Andrew Sachs

actor • writer • soundtrack

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.

Born: April 7, 1930 in Berlin, Germany

Died: November 23, 2016 (age 86)

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Known For

6.1

Fawlty Towers

Movies & TV Credits

88 total credits across film and television

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
Breaking the Bank Movie	5.0	Actor	Jenkins	2016
Alice Through the Looking Glass Movie	6.1	Actor	Mantel Clock (voice)	2016
Les Dawson: An Audience with That Never Was TV Special	7.3	Actor	Self(2 Episodes)	2013
Spies of Warsaw Limited Series	6.6	Actor	Herschenson(2 Episodes)	2013
Quartet Movie	6.7	Actor	Bobby Swanson	2012
Run For Your Wife Movie	2.4	Actor	Clumsy Waiter	2012
Going Postal Limited Series	7.5	Actor	Groat(2 Episodes)	2010
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened Movie	7.5	Actor	Self / Manuel	2009
All Star Mr & Mrs TV Show	—	Actor	—(1 Episode)	2008
The Prince's Trust: We Are Most Amused TV Special	8.0	Actor	Self	2008
What the Pythons Did Next... Movie	7.0	Actor	Self	2007
Ant Attack Movie	—	Actor	Narrator	2006
Mr. Loveday's Little Outing Movie	7.6	Actor	Mr. Loveday	2006
Ricky Gervais Meets... Larry David TV Special	7.3	Actor	Himself - Narrator (voice)	2006
Benjamin's Struggle Short Film	7.3	Actor	—	2005
Fawlty Towers Revisited Movie	7.8	Actor	Himself	2005
Egypt Limited Series	8.0	Actor	Self - Narrator(6 Episodes)	2005
Egypt Limited Series	8.0	Actor	Narrator(6 Episodes)	2005
This World TV Show	—	Actor	—(9 Episodes)	2004
Doctor Who: Shada Limited Series	7.4	Actor	Skagra (voice)	2003
Nowhere in Africa Movie	7.6	Actor	Mr. Rubens	2001
Attachments TV Show	7.4	Actor	Murray Plaskow(26 Episodes)	2000
The Amazing World of Wallace & Gromit Movie	7.7	Actor	Narrator (voice)	1999
Jack of Hearts TV Show	3.8	Actor	Peter Pryce(6 Episodes)	1999
That Peter Kay Thing TV Show	7.3	Actor	—(6 Episodes)	1998
The Legend of the Lost Keys TV Show	—	Actor	George Gardener(10 Episodes)	1998
Starhill Ponies TV Show	7.0	Actor	Various Characters (voice)(26 Episodes)	1998
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: The First 50 Years Movie	—	Actor	Presenter	1997
Eyewitness: Monster Movie	—	Actor	Narrator (voice)	1997
Incredible Journeys TV Show	—	Actor	—(6 Episodes)	1997
The Forgotten Toys TV Show	7.3	Actor	Additional Voices (voice)(26 Episodes)	1997
Taxandria Movie	6.2	Actor	André / Superintendent	1996
Silent Witness TV Show	7.7	Actor	Josef Horowitz(2 Episodes)	1996
Einstein Revealed Movie	7.5	Actor	Albert Einstein	1996
The Forgotten Toys Short Film	7.9	Actor	Chef / Old Man (voice)	1995
William's Wish Wellingtons TV Show	6.0	Actor	Narrator(26 Episodes)	1994
Eyewitness TV Show	7.7	Actor	Narrator(13 Episodes)	1994
Pirates TV Show	7.5	Actor	—(18 Episodes)	1994
The Mystery of Edwin Drood Movie	6.7	Actor	—	1993
Every Silver Lining TV Show	5.0	Actor	—(6 Episodes)	1993
The Mushroom Picker Limited Series	6.7	Actor	Tadeus(2 Episodes)	1993
