"The Naked Civil Servant (book) The Naked Civil Servant is the 1968 autobiography of British gay icon Quentin Crisp, adapted into a 1975 film of the same name starring John Hurt. The book began as a 1964 radio interview with Crisp conducted by his friend and fellow eccentric Philip O'Connor. A managing director at Jonathan Cape heard the interview and commissioned the publication. Having sold only 3,500 copies when first released, the book became a success when it was republished following the television movie broadcast. The book contains many anecdotes about Crisp's life from childhood to middle age, including troubles"
"In the ""Monty Python's Flying Circus"" sketch entitled ""Buying a Bed"", Eric Idle plays a salesman named ""Mr Verity"" and Graham Chapman plays a salesman named ""Mr Lambert"". This sketch was part of Season 1, Episode 8, ""Full Frontal Nudity"", which was broadcast on BBC 1 on 7 December 1969. In 2000, ""The Naked Civil Servant"", finished fourth in a British Film Institute poll of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes of the 20th century. In the 2007 ""Doctor Who"" episode ""Human Nature"", the Doctor (as David Tennant) refers to his parents as ""Sydney"" and ""Verity"", a tribute to both"
"by Greycat Films in 1990. The song ""The Ballad of Jack Eric Williams (and Other Three-Named Composers)"" from William Finn's song-cycle ""Elegies"" refers to him. The 1981synthpop song ""No G.D.M"" by German electro band Gina X Performance is dedicated to Quentin Crisp. In 2009 a television sequel to ""The Naked Civil Servant"" was broadcast. Entitled ""An Englishman in New York"" the production documented Crisp's later years in Manhattan. Thirty-four years after his first award-winning performance as Crisp John Hurt returned to play him again. Other co-stars included Denis O'Hare as Phillip Steele (an amalgam character based on Crisp's friends Phillip"
"Civilian Clothes Civilian Clothes is a surviving 1920 American silent comedy film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It stars Thomas Meighan and was directed by Hugh Ford. This film is based on a Broadway play, ""Civilian Clothes"", by Thompson Buchanan. Thurston Hall played Meighan's part in the play. ""Civilian Clothes"" is preserved at the Gosfilmofond Russian Archives, Moscow. As described in a film magazine, Florence Lanham (Mansfield), married in France while a Salvation Army worker to Captain Sam McGinnis (Meighan), returns to society life in America after receiving word that he was killed in battle. She"
"The Servant (1963 film) The Servant is Harold Pinter's 1963 film adaptation of a 1948 novelette by Robin Maugham. A British production directed by Joseph Losey, it stars Dirk Bogarde, Sarah Miles, Wendy Craig and James Fox. It opened at London's Warner Theatre on 14 November 1963. The first of Pinter's three film collaborations with Losey, which also include ""Accident"" (1967) and ""The Go-Between"" (1971), ""The Servant"" is a tightly-constructed psychological dramatic film about the relationships among the four central characters examining issues relating to class, servitude and the ennui of the upper classes. Tony (James Fox) a wealthy young"
"of real love. Civilian Clothes Civilian Clothes is a surviving 1920 American silent comedy film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It stars Thomas Meighan and was directed by Hugh Ford. This film is based on a Broadway play, ""Civilian Clothes"", by Thompson Buchanan. Thurston Hall played Meighan's part in the play. ""Civilian Clothes"" is preserved at the Gosfilmofond Russian Archives, Moscow. As described in a film magazine, Florence Lanham (Mansfield), married in France while a Salvation Army worker to Captain Sam McGinnis (Meighan), returns to society life in America after receiving word that he was killed"
"also made responsible for overseeing the work of Euston Films, Thames' subsidiary film production company, at the time best known as the producers of ""The Sweeney"". In 1979 she transferred to Euston full-time as the company's Chief Executive, overseeing productions such as ""Quatermass"" (1979), ""Minder"" (1979–94) and ""Widows"" (1983). At Thames and Euston, Lambert enjoyed the most sustained period of critical and popular success of her career. ""The Naked Civil Servant"" won a British Academy Television Award (BAFTA) for its star John Hurt as well as a Broadcasting Press Guild Award and a prize at the Prix Italia; ""Rock Follies"""
