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.

Filmography

• 2022Are You Being Served? Secrets & Scandals — Archive Footage
• 2020We Love Are You Being Served?
• 2012Run For Your Wife — Man on Bus
• 2001Gosford Park — Mr. Burkett
• 1995The Old Curiosity Shop
• Grace & Favour — Capt Stephen Peacock RASC (Ex)
• 1990The BFG — Mr. Tibbs (voice)
• Great Expectations — Mr Trabb
• Casualty — Edward Gutheridge
• 1984Royal Variety Performance 1984
• The Kenny Everett Television Show — Various
• 1980The Taming of the Shrew — Gremio
• Blankety Blank
• 1977Are You Being Served? The Movie — Captain Stephen Peacock
• 1977Ride of the Valkyrie
• 1976Spanish Fly — Dr. Johnson
• 1976The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones — Whitlow
• The New Avengers — Roland
• 1975Side by Side — Inspector Crumb
• 1975The Boundary
• Fall of Eagles — Prince Albert
• 1974Keep It Up, Jack! — Mr. Clarke
• 1973Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World — Estate Agent
• Last of the Summer Wine — Truly
• 1973No Sex Please - We're British — Glass Shop Manager
• 1973Steptoe & Son Ride Again — Mr. Russell
• 1973That Sinking Feeling — Arthur
• 1973The Three Musketeers — Man in Small Carriage (uncredited)
• Are You Being Served? — Captain Peacock
• 1972Bless This House — Mr. Jones
• Crown Court — Professor McIver
• 1972Our Miss Fred — British Colonel
• Sykes — Dr. Taplow
• 1972That's Your Funeral — Town Clerk
• 1972Up the Chastity Belt — Master of Ceremonies
• ...And Mother Makes Three — Store Manager
• 1970All the Way Up — Mr Driver
• Ben Travers Farces — Claude Hickett MP
• From a Bird's Eye View — Spinks
• 1970Some Will, Some Won't — Purvis
• The Goodies — Waiter, Master of Ceremonies
• 1970The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes — Porter
• 1970The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer — Tom Stoddart
• 1969Crooks and Coronets — Cyril
• 1969The Assassination Bureau — Elevator victim (uncredited)
• 1969The Bed Sitting Room — The BBC
• The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm — King Kong
• 1969The Magic Christian — Police Inspector
• 1969Till Death Us Do Part — Valuation Officer
• 196830 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia! — Registrar
• 1968A Flea in Her Ear — Charles, the Butler
• 1968If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them — The Undertaker
• 1968Red, White, and Zero
• 1968The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom — Factory Manager
• The Champions — Clerk
• The World of Beachcomber — Various Roles
• Not in Front of the Children — Mr Wilkinson
• 1966A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum — Slave Driver
• 1966Carry On Screaming! — Mr. Jones
• 1966Dannicaforilithermidor — Sergeant Bull
• 1966Danny the Dragon
• 1966Lucy in London — Passport Officer
• 1965Gonks Go Beat — Mr. A&R
• Six Shades of Black — Mr Inchcape-Lewis
• 1965The Big Job — Bank Official
• 1965The Early Bird — Drunken Doctor
• The Man in Room 17 — Chief Inspector Bascombe
• 1965The Wild Affair — Wine Shop Manager
• HMS Paradise — Commander Fairweather
• 1964The Comedy Man — Producer
• 1964The Tomb of Ligeia — Peperel
• 1962Doomsday at Eleven — BBC Announcer
• 1962It's Trad, Dad! — TV Director
• 1962Operation Stogie — Hotel receptionist (uncredited)
• Steptoe and Son — Seller, Barman, Butler, The Frenchman
• It's a Square World
• The Avengers
• 1961The Impersonator — Police Sargeant
• 1961Victim — George - Henry's Assistant (uncredited)
• Coronation Street — Danny Roach
• Danger Man — Police Captain, Pepe
• The Cheaters — Long
• The Dickie Henderson Show
• The Four Just Men — Clerk, Coroner, Hotel Manager (uncredited)
• 1958Battle of the V-1 — British Scientist (uncredited)
• The Adventures of William Tell — Tax Collector, Heinburgher
• Armchair Theatre — Station Sergeant, Arthur - The Groom's Father
• 1956Cloak Without Dagger — False James Markley
• Hancock's Half Hour
• 1956Johnny, You're Wanted — Police Inspector
• Dixon of Dock Green — PC Cox
• 1955Portrait of Alison — Police Photographer
• The Sooty Show — Dr. Hugh, Mr Wolfe
• 1954Radio Cab Murder — Inspector Finch
• 1954The Silent Witness — The Barman (uncredited)
• Sunday Night Theatre — Sailor
• 1935The Florentine Dagger — (uncredited)
• 1931Cracked Nuts — Revolutionary

Appearances as themselves (7)

• 2022Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs — Self (archive)
• 2005The Funny Blokes of British Comedy — Self
• 2002The Making of Gosford Park — Self (uncredited)
• Richard & Judy — Self
• 2001Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box — Self
• 1998What's a Carry On? — Self (uncredited)
• Pebble Mill — Self