No Longer Being Served

Frank Thornton, the sane center about which the lunacy of Grace Brothers revolved, has died at the age of 92. Best remembered as Captain Peacock in Are You Being Served?, Thornton was the stiff upper lip type, straight out of Central Casting, the ideal foil for British comedians like Benny Hill and Spike Milligan. With Thornton’s death, only Nicholas Smith, the unfortunate looking Mr. Rumbold, is left from the principal cast of Are You Being Served?.