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Frank Thornton

Frank Thornton

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.

  • Grace & Favour
  • Great Expectations
  • Casualty
  • The Kenny Everett Television Show
  • Blankety Blank
  • The New Avengers
  • Fall of Eagles
  • Last of the Summer Wine
  • Are You Being Served?
  • Crown Court
  • Sykes
  • From a Bird's Eye View
  • The Goodies
  • The Champions
  • Not in Front of the Children
  • The Man in Room 17
  • Steptoe and Son
  • The Avengers
  • It's a Square World
  • The Cheaters
  • Coronation Street
  • Danger Man
  • The Four Just Men
  • The Adventures of William Tell
  • Hancock's Half Hour
  • Armchair Theatre
  • Dixon of Dock Green
  • The Sooty Show
  • Sunday Night Theatre

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