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.
Are You Being Served? The Movie
As Captain Stephen Peacock
The Bed Sitting Room
As The BBC
Till Death Us Do Part
As Valuation Officer
The Wild Affair
As Wine Shop Manager
The Big Job
As Bank Official
The Old Curiosity Shop
The Taming of the Shrew
As Gremio
The Assassination Bureau
As Elevator victim (uncredited)
Spanish Fly
As Dr. Johnson
Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
As Self (archive)
The Silent Witness
As The Barman (uncredited)
Gonks Go Beat
As Mr. A&R
Johnny, You're Wanted
As Police Inspector
Are You Being Served? Secrets & Scandals
As Archive Footage
Cracked Nuts
As Revolutionary
The Early Bird
As Drunken Doctor
Keep It Up, Jack!
As Mr. Clarke
Victim
As George - Henry's Assistant (uncredited)
The Three Musketeers
As Man in Small Carriage (uncredited)
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
As Registrar
Run For Your Wife
As Man on Bus
Crooks and Coronets
As Cyril
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
That Sinking Feeling
As Arthur
Radio Cab Murder
As Inspector Finch
No Sex Please: We're British
As Glass Shop Manager
Danny the Dragon
Dannicaforilithermidor
As Sergeant Bull
The Magic Christian
As Police Inspector
The Florentine Dagger
As (uncredited)
A Flea In Her Ear
As Charles, the Butler
Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
As Estate Agent
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
As Porter
Carry On Screaming!
As Mr. Jones
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
As Slave Driver
Side by Side
Lucy in London
As Passport Officer
It's Trad, Dad!
As TV Director
Ride of the Valkyrie
Red, White, and Zero
The Comedy Man
As Producer
The Impersonator
As Police Sargeant
Portrait of Alison
As Police Photographer
All the Way Up
As Mr Driver
Some Will, Some Won't
As Purvis
Bless This House
As Mr Jones
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
As Mr. Russell
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
As Tom Stoddart
Our Miss Fred
As British Colonel
Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
As Factory Manager
We Love Are You Being Served?
The Tomb of Ligeia
As Peperel
That's Your Funeral
As Town Clerk
The BFG
As Mr. Tibbs (voice)
Gosford Park
As Mr. Burkett
The Making of 'Gosford Park'
As Self (uncredited)
Cloak Without Dagger
As Mr. Markley
Are You Being Served?
As Captain Peacock
The Avengers
Grace & Favour
As Capt Stephen Peacock RASC (Ex)
The Goodies
Richard & Judy
As Self
Last of the Summer Wine
As Truly
Dixon of Dock Green
As PC Cox
The Champions
As Clerk
It's a Square World
From a Bird's Eye View
As Spinks
The New Avengers
As Roland
Fall of Eagles
As Prince Albert
The Adventures of William Tell
As Tax Collector
Pebble Mill
As Self
HMS Paradise
BBC Television Shakespeare
The Cheaters
As Long
The Kenny Everett Television Show
As Various
Hancock's Half Hour
The World of Beachcomber
Blankety Blank
Crown Court
As Professor McIver
The Sooty Show
As Mr Wolfe
Casualty
As Edward Gutheridge
The Gentle Touch
As Leo
The Man In Room 17
As Chief Inspector Bascombe
Sykes
As Dr. Taplow