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Frank Thornton Ball (15 January 1921 – 16 March 2013), professionally known as Frank Thornton, was an English actor. He was best known for playing Captain Peacock in the TV sitcom Are You Being Served? and its sequel Grace & Favour (Are You Being Served? Again!) and as Herbert "Truly" Truelove in TV sitcom Last of the Summer Wine
Mar 18, 2013 · 18 March 2013. Watch clips of Frank Thornton in his best known roles. Frank Thornton, who played Captain Peacock in BBC comedy Are You Being Served? has died at the age of 92....
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Actor: Are You Being Served?. He was the third child of William Ernest Ball, a bank manager and Rosina whose other children were Marjorie, who died in 1980 and John, Thornton was his mother's maiden name and his middle name, He played the cello in his school's orchestra and was a corporal in the Officer's Training Corps which he left in1937 and ...
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Are You Being Served?: Created by Jeremy Lloyd, David Croft. With Mollie Sugden, John Inman, Frank Thornton, Wendy Richard. The misadventures of the staff of a retail floor of a major department store.
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Jun 10, 1977 · Frank Thornton. See production info at IMDbPro. RENT/BUY. from $8.69. search Amazon. Add to Watchlist. Added by 1.9K users. 34 User reviews. 9 Critic reviews. Videos 1. Trailer 2:33.
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The show became a ratings hit and, after a successful 13-year run, Are You Being Served? came to an end on 1 April 1985. Of the original cast, only Frank Thornton, Mollie Sugden, John Inman, Wendy Richard and Nicholas Smith appeared in all 69 episodes. The same five later featured in the sequel sitcom, Grace & Favour (also known as Are You ...
Mar 18, 2013 · Frank Thornton, who has died at the age of 92, was a character actor who spent more than 20 years in bit parts until achieving national fame as the pompous Captain Peacock in the BBC sitcom...
