Quentin Crisp

AKA:

4.0224

1908-12-25

Sutton, Surrey, England, UK

Biography

Crew Roles

The Naked Civil Servant

Writer

Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {33}

Queen Elizabeth I

1992-12-11 6.9

Orlando

England, 1600. Queen Elizabeth I promises Orlando, a young nobleman obsessed with poetry, that she will grant him land and fortune if he agrees to satisfy a very particular request. ...

Genre :Drama, Fantasy

Himself

2001-01-01 7

The Significant Death of Quentin Crisp

Quentin Crisp was a writer, raconteur, social rebel, and "professional being". He was nearly 91 when he died of heart failure in 1999, and his death powerfully affected those who loved him. In this po ...

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Himself

1970-01-01 0

Quentin Crisp

Five years before the TV adaptation of The Naked Civil Servant made him a household name, Quentin Crisp - dandy, raconteur, life model and former prostitute - welcomed celebrated filmmaker Denis Mitch ...

Genre :Documentary

Self

1993-11-10 4.381

Naked in New York

Naked in New York begins in the car of grown up Jake, he is talking to us about his girlfriend, Joanne, and to whom you can turn to for help while facing life. From there it flashes back to his memor ...

Genre :Comedy, Romance

Himself

1994-01-01 0

My Lunch With Quentin Crisp

Diva filmmaker June Lang's documentary of her and Mr. Quentin Crisp having lunch at her apartment. ...

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Self

1990-09-14 5

Resident Alien

At age 73, writer and melancholy master of the bon mot, Quentin Crisp (1908-1999), became an Englishman in New York. Nossiter's camera follows Crisp about the streets of Manhattan, where Crisp seems v ...

Genre :Documentary

2023-09-28 0

Beyond Queer: Voices from Bohemia

Former Warhol Superstar and creator of the seminal sexual politics performance spectacular Bitch!Dyke!Faghag!Whore!, Penny Arcade, washed up on the shores of the Lower East Side of New York as a teena ...

Genre :

1970-01-01 0

Value for Money

A girl takes her camera along to a rocky beach, but quickly becomes fascinated with a far stranger mechanical contraption that she finds there. ...

Genre :Drama

2010-04-29 0

Uncle Denis?

Born Denis Charles Pratt, Quentin Crisp was a writer, an artist's model, an actor and a raconteur. He became a gay icon after the publication of his memoir, The Naked Civil Servant in 1968, and even m ...

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Malcolm

1998-02-19 4.2

Homo Heights

Gay guru and fading icon Malcolm wants to escape from Homo Heights town, which is ruled by drag queen and leader of gay mafia Maria Callous. ...

Genre :Comedy

Self

1994-01-01 0

Nelson Sullivan's World Of Wonder

Tells the story of Nelson Sullivan who was the unofficial video documentary filmmaker of the late 1980s downtown New York nightlife and LGBTQ+ community, with extensive archival segments directed by S ...

Genre :

Polonius

1976-01-01 4.8

Hamlet

The classic Shakespeare play in a way you've never seen. ...

Genre :Drama

Guest at Party (uncredited)

1993-12-22 7.713

Philadelphia

Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops, their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful a ...

Genre :Drama

Narrator (archive footage)

2017-06-09 4.906

Queerama

Created from a treasure trove of archive, Queerama traverses a century of gay experiences, encompassing persecution and prosecution, injustice, love and desire, identity, secrets, forbidden encounters ...

Genre :Music, Documentary

1981-01-03 8

Chelsea Hotel

This TV documentary shows some of the colourful residents of and people connected with the New York Chelsea Hotel. Some highlights include Andy Warhol and William Burroughs having dinner; Quentin Cris ...

Genre :TV Movie, Documentary

Self

1980-01-01 10

An Evening with Quentin Crisp

In this witty monologue, Quentin Crisp advises and opines about personal style (with a few digressions). ...

