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Frank Thornton1921 - 2013

usually

Actor

Popularity

1.7

Famous

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.

Credits

Are You Being Served? Secrets & Scandals

2022

Comedy • Documentary

as Archive Footage

7(1)

0.1

Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs

2022

Documentary

as Self (archive)

0(0)

0.2

We Love Are You Being Served?

2020

Comedy • Documentary

0(0)

0.1

Run For Your Wife

2012

Comedy

as Man on Bus

3.9(10)

0.6

The Making of 'Gosford Park'

2002

Documentary

as Self (uncredited)

5(2)

0.6

Gosford Park

2001

Drama • Mystery • Thriller

as Mr. Burkett

6.8(1,130)

1.6

Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box

2001

Documentary

0(0)

0.2

The Old Curiosity Shop

1995

Comedy • Drama • Family • TV Movie

6.3(3)

0.2

The BFG

1989

Animation • Family • Fantasy

as Mr. Tibbs (voice)

6.4(162)

The Taming of the Shrew

1980

Comedy • Drama • Romance • TV Movie

as Gremio

7.8(6)

0.4

Red, White, and Zero

1979

Comedy • Drama • Music

5(1)

0.4

Ride of the Valkyrie

1977

Comedy

4(1)

0.1

Are You Being Served? The Movie

1977

Comedy

as Captain Stephen Peacock

4.8(57)

0.6

Spanish Fly

1976

Comedy

as Dr. Johnson

4.7(10)

0.2

Side by Side

1975

Comedy • Music

6.5(2)

0.1

Keep It Up, Jack!

1974

Comedy

as Mr. Clarke

3.5(12)

0.3

The Three Musketeers

1973

Action • Adventure • Family • Romance

as Man in Small Carriage (uncredited)

6.8(311)

2.7

Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World

1973

as Estate Agent

4.6(18)

0.3

That Sinking Feeling

1973

as Arthur

0(0)

0.1

No Sex Please: We're British

1973

Comedy

as Glass Shop Manager

5.1(17)

0.4

Steptoe & Son Ride Again

1973

Comedy • Drama

as Mr. Russell

6.7(31)

0.3

Our Miss Fred

1972

Comedy • War

as British Colonel

6.4(8)

0.3

That's Your Funeral

1972

Comedy

as Town Clerk

1.5(2)

0.3

Bless This House

1972

Comedy

as Mr Jones

6.3(23)

0.2

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

1970

Comedy • Drama

as Tom Stoddart

6(16)

0.8

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

1970

Adventure • Comedy • Crime • History • Mystery

as Porter

6.8(294)

1.4

All the Way Up

1970

Comedy

as Mr Driver

6(3)

0.1

Some Will, Some Won't

1970

Comedy

as Purvis

4.8(4)

0.3

The Magic Christian

1969

Comedy

as Police Inspector

5.7(42)

0.5

The Bed Sitting Room

1969

Comedy • Science Fiction

as The BBC

5.9(45)

0.4

Crooks and Coronets

1969

Comedy

as Cyril

8.3(3)

0.2

The Assassination Bureau

1969

Adventure • Comedy • Crime

as Elevator victim (uncredited)

6.6(71)

2.6

Till Death Us Do Part

1969

Comedy • Drama

as Valuation Officer

7.2(13)

0.2

A Flea in Her Ear

1968

Comedy

as Charles, the Butler

6.2(5)

0.1

The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom

1968

Comedy

as Factory Manager

6.7(12)

0.6

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

1968

Drama

0(0)

0.1

30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!

1968

Comedy • Romance

as Registrar

4.2(4)

0.1

Lucy in London

1966

Comedy

as Passport Officer

6(1)

0.1

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

1966

Comedy • Music • Romance

as Slave Driver

6(110)

1.2

Carry On Screaming!

1966

Comedy • Horror

as Mr. Jones

6.5(108)

0.6

Danny the Dragon

1966

Family

0(0)

0.1

Dannicaforilithermidor

1966

as Sergeant Bull

0(0)

0.1

The Wild Affair

1965

Comedy

as Wine Shop Manager

5.4(5)

0.2

The Early Bird

1965

Comedy

as Drunken Doctor

7.6(31)

0.3

Gonks Go Beat

1965

Comedy • Music • Science Fiction

as Mr. A&R

2.8(5)

0.2

The Big Job

1965

Action • Comedy • Crime • Mystery

as Bank Official

6.7(25)

0.4

The Tomb of Ligeia

1964

Horror

as Peperel

6.3(168)

1.2

The Comedy Man

1964

Drama

as Producer

7.1(5)

0.4

It's Trad, Dad!

1962

Comedy • Music

as TV Director

5.6(13)

0.1

Doomsday at Eleven

1962

Drama

as BBC Announcer

0(0)

0.1

Victim

1961

Crime • Drama • Thriller

as George - Henry's Assistant (uncredited)

7.5(143)

0.7

The Impersonator

1961

Mystery

as Police Sargeant

5.6(7)

0.2

Cloak Without Dagger

1956

Thriller

as Mr. Markley

7.3(4)

0.1

Johnny, You're Wanted

1956

as Police Inspector

5(1)

0.2

Portrait of Alison

1955

Crime • Drama

as Police Photographer

6.2(13)

0.4

The Silent Witness

1954

Crime

as The Barman (uncredited)

0(0)

Radio Cab Murder

1954

Crime • Drama

as Inspector Finch

5.4(5)

0.4

The Florentine Dagger

1935

Crime • Mystery

as (uncredited)

5.7(3)

0.3

Cracked Nuts

1931

Comedy • Romance

as Revolutionary

7(2)

0.2