"John Hurt Sir John Vincent Hurt (22 January 1940 – 25 January 2017) was an English actor whose screen and stage career spanned more than 50 years. Hurt was regarded as one of Britain's finest actors; director David Lynch described him as ""simply the greatest actor in the world"". Hurt came to prominence for his role as Richard Rich in the film ""A Man for All Seasons"" (1966) and gained BAFTA Award nominations for his portrayals of Timothy Evans in ""10 Rillington Place"" (1971) and Quentin Crisp in television film ""The Naked Civil Servant"" (1975) – winning his first BAFTA"
"Liz Gebhardt Elisabeth Anne ""Liz"" Gebhardt (12 April 1945 – 10 August 1996) was an English actress, best known for playing the part of form 5C pupil Maureen Bullock in the LWT sitcom ""Please Sir!"" (1968–71) and in the subsequent spin-off show, ""The Fenn Street Gang"" (1971–73). Following on from her role in the show and its spin-off, she continued working in television, starring as Doreen Bissel in ""Dear Mother...Love Albert"", and appearing in a number of supporting roles in programmes such as ""New Scotland Yard"", ""Z-Cars"", ""The Naked Civil Servant"", ""Doctor on the Go"", ""Grange Hill"", ""The Bill"", ""Love"
"Naked (2017 film) Naked is a 2017 American comedy film directed by Michael Tiddes and written by Rick Alvarez, Cory Koller and Marlon Wayans. It is a remake of the 2000 Swedish film ""Naken"". The film stars Marlon Wayans, Regina Hall, Jonathan Todd Jackson, Scott Foley, Loretta Devine, Brian McKnight and Dennis Haysbert. The film was released on Netflix on August 11, 2017. Substitute teacher Rob Anderson is offered a full-time teaching job, but is reluctant to make that long-term commitment. He and his fiancée, physician Megan Swope, fly to Charleston, South Carolina, for their wedding the next day. Megan's"
"unavailable, they convince an ambitious young man (Lloyd) to impersonate him, so that they can proceed with their scheme. The film used several uncredited actors including Rollin Aremz, Olive Barker, Hal Berg, K. Bleus, Roy Brooks, Sammy Brooks as Guest, Bobby Brydon, Evelyn Burns, Jack Byron, Joe Campbell, Al Caukins, Margaret Cleveland, Barney Crozier, Mary Culver, Frank Daniels, Grace Darnell, Harry Davenport, Olive Ellingwood, W.H. Ely, Lillian Farrell, Nell Foltz, Carla Freege, Jim Gether, Louis Goldstone, Minette Grosse, Dorothy Hagan, Adelaide Hallock, Jules Hanft, Jessie Heathman, Jay Higgins, Ray L. Holmes, Slim Holmes, Harry Howard, Wallace Howe as Butler, Mark"
"hour. He is well-remembered for his many roles as authority figures, some of which were: Joyce Grenfell’s police-superintendent-fiancée in the ""St. Trinian’s"" series; Quentin Crisp’s father in ""The Naked Civil Servant""; and Sir Oliver Surface in ""The School For Scandal"". In his seventies, Lamble appeared in a six-month season at the Scottish Dundee Repertory Theatre, where he played the leading role in four out of six repertory plays. He then played a long season in London’s West End in the revival of ""Me and My Girl"". Lamble died in Falmouth, Cornwall on 9 April 2008, aged 94. He was survived"
"Sebastian Stan Sebastian Stan (born 13 August 1982) is a Romanian American actor. On television, he has played Carter Baizen in ""Gossip Girl"", Prince Jack Benjamin in ""Kings"", Jefferson in ""Once Upon a Time"", and T.J. Hammond in ""Political Animals"". The latter earned him a nomination for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries. Stan gained wide recognition for his role as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, beginning with 2011's """" and later also in """" (2014), ""Ant-Man"" (2015), """" (2016), ""Black Panther"" (2018) and in """" (2018). In 2015,"
"as Anton Petrov, Melissa Bickerton as Ellen King, Bayo Akinfemi as Nathi Zuma, Alexandra Chun as Xiao Chen, Tohoru Masamune as Haruto Yakimura and Gabriel Salvador as Lucio. Bickerton, Akinfemi, Chun, and Masamune did not receive guest star credit in the episode. Boothe, Dacascos, Pasdar, Gardner, Wade, and Salvador reprise their roles from earlier in the series. Despite being credited, Henry Simmons did not ultimately appear. The sequence in which Dalton as the Inhuman Hive, possessing Grant Ward, is naked and covered in goo, was inspired by images of people covered in honey that reminded the showrunners of a birth."
