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. More about Frank Thornton
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Frank Thornton Ball was born in Dulwich, London, the son of Rosina Mary (née Thornton) and William Ernest Ball. His father was an organist at St Stephen's Church, Sydenham Hill, where Frank learned to play the organ for a short while. Music proved too difficult for him, however, and he wanted to act from an early age.In total, we tracked 69 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Frank Thornton (ARE YOU BEING SERVED 7X9 PHOTO SIGNED BY JOHN INMAN/ FRANK THORNTON) was sold in March 2020 for £103.71 while the cheapest item (Frank Thornton (Are You Being Served?) Signed Photo) found a new owner for £0.50 in October 2012. The month with the most items sold (6) was March 2013 with an average selling price of £19.52 for an autographed item of Frank Thornton. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in September 2013 with £39.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was December 2012. In average, an autographed item from Frank Thornton is worth £5.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Frank Thornton were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
Item Title | Price | Store | |
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?SALE? Frank Thornton “Are You Being Served” Handsigned Autographed Pic 5”x 3” | £8.88 | ||
Autograph of Frank Thornton (Are you Being Served / Last of the Summer Wine) | £5.60 | ||
Autograph of Frank Thornton (Last of the Summer Wine) | £6.60 | ||
FRANK THORNTON ARE YOU BEING SERVED POSTCARD GENUINE SIGNED AUTOGRAPH ACTOR | £33.00 | ||
FRANK THORNTON AS TRULY LAST OF THE SUMMER WINE HAND SIGNED CAST CARD | £10.00 | ||
Frank Thornton Autograph. Are You Being Served? Comedy | £5.04 | ||
FRANK THORNTON GENUINE SIGNED AUTOGRAPH PHOTO CARD ARE YOU BEING SERVED CULT TV | £10.13 | ||
Signed Autograph Book Page Frank Thornton Are you being served | £5.00 | ||
Signed Autograph Photo Frank Thornton Are You Being Served | £5.00 | ||
THE AVENGERS COMPLETE COLLECTION CUT AUTOGRAPH CARD FRANK THORNTON FT7 | £9.99 |