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
James Peck (civil servant) of the Second World War. When the war came, he was appointed chief divisional food controller for Scotland and held the post until his retirement in 1946. Peck was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1920 New Year War Honours and was knighted by King George VI in 1938. In 1911, he married the novelist Winifred Knox, who died in November 1962. James Peck (civil servant) Sir James Wallace Peck CB FRSE (3 May 1875 – 3 February 1964) was a British civil servant and local government officer. Peck was born in Glasgow, the son