"The Naked Street The Naked Street is a 1955 American crime film noir directed by Maxwell Shane. The drama features Farley Granger, Anthony Quinn and Anne Bancroft. Phil Regal, a tough racketeer, pulls strings to get his sister Rosalie's punk boyfriend, Nicky, out of a death penalty for a murder, so that they can get married. Later, when he learns that Nicky is cheating on Rosalie, he arranges for Nicky to be framed for a murder he didn't commit. Farley Granger later said that he thought the movie was ""preachy, trite, and pedestrian,"" although he welcomed the opportunity to work"
"""nude cleaner"" for a client. He learns that the client is an ex-Marine who was paralyzed in combat and still longs for the boy with whom he fell in love, who was killed. The client is still able to achieve an erection and Dean has sex with him. Harry is at an appointment with a regular, a uniform fetishist called ""The General"" (Wynston A. Jones). Usually Harry beats him, but unknown to Harry, the client has arranged for something different with Ghislaine. After showing Harry a picture of himself in which he closely resembles Harry, the General orders Harry to"
"Bob Servant Bob Servant Independent, renamed Bob Servant, is a British television sitcom written and created by Neil Forsyth. The first series of six episodes was broadcast in 2013 on BBC4 and repeated on BBC2 Scotland, starring Brian Cox in the titular role and Jonathan Watson in the role of Frank. The show is set in Broughty Ferry, a suburb of Dundee. The second series, renamed ""Bob Servant"", was broadcast in 2014 on BBC1 Scotland and 2015 on BBC4. When Broughty Ferry’s MP is decapitated in a car crash, the resulting by-election receives an unlikely candidate. Local cheeseburger tycoon Bob"
"The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear The Naked Gun : The Smell of Fear is a 1991 comedy film. It is the sequel to the 1988 film """" and the second installment in ""The Naked Gun"" film series. The film stars Leslie Nielsen as the comically bumbling Police Lt. Frank Drebin of ""Police Squad!"". Priscilla Presley plays the role of Jane, with O. J. Simpson as Nordberg and George Kennedy as police captain Ed Hocken. The film also features Robert Goulet (who previously made a ""special guest star"" appearance on ""Police Squad!"") as the villainous Quentin Hapsburg and"
"The Naked Face (film) The Naked Face is a 1984 film written and directed by Bryan Forbes, based on the book of the same name by Sidney Sheldon. It stars Roger Moore, Rod Steiger and Elliott Gould. It was nominated for ""Best Film"" at Mystfest, a film festival. A patient of Chicago psychoanalyst Dr. Judd Stevens (Moore) is murdered after a session, stabbed while wearing a raincoat belonging to the doctor. Police detectives McGreavy (Steiger) and Angeli (Gould) investigate. McGreavy bitterly resents the doctor from a previous case in which Stevens' testimony led to a cop killer being institutionalized rather"
"James Franciscus James Grover Franciscus (January 31, 1934 – July 8, 1991) was an American actor, known for his roles in feature films and in four television series: ""Mr. Novak"", ""The Naked City"", ""The Investigators"", and ""Longstreet"". Franciscus was born in Clayton, Missouri, to Lorraine (née Grover) and John Allen Franciscus, who was killed in action during World War II. In 1957, Franciscus received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and theatre arts from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, from which he graduated magna cum laude. He was a classmate of Dick Cavett and Bill Hinnant. His first"
"The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (also known as simply The Naked Gun) is a 1988 American comedy film. The film stars Leslie Nielsen as the bumbling police lieutenant Frank Drebin. The film also stars Priscilla Presley, Ricardo Montalbán, George Kennedy, and O. J. Simpson. The film features fast-paced slapstick comedy, including many visual and verbal puns and gags. The film is based on the character portrayed by Nielsen in the television series ""Police Squad!"" The core creative team behind ""Police Squad!"" and the film series includes the"
