoming a king’s musketeer. He meets and quarrels with three men, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, ea… |
| The Comedy Man | Producer | 1964-09-03 | A middle-aged stock actor goes to London to try the big time. After much frustration, he lands a job doing TV commercials, gaining wealth and recognit… |
| The Assassination Bureau | Elevator victim | 1969-03-09 | The Assassination Bureau has existed for decades (perhaps centuries) until Diana Rigg begins to investigate it. The high moral standing of the Bureau … |
| Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs | Self (archive) | 2022-03-05 | This new special reveals the secrets of the long-running sitcom’s extraordinary success. Helped by former cast and crew members, families of the stars… |
| The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer | Tom Stoddart | 1970-11-12 | Fresh-faced young Michael Rimmer worms his way into an opinion poll company and is soon running the place. He uses this as a springboard to get into p… |
| The Florentine Dagger | (uncredited) | 1935-03-30 | A playwright descended from the Borgias becomes a murder suspect…. |
| Gosford Park | Mr. Burkett | 2001-11-07 | In 1930’s England, a group of pretentious rich and famous gather together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs,… |
| The Making of ‘Gosford Park’ | Himself (uncredited) | 2002-06-18 | A documentary giving film fans a behind-the-scenes look at the making this Robert Altman film about a murder at an English country estate. Includes in… |
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