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Frank Thornton

Movies know for

Are You Being Served? The Movie
Release Date: 10 June 1977
Playing as : Captain Stephen Peacock
The Bed Sitting Room
Release Date: 01 June 1969
Playing as : The BBC
The Wild Affair
Release Date: 05 Dec 1965
Playing as : Wine Shop Manager
The Big Job
Release Date: 01 Jan 1965
Playing as : Bank Official
The Taming of the Shrew
Release Date: 23 Oct 1980
Playing as : Gremio
The Assassination Bureau
Release Date: 09 Mar 1969
Playing as : Elevator victim (uncredited)
Spanish Fly
Release Date: 01 Feb 1976
Playing as : Dr. Johnson
Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
Release Date: 05 Mar 2022
Playing as : Self (archive)
Gonks Go Beat
Release Date: 24 May 1965
Playing as : Mr. A&R
Johnny, You're Wanted
Release Date: 20 Jan 1956
Playing as : Police Inspector
Are You Being Served? Secrets & Scandals
Release Date: 28 May 2022
Playing as : Archive Footage
Cracked Nuts
Release Date: 18 Apr 1931
Playing as : Revolutionary
The Early Bird
Release Date: 30 Nov 1965
Playing as : Drunken Doctor
Keep It Up, Jack!
Release Date: 27 June 1974
Playing as : Mr. Clarke
Victim
Release Date: 01 Aug 1961
Playing as : George - Henry's Assistant (uncredited)
The Three Musketeers
Release Date: 11 Dec 1973
Playing as : Man in Small Carriage (uncredited)
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
Release Date: 04 Mar 1968
Playing as : Registrar
Run For Your Wife
Release Date: 16 May 2012
Playing as : Man on Bus
Crooks and Coronets
Release Date: 02 Apr 1969
Playing as : Cyril
Radio Cab Murder
Release Date: 01 Oct 1954
Playing as : Inspector Finch
No Sex Please - We're British
Release Date: 25 July 1973
Playing as : Glass Shop Manager
The Magic Christian
Release Date: 12 Dec 1969
Playing as : Police Inspector
The Florentine Dagger
Release Date: 30 Mar 1935
Playing as : (uncredited)
A Flea in Her Ear
Release Date: 27 Nov 1968
Playing as : Charles, the Butler
Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
Release Date: 01 Dec 1973
Playing as : Estate Agent
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Release Date: 29 Oct 1970
Playing as : Porter
Carry On Screaming!
Release Date: 20 May 1966
Playing as : Mr. Jones
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Release Date: 16 Oct 1966
Playing as : Slave Driver
Side by Side
Release Date: 30 Apr 1975
Playing as : Inspector Crumb
Ride of the Valkyrie
Release Date: 29 Oct 1977
Playing as :
Red, White, and Zero
Release Date: 30 Jan 1968
Playing as :
The Comedy Man
Release Date: 03 Sept 1964
Playing as : Producer
The Impersonator
Release Date: 01 May 1961
Playing as : Police Sargeant
Portrait of Alison
Release Date: 29 Nov 1955
Playing as : Police Photographer
All the Way Up
Release Date: 01 June 1970
Playing as : Mr Driver
Bless This House
Release Date: 08 Sept 1972
Playing as : Mr. Jones
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
Release Date: 01 May 1973
Playing as : Mr. Russell
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
Release Date: 12 Nov 1970
Playing as : Tom Stoddart
Our Miss Fred
Release Date: 14 Dec 1972
Playing as : British Colonel
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
Release Date: 11 Sept 1968
Playing as : Factory Manager
The Tomb of Ligeia
Release Date: 29 Nov 1964
Playing as : Peperel
The BFG
Release Date: 25 Dec 1990
Playing as : Mr. Tibbs (voice)
Gosford Park
Release Date: 26 Dec 2001
Playing as : Mr. Burkett
Cloak Without Dagger
Release Date: 31 May 1956
Playing as : False James Markley
Up the Chastity Belt
Release Date: 14 Jan 1972
Playing as : Master of Ceremonies
Battle of the V-1
Release Date: 01 Jan 1958
Playing as : British Scientist (uncredited)

TV Shows known for

Are You Being Served?
Release Date: 08 Sept 1972
Playing as : Captain Peacock
The Avengers
Release Date: 07 Jan 1961
Playing as :
Grace & Favour
Release Date: 10 Jan 1992
Playing as : Capt Stephen Peacock RASC (Ex)
Last of the Summer Wine
Release Date: 04 Jan 1973
Playing as : Truly
Dixon of Dock Green
Release Date: 09 July 1955
Playing as : PC Cox
The Champions
Release Date: 25 Sept 1968
Playing as : Clerk
It's a Square World
Release Date: 26 Apr 1961
Playing as :
From a Bird's Eye View
Release Date: 18 Sept 1970
Playing as : Spinks
The New Avengers
Release Date: 22 Oct 1976
Playing as : Roland
Fall of Eagles
Release Date: 15 Mar 1974
Playing as : Prince Albert
The Adventures of William Tell
Release Date: 15 Sept 1958
Playing as : Tax Collector
The Kenny Everett Television Show
Release Date: 25 Feb 1982
Playing as : Various
Hancock's Half Hour
Release Date: 06 July 1956
Playing as :
Blankety Blank
Release Date: 18 Jan 1979
Playing as :
Crown Court
Release Date: 11 Oct 1972
Playing as : Professor McIver
The Sooty Show
Release Date: 16 Jan 1955
Playing as : Mr Wolfe
The Sooty Show
Release Date: 16 Jan 1955
Playing as : Dr. Hugh
Casualty
Release Date: 06 Sept 1986
Playing as : Edward Gutheridge
The Gentle Touch
Release Date: 11 Apr 1980
Playing as : Leo
The Man in Room 17
Release Date: 11 June 1965
Playing as : Chief Inspector Bascombe
The Goodies
Release Date: 08 Nov 1970
Playing as : Waiter
The Goodies
Release Date: 08 Nov 1970
Playing as : Master of Ceremonies
The Adventures of William Tell
Release Date: 15 Sept 1958
Playing as : Heinburgher
Sykes
Release Date: 14 Sept 1972
Playing as : Dr. Taplow
Coronation Street
Release Date: 09 Dec 1960
Playing as : Danny Roach
The Four Just Men
Release Date: 17 Sept 1959
Playing as : Clerk
The World of Beachcomber
Release Date: 22 Jan 1968
Playing as : Various Roles
Great Expectations
Release Date: 09 July 1989
Playing as : Mr Trabb

Frank Thornton

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.

Birthday

15 Jan 1921

Place of birth

Dulwich, London, England, UK

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Frank Thornton

Movies know for

Are You Being Served? The Movie

Playing as : Captain Stephen Peacock

The Bed Sitting Room

Playing as : The BBC

TV Shows known for

Are You Being Served?

Playing as : Captain Peacock

The Avengers

Playing as :