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
Alexander Maxwell (civil servant) Alexander Maxwell (civil servant) Sir Alexander Maxwell, (9 March 1880 – 1 July 1963) was a British civil servant notable for his service as Permanent Under-Secretary of State to the Home Office from 1938 to 1948. Maxwell was a hard worker and a superb administrator who was well regarded by his department and was particularly interested in civil liberty, even during the height of the Second World War, and also delinquency. Alexander Maxwell was born at Sharston Mount, Northen Etchells, Cheshire, on 9 March 1880, the eldest son of the Revd Joseph Matthew Townsend Maxwell, a Congregational minister, and his