Milo Sperber

The Polish-born British actor, director and writer Milo Sperber trained as a lawyer in Vienna and then studied at Max Reinhardt's school, where he acted in plays such as Six Characters in Search of an Author plus A Midsummer Night's Dream. Early in the Second World War he joined the Oxford Pilgrim Players, and he directed the troupe during a tour of Case 27 VC. He later worked in cabaret, theater and television, playing Mr. Grossman across four installments of Are You Being Served? and in 1990 Mr. Fingler, a tailor, in an episode of Poirot. His films included small roles in Foreign Intrigue (1956), In Search of the Castaways (1962) and Billion Dollar Brain (1967). He taught at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art where his students included Glenda Jackson and wrote for the BBC's German language service. In 1984 he acted in The Clandestine Marriage at the Albany Theatre his last West End role. He died in 1992.