Frank Thornton

Explore Frank Thornton's movie filmography on ReelBot, including film credits, roles, release dates, ratings, and movie details.

Acting

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

• Are You Being Served? Secrets & Scandals (2022)
• Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs (2022)
• We Love Are You Being Served? (2020)
• Run For Your Wife (2012)
• The Funny Blokes of British Comedy (2005)
• The Making of Gosford Park (2002)
• Gosford Park (2001)
• Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box (2001)
• What's a Carry On? (1998)
• The Old Curiosity Shop (1995)
• The BFG (1990)
• Royal Variety Performance 1984 (1984)
• The Taming of the Shrew (1980)
• Ride of the Valkyrie (1977)
• Are You Being Served? The Movie (1977)
• The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1976)
• Spanish Fly (1976)
• The Boundary (1975)
• Side by Side (1975)
• Keep It Up, Jack! (1974)
• The Three Musketeers (1973)
• Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World (1973)
• That Sinking Feeling (1973)
• No Sex Please - We're British (1973)
• Steptoe & Son Ride Again (1973)
• Our Miss Fred (1972)
• That's Your Funeral (1972)
• Bless This House (1972)
• Up the Chastity Belt (1972)
• The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970)
• The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
• All the Way Up (1970)
• Some Will, Some Won't (1970)
• The Magic Christian (1969)
• The Bed Sitting Room (1969)
• Crooks and Coronets (1969)
• The Assassination Bureau (1969)
• Till Death Us Do Part (1969)
• A Flea in Her Ear (1968)
• The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (1968)
• If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them (1968)
• 30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia! (1968)
• Red, White, and Zero (1968)
• Lucy in London (1966)
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
• Carry On Screaming! (1966)
• Danny the Dragon (1966)
• Dannicaforilithermidor (1966)
• The Wild Affair (1965)
• The Early Bird (1965)
• The Big Job (1965)
• Gonks Go Beat (1965)
• The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)
• The Comedy Man (1964)
• It's Trad, Dad! (1962)
• Operation Stogie (1962)
• Doomsday at Eleven (1962)
• Victim (1961)
• The Impersonator (1961)
• Battle of the V-1 (1958)
• Cloak Without Dagger (1956)
• Johnny, You're Wanted (1956)
• Portrait of Alison (1955)
• The Silent Witness (1954)
• Radio Cab Murder (1954)
• The Florentine Dagger (1935)
• Cracked Nuts (1931)