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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.

Known for: Acting
Born: 15 Jan 1921
Died: 16 Mar 2013
Place of birth: Dulwich, London, England, UK

Known for

Gosford Park2001
The Three Musketeers1973

6.8

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes1970

6.4

The Tomb of Ligeia1964

6.4

The BFG1990

Actor

Are You Being Served? Secrets & Scandals2022
Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs2022
We Love Are You Being Served?2020
Run For Your Wife2012
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy2005
The Making of Gosford Park2002
Gosford Park2001
Richard & Judy2001
Richard & Judy
Season 6
S6E29Series 6, Episode 29
Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box2001
What's a Carry On?1998
The Old Curiosity Shop1995
Grace & Favour1992
Grace & Favour
Season 1
S1E1The Inheritance
S1E2Under Arrest
S1E3The Court Case
S1E4Looking For Staff
S1E5Things That Go Bump In the Night
S1E6American Tourists
Season 2
S2E1The Gun
S2E2The Cricket Match
S2E3Mr. Slocombe
S2E4A Mummified Cat
S2E5The Darts Match
S2E6The Mongolians
Pebble Mill1991
Pebble Mill
Season 5
S5E45Series 5, Show 45
The BFG1990
Great Expectations1989
Great Expectations
Season 1
S1E1Chapter One: An Eerie World
S1E3Chapter Three: The Education of a Gentleman
Casualty1986
Casualty
Season 15
S15E32Heroes and Villains
Royal Variety Performance 19841984
The Kenny Everett Television Show1982
The Kenny Everett Television Show
Season 0
S0E3The Kenny Everett Christmas Show (1983)
Season 2
S2E7The Stranglers
Season 3
S3E2The Flying Pickets
The Taming of the Shrew1980
Blankety Blank1979
Blankety Blank
Season 7
S7E9Series 7, Show 9
Ride of the Valkyrie1977
Are You Being Served? The Movie1977
The New Avengers1976
The New Avengers
Season 1
S1E2House of Cards
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones1976
Spanish Fly1976
The Boundary1975
Side by Side1975
Keep It Up, Jack!1974
Fall of Eagles1974
Fall of Eagles
Season 1
S1E2The English Princess
The Three Musketeers1973
Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World1973
That Sinking Feeling1973
No Sex Please - We're British1973
Steptoe & Son Ride Again1973
Last of the Summer Wine1973
Last of the Summer Wine
Season 0
S0E19There Goes the Groom (1997 Christmas Special)
S0E20Last Post And Pigeon (2000 New Year's Special)
S0E21Potts in Pole Position (2001 Christmas Special)
S0E22A Musical Passing for a Miserable Muscroft (2002 Christmas Special)
S0E23Thirty Years of Last of the Summer Wine (2003 Documentary)
S0E24A Short Blast of Fred Astaire (2003 Christmas Special)
S0E25Variations on a Theme of the Widow Winstanley (2004 Christmas Special)
S0E26Merry Entwistle and Jackson Day (2005 Christmas Special)
S0E27A Tale of Two Sweaters (2006 Christmas Special)
S0E28I Was a Hitman for Primrose Dairies (2008 Christmas Special)
Season 19
S19E7Perfection - Thy Name Is Ridley
S19E9From Audrey Nash To The Widow Dilhooley
Season 20
S20E6Will Barry Go Septic Despite Listening To Classical Music?
Season 21
S21E1Lipstick And Other Problems
S21E3Magic And The Morris Minor
S21E5Surprise At Throstlenest
S21E6Just A Small Funeral
Season 22
S22E9Why Is Barry At An Angle?
Season 23
S23E2The Mystical Squeak Of Howard's Bicycle
Season 24
S24E1The Lair Of The Cat Creature
S24E10All Of A Florrie
S24E2Ancient Eastern Wisdom - An Introduction
S24E3A Pick-Up Of The Later Ming Dynasty
S24E4The Secret Birthday Of Norman Clegg
S24E7The Frenchies Are Coming
S24E8The Man Who Invented Yorkshire Funny Stuff
Season 26
S26E10Little Orphan Howard
Season 27
S27E3Has Anyone Seen Barry's Midlife Crisis?
S27E4The Genuine Outdoors Robin Hood Barbi
S27E5Barry in Danger from Reading and Aunt Jessie
S27E6Who's That Merry Man with Billy, Then?
S27E7Who's That Talking To Lenny?
S27E8Oh Look! Mitzi's Found Her Mummy
Season 29
S29E11Get Out Of That, Then
S29E6Eva's Back in Town
S29E8The Mischievous Tinkle in Howard's Eyes
S29E9Of Passion and Pizza
Season 30
S30E3Will Howard Cross the Atlantic Single Handed?
Season 31
S31E3The Rights of Man (Except For Howard)
Our Miss Fred1972
That's Your Funeral1972
Crown Court1972
Crown Court
Season 3
S3E26A Case of Murder: Part 2
Sykes1972
Sykes
Season 1
S1E11Dream
Are You Being Served?1972
Are You Being Served?
Season 1
S1E5His and Hers
S1E6Diamonds Are a Man's Best Friend
Season 2
S2E1The Clock
S2E2Cold Comfort
S2E4Big Brother
S2E5Hoorah for the Holidays
Season 3
S3E4Cold Store
S3E5Wedding Bells
S3E6German Week
S3E7Shoulder to Shoulder
S3E8New Look
S3E9Christmas Crackers
Season 4
S4E5Fifty Years On
S4E7The Father Christmas Affair
Season 5