The Machine That Changed the World TV Show	8.3	Actor	Self - Narrator (voice)(5 Episodes)	1992
Cluedo TV Show	6.2	Actor	Himself(1 Episode)	1990
Under the Sun Limited Series	—	Actor	Self - Narrator (voice)(2 Episodes)	1989
Consuming Passions Movie	5.3	Actor	—	1988
This Morning TV Show	4.1	Actor	Self(1 Episode)	1988
Spirits of the Forest Movie	—	Actor	Narrator	1987
Casualty TV Show	6.3	Actor	Mendel Lan(1 Episode)	1986
Casualty TV Show	6.3	Actor	Father Morgan(2 Episodes)	1986
Architecture at the Crossroads Limited Series	8.0	Actor	Narrator - (Voice)(3 Episodes)	1986
There Comes A Time... TV Show	—	Actor	—(7 Episodes)	1985
The Galactic Garden Movie	7.1	Actor	Vector	1985
The Galactic Garden Movie	7.1	Writing	Writer	1985
Big Deal TV Show	7.0	Actor	MC(1 Episode)	1984
Tom O'Connor TV Show	—	Actor	—(16 Episodes)	1984
Natural World TV Show	8.4	Actor	Self - Narrator (voice)(13 Episodes)	1983
Countdown TV Show	6.0	Actor	—(9 Episodes)	1982
Timewatch TV Show	7.5	Actor	Self - Narrator (voice)(3 Episodes)	1982
Dead Ernest TV Show	4.9	Actor	—(7 Episodes)	1982
It's Your Move Movie	6.9	Actor	Roadsweeper	1982
Bergerac TV Show	6.7	Actor	Moise Davidson(1 Episode)	1981
The Tempest Movie	6.6	Actor	Trinculo	1980
Minder TV Show	7.6	Actor	Sidney(1 Episode)	1979
Revenge of the Pink Panther Movie	6.7	Actor	Hospital Inmate	1978
Monkey TV Show	8.2	Actor	Voice of Horse / Yu-Lung(52 Episodes)	1978
The BBC Television Shakespeare TV Show	—	Actor	Trinculo(1 Episode)	1978
Are You Being Served? The Movie Movie	5.9	Actor	Carlos	1977
House of Mortal Sin Movie	6.2	Actor	Man in Church	1976
James and the Giant Peach Movie	7.1	Actor	Interviewer / 1st Naval Officer / Security Chief	1976
Robin Hood Junior Movie	6.2	Actor	Friar	1975
Fawlty Towers TV Show	8.6	Actor	Manuel(12 Episodes)	1975
Romance with a Double Bass Short Film	6.9	Actor	Musician Zhuchkov	1975
Rising Damp TV Show	7.5	Actor	Snell(1 Episode)	1974
Gorilla Movie	—	Actor	Narrator	1974
Hitler: The Last Ten Days Movie	6.4	Actor	Walter Wagner	1973
Quest for Love Movie	6.4	Actor	TV Announcer (uncredited)	1971
Codename TV Show	—	Actor	Stein(1 Episode)	1970
If Only the Trains Came Movie	—	Actor	Sergei Sergeich	1968
Number Ten Movie	—	Actor	Nigel Fenn	1968
Callan TV Show	8.1	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1967
We Joined the Navy Movie	5.3	Actor	Short-Changed US Seaman	1963
The Saint TV Show	7.3	Actor	Jacques(1 Episode)	1962
Dial RIX TV Show	—	Actor	—(2 Episodes)	1962
Nothing Barred Movie	5.3	Actor	Convict	1961
Survival TV Show	—	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1961
Coronation Street TV Show	5.8	Actor	Ramsay Clegg(26 Episodes)	1960
The Night We Dropped a Clanger Movie	5.4	Actor	A.C. 2 Briggs	1959
Hue and Cry Movie	6.6	Actor	Schoolboy (uncredited)	1947

Andrew Sachs

Known For

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Quartet

Revenge of the Pink Panther

Fawlty Towers

Movies & TV Credits