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