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
Gay icon career-long gay following that extended out of Paris and well into the Middle East. In the years since her death, her iconic status has not diminished. As a result of their pro-LGBT activism and their artistry, Taiwanese singers A-mei and Jolin Tsai, Indian actor Anil Kapoor and Indian actress Sonam Kapoor and Hong Kong singer, Leslie Cheung have been called gay icons. Similarly, in European countries such as the Netherlands, Dutch singer and actress Willeke Alberti is widely embraced as a gay icon, due to a combination of her song repertoire, her durability, and her performances in support of manifold