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Andrew Sachs

Andrew Sachs

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

07/04/1930

Day of Death

23/11/2016
(86) years old

Place of Birth

Berlin, Germany

Biography

Andrew Sachs was a German-born British actor. He made his name on British television and is best known for his portrayals of Manuel in Fawlty Towers, a role for which he was BAFTA-nominated and also as Ramsay Clegg in Coronation Street.

Known For

Fawlty Towers: A Very British Comedy

Fawlty Towers: A Very British Comedy

Breaking the Bank

Breaking the Bank

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Quartet

Quartet

Run For Your Wife

Run For Your Wife

Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened

Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened

We Are Most Amused

We Are Most Amused

What the Pythons Did Next...

What the Pythons Did Next...

Ant Attack

Ant Attack

Mr. Loveday's Little Outing

Mr. Loveday's Little Outing

Filmography

Cast

2025

Fawlty Towers: A Very British Comedy

2016

Breaking the Bank

as Jenkins

2016

Alice Through the Looking Glass

as Mantel Clock (voice)

2012

Quartet

as Bobby Swanson

2012

Run For Your Wife

as Clumsy Waiter

2009

Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened

as Self / Manuel

2008

We Are Most Amused

as Self

2007

What the Pythons Did Next...

as Self

2006

Ant Attack

as Narrator

2006

Mr. Loveday's Little Outing

as Mr. Loveday

2006

Ricky Gervais Meets... Larry David

as Himself - Narrator (voice)

2005

Fawlty Towers Revisited

as Himself

2005

Benjamin's Struggle

2005

Egypt: Rediscovering a Lost World

as Self - Narrator

2003

Doctor Who: Shada

as Skagra (voice)

2001

Nowhere in Africa

as Mr. Rubens

1999

The Amazing World of Wallace & Gromit

as Narrator (voice)

1998

Dead Clean

as Kostas Malmatakis

1997

Eyewitness: Monster

as Narrator (voice)

1997

Einstein Revealed

as Albert Einstein

1997

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: The First ...

as Presenter

1996

Taxandria

as André / Superintendent

1995

The Forgotten Toys

as Chef / Old Man (voice)

1993

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

1988

Consuming Passions

1987

Spirits of the Forest

as Narrator

1985

The Galactic Garden

as Vector

1982

It's Your Move

as Roadsweeper

1980

The Tempest

as Trinculo

1978

Revenge of the Pink Panther

as Hospital Inmate

1977

Are You Being Served? The Movie

as Carlos

1976

James and the Giant Peach

as Interviewer / 1st Naval Officer / Securi...

1976

House of Mortal Sin

as Man in Church

1975

Robin Hood Junior

as Friar

1974

Gorilla

as Narrator

1974

Romance with a Double Bass

as Musician Zhuchkov

1973

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

as Walter Wagner

1971

Quest for Love

as TV Announcer (uncredited)

1968

If Only the Trains Came

as Sergei Sergeich

1968

Number Ten

as Nigel Fenn

1963

We Joined the Navy

as Short-Changed US Seaman

1961

Nothing Barred

as Convict

1959

The Night We Dropped a Clanger

as A.C. 2 Briggs

1947

Hue and Cry

as Schoolboy (uncredited)

Crew

1985

The Galactic Garden

as Writer