"an episode of the British anthology series ""Out of the Unknown"", with Baley being portrayed by Paul Maxwell and Daneel by David Collings. Broadcast on BBC2 on 18 February 1969, the story was dramatised by Robert Muller and directed by Rudolph Cartier and the music and sound effects were created by Delia Derbyshire of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Cast of BBC2 Adaptation: ""The Naked Sun"" was one of six Asimov stories dramatised for the ""Out of the Unknown"" series. The others were ""The Dead Past"", ""Sucker Bait"", ""Satisfaction Guaranteed"", ""Reason"" (as ""The Prophet"") and ""Liar!"" Although the episode was wiped"
"The Volunteer (film) The Volunteer (1944) is a short black-and-white British film by the filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger for the U.K. Ministry of Information. Made during World War II as recruitment propaganda for the Fleet Air Arm, volunteer numbers rose after its release. The films features actor Ralph Richardson starring in a West End production of ""Othello"". Pat McGrath plays his dresser, who joins the Fleet Air Arm and becomes a war hero – as famous as Richardson himself. British film stars Anna Neagle and Laurence Olivier make cameo appearances, as does director Michael Powell and fellow British"
"The Naked Chef The Naked Chef was a BBC Two television cooking programme starring Jamie Oliver. It originally ran for three series plus three subsequent Christmas specials, and was produced by Optomen Television for the BBC. The show was Oliver's television debut, and was noted for its use of jumpy, close-up camera work, and the presenter's ""Mockney"" dialect and relaxed style—for example, Oliver would tear up herbs rather than chopping. The programme was credited with inspiring men to cook due to Oliver's ""blokey"" approach. Each episode took its theme from a social situation or event in Oliver's life, such as"
"Naked in New York Naked in New York is a 1993 American romantic comedy film directed by Daniel Algrant and starring Eric Stoltz, Mary-Louise Parker, Ralph Macchio, Jill Clayburgh, Tony Curtis, Timothy Dalton, and Kathleen Turner, and featuring multiple celebrity cameos, including William Styron listing all of his authored, penned and film work, Whoopi Goldberg as a bas-relief mask, and former New York Dolls singer David Johansen as a talking monkey, which were arranged by executive producer Martin Scorsese. The film is narrated in flashback by Jake Briggs (Eric Stoltz), a young aspiring playwright, culminating in the production of one"
"with greater success. ""Naked in New York"" received mixed reviews, currently holding a 42% 'Rotten' rating on review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes. The ""New York Times"" called the film ""a warm, seductive delight"". Naked in New York Naked in New York is a 1993 American romantic comedy film directed by Daniel Algrant and starring Eric Stoltz, Mary-Louise Parker, Ralph Macchio, Jill Clayburgh, Tony Curtis, Timothy Dalton, and Kathleen Turner, and featuring multiple celebrity cameos, including William Styron listing all of his authored, penned and film work, Whoopi Goldberg as a bas-relief mask, and former New York Dolls singer David Johansen"
"at the age of 57. James Franciscus James Grover Franciscus (January 31, 1934 – July 8, 1991) was an American actor, known for his roles in feature films and in four television series: ""Mr. Novak"", ""The Naked City"", ""The Investigators"", and ""Longstreet"". Franciscus was born in Clayton, Missouri, to Lorraine (née Grover) and John Allen Franciscus, who was killed in action during World War II. In 1957, Franciscus received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and theatre arts from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, from which he graduated magna cum laude. He was a classmate of Dick Cavett"
