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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 4.647 |
| Birthday | 1921-01-15 |
| Place of Birth | Dulwich, London, England, UK |
| Also Known As |
1977
Are You Being Served? The Movie
4.7/56
In this feature film version of the popular BBC sitcom, the staff of Grace Brothers go on holiday to Costa Plonka, where they find themselves in the m...
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Are You Being Served? The Movie
1969
The Bed Sitting Room
5.9/44
In the hazy aftermath of World War III, the fallout from a 'nuclear misunderstanding' is producing strange mutations amongst the survivors, and the no...
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The Bed Sitting Room
1969
Till Death Us Do Part
7.2/11
The film version of 'Till Death Do Us Part' tells the story of Alf Garnett, his wife Else, and their newborn daughter Rita, living through the London...
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Till Death Us Do Part
1965
The Wild Affair
5.4/5
Young office assistant Majorie will marry soon, however she's plagued by doubts if her fiance is the right one. On her last day at work, her male coll...
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The Wild Affair
1965
The Big Job
6.6/24
A gang of hapless crooks, led by Sidney James, successfully perpetrate a robbery only to be caught after the fact. Fifteen years later they emerge fro...
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The Big Job
1995
The Old Curiosity Shop
6.3/3
1839. The young Nell Trent is leading a happy life with her grandfather in his curiosity shop. Wharf owner Daniel Quilp has given large amounts of mon...
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The Old Curiosity Shop
1980
The Taming of the Shrew
7.8/6
Baptista has two daughters: Kate and Bianca. Everyone wants to wed the fair Bianca, but nobody's much interested in problem child, Kate. Baptista decl...
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The Taming of the Shrew
1969
The Assassination Bureau
6.4/63
In 1908 London, a women's rights campaigner discovers the Assassination Bureau Limited, an organization that kills for justice. When its motives are c...
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The Assassination Bureau
1976
Spanish Fly
5.3/8
British sex comedy. Sir Percy de Courcy accidentally turns some poor tasting wine into an aphrodisiac when his old school chum, Mike Scott arrives wit...
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Spanish Fly
2022
Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
0/0
This new special reveals the secrets of the long-running sitcom's extraordinary success. Helped by former cast and crew members, families of the stars...
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Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
1954
The Silent Witness
0/0
A man phones the police to confess to killing his wife accidentally, but investigations prove that his story is not as straightforward as it first app...
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The Silent Witness
1965
Gonks Go Beat
2.8/5
Bizarre sixties fable resembling Romeo and Juliet, but instead of Montagues and Capulets, there are two musical communities, one who like rock and rol...
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Gonks Go Beat
1956
Johnny, You're Wanted
5/1
Returning late to London, Johnny gives a lift to an attractive female hitch-hiker. Some distance on, he stops to make a phone call and buy a coffee, b...
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Johnny, You're Wanted
2022
Are You Being Served? Secrets & Scandals
7/1
Are You Being Served? is one of the most popular and most outrageous British sitcoms of all time. For more than a decade, millions of viewers tuned in...
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Are You Being Served? Secrets & Scandals
1931
Cracked Nuts
7/2
To impress his fiancee's aunt, a young man tries to become king in a small kingdom, but the people there have already crowned one, who has won this ho...
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Cracked Nuts
1965
The Early Bird
7.6/30
Norman Pitkin is the assistant helping to run a small, old fashioned dairy which is threatened by a larger, modern organisation. Pitkin does his best...
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The Early Bird
1974
Keep It Up, Jack!
3.1/10
Failed music hall performer Jack James inherits a brothel when his ancient Aunt dies. He takes over the running of the business and falls in love with...
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Keep It Up, Jack!
1961
Victim
7.4/131
A web of blackmail and murder attracts the attention of a barrister with a seemingly idyllic life, threatening to derail his career on the path of suc...
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Victim
1973
The Three Musketeers
6.811/296
The young D'Artagnan arrives in Paris with dreams of becoming a King's musketeer. He meets and quarrels with three men, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, ea...
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The Three Musketeers
1968
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
4.2/4
A 29-year old aspiring composer—still single and without any romantic prospects—vows to both marry and write a hit musical before he turns 30. Directo...
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30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
2012
Run For Your Wife
4.2/9
John Smith has been happily involved in a bigamous marriage for five years. He lives with Stephanie in Finsbury and Michelle in Stockwell. Fortunately...
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Run For Your Wife
1969
Crooks and Coronets
8.3/3
Two crooks are hired to rob an eccentric old lady's estate, but once they get to know her, they can't bring themselves to do it.
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Crooks and Coronets
1968
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
0/0
Set in a cemetery, the film tells the story of a young man whom a blind man wrongly imagines to be black, and explores the nature of human prejudice.
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If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
1973
That Sinking Feeling
0/0
At the gathering of a North Country wedding, the prospective husband starts to have doubts about going ahead as he observes what marriage has done to...
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That Sinking Feeling
1954
Radio Cab Murder
5.4/5
Fred Martin, a taxi driver who is a reformed convict, is used by the police to go undercover in order to help catch a gang of safe robbers. However th...
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Radio Cab Murder
1973
No Sex Please: We're British
5.1/17
A porn-store owner orders some new stuff from his supplier, but the delivery address gets mixed with the address of the local Barclays Bank. Here, Dav...
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No Sex Please: We're British
1966
Danny the Dragon
0/0
Gavin, Jean and Peter meet Danny the Dragon, an unintentional visitor from outer space. Danny and the children encounter many adventures before Danny...