S5E1Mrs. Slocombe Expects
S5E2A Change Is As Good As a Rest
S5E3Founder's Day
S5E5Take-over
S5E6Goodbye Mr. Grainger
S5E7It Pays to Advertise
Season 6
S6E3"Do You Take This Man?"
S6E4Shedding the Load
S6E5A Bliss Girl
S6E6Happy Returns
Season 7
S7E2Strong Stuff, This Insurance
Season 8
S8E1Is It Catching?
S8E3Front Page Story
Bless This House1972
Up the Chastity Belt1972
...And Mother Makes Three1971
...And Mother Makes Three
Season 1
S1E2Birthday Bike
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer1970
The Goodies1970
The Goodies
Season 2
S2E9Farm Fresh Food
Season 7
S7E4Punky Business
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes1970
Ben Travers Farces1970
From a Bird's Eye View1970
From a Bird's Eye View
Season 1
S1E6Home Is Where Your Heart Is
All the Way Up1970
Some Will, Some Won't1970
The Magic Christian1969
The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm1969
The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm
Season 1
S1E1Branestawm's Treasure Hunt
The Bed Sitting Room1969
Crooks and Coronets1969
The Assassination Bureau1969
Till Death Us Do Part1969
A Flea in Her Ear1968
The Champions1968
The Champions
Season 1
S1E23The Night People
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom1968
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them1968
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!1968
Red, White, and Zero1968
The World of Beachcomber1968
Not in Front of the Children1967
Not in Front of the Children
Season 4
S4E10A Yap In The Night
Lucy in London1966
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum1966
Carry On Screaming!1966
Danny the Dragon1966
Dannicaforilithermidor1966
The Wild Affair1965
The Early Bird1965
The Big Job1965
The Man in Room 171965
Gonks Go Beat1965
Six Shades of Black1965
The Tomb of Ligeia1964
The Comedy Man1964
HMS Paradise1964
HMS Paradise
Season 1
S1E1Captain, Art Thou Sleeping Above?
S1E10You Have Been Listening to Radio Paradise
S1E11And a Happy Bastille Day to You Too
S1E12In Which We Serve a Drop of the Hard Stuff
S1E13Mutiny on the Boonsey
S1E14Having a Wonderful Time — Glad You're Not Here
S1E15Anybody Wanna Buy an Island?
S1E16Thar's Gold in Them Thar Holes
S1E17'Twas on the Good Ship Venus
S1E18Our Man on Boonsey
S1E19There Is No Excuse for Slipshod Paperwork
S1E2Come Out Lieutenant Ross, Wherever You Are
S1E21How to Try in Business Without Really Succeeding
S1E22Let That Be a Four Minute Warning to You
S1E23The New Lieutenant
S1E24Christmas Special: HMS Paradise Meets HMS Eagle
S1E25This Side Up — Use No Hooks
S1E26The Great Brain Robbery
S1E3An Officer and a Gentleman
S1E4The Sea Does Not Want Them
S1E5I Don't Know the Name and the Face Escapes Me
S1E6It'll All Come Out in the Wash
S1E7You'll Get No Promotion This Side of the Ocean
S1E8Call Me Madam and I'll Punch You on the Nose
S1E9Don't Fire That Man, He's Loaded
It's Trad, Dad!1962
Operation Stogie1962
Steptoe and Son1962
Steptoe and Son
Season 0
S0E1Christmas Special: The Party
Season 3
S3E4Steptoe a La Cart
Season 4
S4E7Pilgrim's Progress
Doomsday at Eleven1962
Victim1961
The Impersonator1961
It's a Square World1961
It's a Square World
Season 1
S1E1Episode 1
S1E2Episode 2
S1E3Episode 3
S1E4Episode 4
S1E5Episode 5
S1E6Episode 6
S1E7Series 1, Episode 6
Season 2
S2E1Series 2, Episode 1
S2E2Episode 2
S2E3Episode 3
S2E4Episode 4
S2E5Episode 5
S2E6Episode 6
Season 3
S3E1Series 3, Episode 1
S3E2Episode 2
S3E3Episode 3
S3E4Episode 4
S3E5Episode 5
S3E6Episode 6
S3E7Episode 7
The Avengers1961
The Avengers
Season 1
S1E17Death on the Slipway
The Cheaters1960
The Cheaters
Season 2
S2E27A Hood from Canada
Coronation Street1960
Coronation Street
Season 7
S7E182nd March 1966
The Dickie Henderson Show1960
The Dickie Henderson Show
Season 7
S7E2S7.E2 ∙ The Job
Danger Man1960
The Four Just Men1959
The Four Just Men
Season 1
S1E25The Princess
S1E5The Crying Jester
S1E6The Beatniques
The Adventures of William Tell1958
The Adventures of William Tell
Season 1
S1E18Landslide
S1E23The Surgeon
Battle of the V-11958
Armchair Theatre1956
Armchair Theatre
Season 10
S10E12Daughter of the House
Season 17
S17E10That Sinking Feeling
Hancock's Half Hour1956
Hancock's Half Hour
Season 7
S7E5The Blood Donor
Cloak Without Dagger1956
Johnny, You're Wanted1956
Portrait of Alison1955
Dixon of Dock Green1955
Dixon of Dock Green
Season 4
S4E11The New Skipper
The Sooty Show1955
The Sooty Show
Season 35
S35E5Money Doesn't Grow on Trees
Season 36
S36E3On the Piste
Radio Cab Murder1954
The Silent Witness1954
Sunday Night Theatre1950
Sunday Night Theatre
Season 1
S1E48The Secret Sharer
The Florentine Dagger1935
Cracked Nuts1931