Milo Sperber

Milo Sperber (20 March 1911 – 22 December 1992) was a British actor, director and writer who was born in Poland.

Early life Sperber was born in 1911 into a family of Polish Hasidic Jews who fled anti-Semitism during the Second World War. His older brother was activist, author and intellectual Manès Sperber. The younger Sperber trained as a lawyer in Vienna before joining Max Reinhardt's school; there he played roles in Six Characters in Search of an Author and A Midsummer Night's Dream, among other plays. Martin Esslin was a classmate during this time. In 1990, at the age of 79, he appeared in Series 2, Episode 7 of Poirot, "The Kidnapped Prime Minister," as Mr. Fingler, Poirot's kvetching tailor.

His big-screen career included performances in minor roles in such films as Foreign Intrigue, The Spy Who Loved Me, Operation Crossbow, In Search of the Castaways and Billion Dollar Brain. He taught for some time at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and served as a scriptwriter for the BBC's German language service. Many of his students at RADA went on to succeed in the arts, including Glenda Jackson.

Sperber died on 22 December 1992, aged 81 in London.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes1942 Thunder Rock Mr. Hirohiti Uncredited1944 Mr. Emmanuel Student 1948 Noose Taschlik Uncredited1949 Golden Arrow Black Marketeer 1954 The End of the Road Uncredited1956 Foreign Intrigue Baum 1960 Bluebeard's Ten Honeymoons Librarian Uncredited1962 In Search of the Castaways Crooked Sailor 1963 The Victors Concentration Camp Prisoner 1965 Operation Crossbow German Hotel Porter 1967 Billion Dollar Brain Basil 1976 Voyage of the Damned Rabbi 1977 Providence Mr. Jenner 1977 The Spy Who Loved Me Prof. Markovitz 1978 The Stud Kamara Uncredited1981 Are You Being Served? Mr. Grossman