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Danny the Dragon
1966
Dannicaforilithermidor
0/0
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Dannicaforilithermidor
1969
The Magic Christian
5.7/39
Sir Guy Grand, the richest man in the world, adopts a homeless man, Youngman. Together, they set out to prove that anyone--and anything--can be bought...
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The Magic Christian
1935
The Florentine Dagger
5.7/3
A playwright descended from the Borgia family becomes a murder suspect.
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The Florentine Dagger
1968
A Flea in Her Ear
6.2/5
Suspecting that her husband might be having an affair, a wife plots to catch him in the act.
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A Flea in Her Ear
1973
Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
4.6/18
Digby consumes a bowl of Project X, a liquid growth formula. Soon, he becomes a sheepdog of gigantic size!
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Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
1970
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
6.8/277
Holmes and Dr. Watson take on the case of a beautiful woman whose husband has vanished. The investigation proves strange indeed, involving six missing...
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The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
1966
Carry On Screaming!
6.5/103
The sinister Dr. Watt has an evil scheme going—he's kidnapping beautiful young women and turning them into mannequins to sell to local stores. Fortuna...
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Carry On Screaming!
1966
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
6/106
A wily slave must unite a virgin courtesan and his young smitten master to earn his freedom.
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1975
Side by Side
6.5/2
Glam Rock musical comedy about two clashing nightclubs
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Side by Side
1966
Lucy in London
6/1
Lucy goes to hip London to experience all the current fads.
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Lucy in London
1962
It's Trad, Dad!
5.6/13
The hero and heroine want to popularize a trad jazz in their town. Some older people feel displeased about a trad jazz, and prevent their trying. The...
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It's Trad, Dad!
1977
Ride of the Valkyrie
4/1
An opera singer, dressed in full costume and dress, must navigate through the busy city streets to get to the theater in time for his performance. Fil...
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Ride of the Valkyrie
1979
Red, White, and Zero
5/1
Composed of three shorts – Ride of the Valkyrie, The White Bus, and Red and Blue – from three of Britain’s most-celebrated directors - Lindsay Anderso...
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Red, White, and Zero
1964
The Comedy Man
7.2/4
A middle-aged stock actor goes to London to try the big time. After much frustration, he lands a job doing TV commercials, gaining wealth and recognit...
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The Comedy Man
1961
The Impersonator
5.6/7
When a USAF sergeant stationed on a base in England is suspected and then accused of murdering a woman, both he and a local school teacher must race t...
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The Impersonator
1955
Portrait of Alison
6.1/12
An actress and an artist are linked by his brother to deadly smugglers sought by Scotland Yard.
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Portrait of Alison
1970
All the Way Up
6/3
Fred Midway may be a bit short on brains, but he's got plenty of ambition. However, before he can gain promotion as a salesman, he must make his famil...
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All the Way Up
1970
Some Will, Some Won't
6/3
Four people go to great lengths to obtain the fortune left in a will by a very wealthy practical joker.
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Some Will, Some Won't
1972
Bless This House
6.3/22
The legendary Sid James stars as the head of a chaotic household in this movie spin-off from the hit ITV sitcom. Sid Abbott and his best mate Trevor (...
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Bless This House
1973
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
6.7/31
Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are rag-and-bone men, complete with horse and cart to tour the neighbourhood. They also live amicably together at th...
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Steptoe & Son Ride Again
1970
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
6/15
Fresh-faced young Michael Rimmer worms his way into an opinion poll company and is soon running the place. He uses this as a springboard to get into p...
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The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
1972
Our Miss Fred
6.4/8
Danny La Rue stars in this 1970s drag comedy as Fred Wimbush, a Shakespearean actor who is drafted into WWII and is appearing in a camp show in France...
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Our Miss Fred
2001
Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box
0/0
Profile of actress Wendy Richard's remarkable television career, featuring classic clips and contributions from colleagues.
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Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box
1968
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
6.7/11
Harriet Blossom is married to Robert Blossom, a businessman who'd rather spend the night at his bra factory than at home with her. One day, Harriet's...
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The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
2020
We Love Are You Being Served?
0/0
Grace Brothers shut up shop over thirty years ago but for one night only we are reopening that infamous department store, climbing into the lift and g...
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We Love Are You Being Served?
1964
The Tomb of Ligeia
6.242/163
Verden Fell is shattered after the death of his lovely wife. But, after an unexpected encounter with Lady Rowena Trevanion, Fell soon finds himself ma...
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The Tomb of Ligeia
1972
That's Your Funeral
1.5/2
Two funeral parlours fight one another for business, one of whom is more shady than the other.
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That's Your Funeral
1989
The BFG
6.3/158
Sophie is snatched from her orphanage early one morning by the BFG (Big Friendly Giant), whom she witnesses engaged in mysterious activities. She is s...
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The BFG
2001
Gosford Park
6.852/1070
In 1930s England, a group of pretentious rich and famous gather together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, ea...
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Gosford Park
2002
The Making of 'Gosford Park'
5/2
A documentary giving film fans a behind-the-scenes look at the making this Robert Altman film about a murder at an English country estate. Includes in...
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The Making of 'Gosford Park'
1956
Cloak Without Dagger
7.3/3
A British Intelligence officer fails a mission during WW2. Years later whilst working in a hotel he bumps into an old flame who is desperate to discov...
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