Genre :Documentary, Comedy

Benvolio (voice)

1990-01-01 5

Romeo.Juliet

The tale centers on an eccentric bag lady who rescues the stray cats of Venice and puts them on a boat to set sail for the new world. It has not been re-released for the home video market. This lack o ...

Genre :Drama, Romance

Dr Zahlus

1985-08-16 5.259

The Bride

Doctor Frankenstein creates a mate for his monster, a woman called Eva, who promptly rejects the male creature. In turn, the doctor becomes obsessed with Eva, and tries to make her a perfect Victorian ...

Genre :Drama, Horror, Romance, Science Fiction

Himself

1975-12-17 6.6

The Naked Civil Servant

Story of the life of Quentin Crisp, an Englishman who was brave enough to live his life according to his own style even in the hostile days of WW2. ...

Genre :Drama, Comedy, TV Movie

Narrator

1988-11-08 1

The Ballad of Reading Gaol

Oscar Wilde’s famous and eloquent defence of love – made while he was being cross-examined at the trial that led to his incarceration and death – is strikingly illustrated, word by word, with Mappleth ...

Genre :Drama

Self

1996-03-15 7.1

The Celluloid Closet

Exuberant, eye-opening movie that serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of the role of gay men and lesbians have had on the silver screen. Film contains fabulous footage from 120 films showing the ...

Genre :Documentary, History

1994-02-13 1

Red Ribbons

The colleagues, collaborators, and former lovers of a recently deceased theater personality gather together for an impromptu memorial service in this drama featuring the final full-length feature perf ...

Genre :Drama

Narrator (voice)

1997-01-16 5.8

Little Red Riding Hood

A black comedy version of the classic tale. ...

Genre :Comedy

Stationmaster

1967-06-01 0

Captain Busby: The Even Tenour of Her Ways

The first half of Ann Wolff's BFI-funded short sees the eponymous captain (played by O'Connor) enacting the bizarre actions of the verse, chewing his beard, bouncing through a window and "frowning at ...

Genre :Comedy

NY Pageant Judge

1995-09-08 7.365

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

Manhattan drag queens Vida Boheme and Noxeema Jackson impress regional judges in competition, securing berths in the Nationals in Los Angeles. When the two meet pathetic drag novice Chi-Chi Rodriguez ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

Self

1990-01-01 0

Summer of Love

Produced in collaboration with MICA-TV, Summer of Love is a public service announcement produced for the American Foundation for AIDS Research. Featuring The B-52’s, David Byrne, Allen Ginsburg, Quent ...

Genre :Documentary

Self

2000-08-13 0

Meeting Mr. Crisp

March 1999. Tim Fountain and Bette Bourne meet Quentin Crisp in his famously filthy New York apartment for one of his very last interviews before his sudden death in England a few months later during ...

Genre :Documentary

Self

2001-05-29 6

Rescued from the Closet

Rescued from the Closet is a 2001 documentary consisting of interviews originally recorded for the 1995 film The Celluloid Closet. It explores the history and impact of LGBT representation in cinema, ...

Genre :Documentary

Mr. Isabella

1990-01-04 5

Kojak: Flowers For Matty

Kojak charms his way into high society to investigate art thefts that are tied to munitions smuggling and murder. ...

Genre :Thriller, Drama, TV Movie, Crime

1993-12-24 2.7

Camp Christmas

Several guests who are lesbian or gay go to a home for Christmas. ...

Genre :

Nathan

1999-02-12 0

Barriers

When Tori, an affluent urban teen, befriends Snake, a streetwise kid from Harlem, his concerned parents hire Phil to be his Nanny to watch out for him. Soon Snake's older and more dangerous brother em ...

Genre :Drama

Self

1995-09-13 3.3

Desolation Angels

Returning home from a trip to visit his mother, Nick discovers that a good friend of his, Sid, has apparently raped his girlfriend, Mary. More concerned with his own wounded pride than with Mary's lin ...

Genre :Drama

Ernie Frick

1985-09-18 7.1

The Equalizer

Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself as "The Equalizer." It is a service for victims of t ...