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Andrew Sachs

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Apr 7, 1930 (96 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

Acting
2025The Cancellation Of Fawlty Towers
2016Breaking the BankJenkins
2016Alice Through the Looking GlassMantel Clock (voice)
2012Run For Your WifeClumsy Waiter
2012QuartetBobby Swanson
2010Going PostalGroat
2009Fawlty Towers: Re-OpenedSelf / Manuel
2008We Are Most AmusedSelf
2008All Star Mr & Mrs
2007What the Pythons Did Next...Self
2006Mr. Loveday's Little OutingMr. Loveday
2006Ant AttackNarrator
2005Benjamin's Struggle
2005Fawlty Towers RevisitedHimself
2005Egypt: Rediscovering a Lost WorldSelf - Narrator
2005The Funny Blokes of British ComedySelf
2005EgyptNarrator
2004This World
2003Doctor Who: ShadaSkagra (voice)
2003CheekyTV Announcer
2003Walking with CavemenNarrator
2001Nowhere in AfricaMr. Rubens
2000That Peter Kay Thing
2000AttachmentsMurray Plaskow
1999The Amazing World of Wallace & GromitNarrator (voice)
1999Jack of HeartsPeter Pryce
1998Dead CleanKostas Malmatakis
1998The Legend of the Lost KeysGeorge Gardener
1998Star Hill PoniesVarious Characters (voice)
1997Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: The First 50 YearsPresenter
1997Eyewitness: MonsterNarrator (voice)
1997Einstein RevealedAlbert Einstein
1997Incredible Journeys
1997The Forgotten ToysAdditional Voices (voice)
1996TaxandriaAndré / Superintendent
1996Albert Speer: The Nazi Who Said SorryNarrator (voice)
1996Silent WitnessJosef Horowitz
1995The Forgotten ToysChef / Old Man (voice)
1995Character BuildingNarrator (voice)
1995EyewitnessNarrator
1994Pirates
1994William's Wish WellingtonsNarrator
1993The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1993Every Silver Lining
1993The Mushroom PickerTadeus
1992The Gingerbread ManThe Gingerbread Man / Mr Salt / Herr Von Cuckoo / Sleek the Mouse
1991The Dream MachineSelf - Narrator (voice)
1990CluedoHimself
1989Interviewers From Hell
1989Under the SunSelf - Narrator (voice)
1988Consuming PassionsJason
1988This MorningSelf
1987Spirits of the ForestNarrator
1986CasualtyFather Morgan
1986CasualtyMendel Lan
1986Architecture at the CrossroadsNarrator - (Voice)
1986Artists and ModelsDelécluze (voice)
1985The Galactic GardenVector
1985There Comes A Time...
1984Tom O'Connor
1984Big DealMC
1983Natural WorldSelf - Narrator (voice)
1982It's Your MoveRoadsweeper
1982Countdown
1982Dead Ernest
1982TimewatchSelf - Narrator (voice)
1981History of the World: Part IGerard - The French Revolution
1980The TempestTrinculo
1979MinderSidney
1978Revenge of the Pink PantherHospital Inmate
1978MonkeyVoice of Horse / Yu-Lung
1978An Audience with...Self
1978StrangersConron
1977Are You Being Served? The MovieCarlos
1977What's Up NurseGuido
1976James and the Giant PeachInterviewer / 1st Naval Officer / Security Chief
1976House of Mortal SinMan in Church
1975Robin Hood JuniorFriar
1975Fawlty TowersManuel
1974Romance with a Double BassMusician Zhuchkov
1974GorillaNarrator
1974Rising DampSnell
1973Hitler: The Last Ten DaysWalter Wagner
1972Crown CourtJeremy Nisbett
1971Quest for LoveTV Announcer (uncredited)
1970CodenameStein
1968If Only the Trains CameSergei Sergeich
1968Number TenNigel Fenn
1968Nearest and DearestDoctor
1967CallanGerman Captain
1967ITV PlayhouseNigel Fenn
1967ITV PlayhouseSergei Sergeich
1967ITV PlayhouseMorris Harper
1963We Joined the NavyShort-Changed US Seaman
1962The SaintJacques
1962Dial RIX
1961Nothing BarredConvict
1961Survival
1960Coronation StreetRamsay Clegg
1959The Night We Dropped a ClangerA.C. 2 Briggs
1947Hue and CrySchoolboy (uncredited)
Writing
1985The Galactic GardenWriter