"for his role in the BBC Two sketch show ""The Ginge, the Geordie and the Geek"" along with Paul Charlton and Graeme Rooney. Kevin O'Loughlin Kevin O'Loughlin is a Scottish actor and comedian, known for his roles in ""The Ginge, the Geordie and the Geek"", ""Taggart"" and ""Bob Servant, Independent"". O'Loughlin trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RSAMD). Whilst training, he starred in numerous productions including ""Richard III"", ""The Cherry Orchard"" and ""Oedipus"". Since graduating, O'Loughlin has appeared on a number of popular television programmes including ""Taggart"", ""Sirens"" and ""River City"". He also appeared in 2 episodes of the"
"with Anthony Quinn and Anne Bancroft. When the film was released, ""The New York Times"" film critic, Bosley Crowther, panned the film, writing, ""The whole spectacle is dismal and uninspiring. The only cheerful thing that occurs is that the sister and wife, played by Anne Bancroft, falls in love with and marries a newspaper man."" ""TV Guide"" rated it 3/5 stars and called it a ""solid, fast-paced crime tale"". The Naked Street The Naked Street is a 1955 American crime film noir directed by Maxwell Shane. The drama features Farley Granger, Anthony Quinn and Anne Bancroft. Phil Regal, a tough"
"Fighting, and Filmmaking"". The Naked Kiss The Naked Kiss is a 1964 American melodrama film and neo noir, written and directed by Samuel Fuller and starring Constance Towers, Anthony Eisley, Michael Dante, and Virginia Grey. The film follows a former prostitute who attempts to assimilate in suburbia after fleeing her pimp, but finds that the small town she has relocated to is not as picturesque as she had believed. It was Fuller's second film for Allied Artists after his 1963 film ""Shock Corridor"". Kelly is a prostitute who shows up in the small town of Grantville, just one more burg"
"million). The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (also known as simply The Naked Gun) is a 1988 American comedy film. The film stars Leslie Nielsen as the bumbling police lieutenant Frank Drebin. The film also stars Priscilla Presley, Ricardo Montalbán, George Kennedy, and O. J. Simpson. The film features fast-paced slapstick comedy, including many visual and verbal puns and gags. The film is based on the character portrayed by Nielsen in the television series ""Police Squad!"" The core creative team behind ""Police Squad!"" and the film series includes"
"Nicky Katt Nicholas Katt (born May 11, 1970) is an American actor known for his role as unorthodox teacher Harry Senate on David E. Kelley's Fox drama series ""Boston Public"". Katt's film roles include Clint Bruno in ""Dazed & Confused"" (1993), Billy Ray Cobb in ""A Time to Kill"" (1996), Tim in ""SubUrbia"" (1996), Stacy the hitman in ""The Limey"" (1999), Greg Weinstein in ""Boiler Room"" (2000), Adolf Hitler in ""Full Frontal"" (2002), Fred Duggar in ""Insomnia"" (2002), Stuka in ""Sin City"" (2005), and Nate Petite in ""Snow Angels"" (2008). Katt has co-starred in many movies and received critical praise"
"Cleavon Little Cleavon Jake Little (June 1, 1939 – October 22, 1992) was an American stage, film, and television actor. He began his career in the late 1960s on the stage. In 1970, he starred in the Broadway production of ""Purlie"", for which he earned both a Drama Desk Award and a Tony Award. His first leading television role was that of the irreverent Dr. Jerry Noland on the ABC sitcom ""Temperatures Rising"" (1972–1974). While starring in the sitcom, Little appeared in what has become his signature performance, portraying Sheriff Bart in the 1974 Mel Brooks comedy film ""Blazing Saddles""."