The Naked Civil Servant (film) The Naked Civil Servant (film) The Naked Civil Servant is a 1975 biographical film based on Quentin Crisp's 1968 book of the same name, starring John Hurt and directed by Jack Gold, adapted by Philip Mackie, and produced by Verity Lambert. Originally broadcast on 17 December, the 77-minute television film was produced by Thames Television for the British channel ITV. Crisp is depicted from youth to middle age. For his performance, Hurt won the BAFTA for Best Actor in 1976 and the production also won the 1976 Prix Italia. In 1976, it was shown on US channel WOR-TV and later
John Sainty (civil servant) National Archives. John Sainty (civil servant) Sir John Christopher Sainty, KCB, FSA (born 1934 in London, England) is a retired British civil servant who was Clerk of the Parliaments from 1983 to 1990. Sir John is the son of Christopher Lawrence Sainty, of Clayton Priory, Hassocks, Sussex, and his first wife Nancy Lee Miller, of Madison, Wisconsin, and Chicago, Illinois. He is married to Frances Sherlock and has three sons: Sir John is also the elder half-brother of the art dealer and historian of Orders of Knighthood Guy Stair Sainty. He was educated at Winchester College, and New College, Oxford.