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Andrew Sachs

Andrew Sachs

Actor · 1930–2016 · Berlin, Germany

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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.

Acted in 59

2020s

  1. 2025

    The Cancellation Of Fawlty Towers

    Movie

2010s

  1. 2016

    Breaking the Bank

    Jenkins

  2. 2012
  3. Run For Your Wife

    Clumsy Waiter

  4. 2011

    Going Postal 2in1

    Groat

  5. 2010

2000s

  1. 2008

    All Star Mr & Mrs

    TV

  2. 2006

    Mr. Loveday's Little Outing

    Mr. Loveday

  3. 2005

    Benjamin's Struggle

    Movie

  4. 2003

    Cheeky

    TV Announcer

  5. Doctor Who: Shada

    Skagra (voice)

  6. 2001
  7. 2000

    That Peter Kay Thing

    TV

1990s

  1. 1998

    Star Hill Ponies

    Various Characters (voice) · 26 episodes

  2. The Legend of the Lost Keys

    George Gardener · 10 episodes

  3. 1997

    The Forgotten Toys

    Additional Voices (voice) · 26 episodes

  4. 1996

    Taxandria

    André / Superintendent

  5. 1995

    The Forgotten Toys

    Chef / Old Man (voice)

  6. 1994

    Pirates

    TV

  7. 1993

    Every Silver Lining

    TV

  8. 1992

    The Gingerbread Man

    The Gingerbread Man / Mr Salt / Herr Von Cuckoo / Sleek the Mouse · 6 episodes

1980s

  1. 1989

    Interviewers From Hell

    Movie

  2. 1988
  3. 1986
  4. Artists and Models

    Delécluze (voice) · 1 episode

  5. 1985

    The Galactic Garden

    Vector

  6. 1984

    Big Deal

    MC · 1 episode

  7. 1982
  8. It's Your Move

    Roadsweeper

  9. 1981
  10. 1980

    The Tempest

    Trinculo

1970s

  1. 1979
  2. 1978
  3. 1977

    Are You Being Served? The Movie

    Carlos

  4. What's Up Nurse

    Guido

  5. 1976

    James and the Giant Peach

    Interviewer / 1st Naval Officer / Security Chief

  6. House of Mortal Sin

    Man in Church

  7. 1975
  8. Robin Hood Junior

    Friar

  9. 1974
  10. Romance with a Double Bass

    Musician Zhuchkov

  11. 1973
  12. 1972
  13. 1971

    Quest for Love

    TV Announcer (uncredited)

1950s

  1. 1959

    The Night We Dropped a Clanger

    A.C. 2 Briggs

1940s

  1. 1947

    Hue and Cry

    Schoolboy (uncredited)

Wrote 1

1980s

  1. 1985

    The Galactic Garden

    Writer

Appearances21

2000s

  1. 2009

    Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened

    Self / Manuel

  2. 2008

    We Are Most Amused

    Self

  3. 2007

    What the Pythons Did Next...

    Self

  4. 2006

    Ant Attack

    Narrator

  5. 2005

    Fawlty Towers Revisited

    Himself

  6. Egypt

    Narrator · 6 episodes

  7. 2003

    Walking with Cavemen

    Narrator · 4 episodes

1990s

  1. 1999

    The Amazing World of Wallace & Gromit

    Narrator (voice)

  2. 1997

    Eyewitness: Monster

    Narrator (voice)

  3. 1996

    Albert Speer: The Nazi Who Said Sorry

    Narrator (voice)

  4. 1995

    Eyewitness

    Narrator · 13 episodes

  5. 1994

    William's Wish Wellingtons

    Narrator · 26 episodes

  6. 1991

    The Dream Machine

    Self - Narrator (voice) · 5 episodes

  7. 1990

    Cluedo

    Himself · 1 episode

1980s

  1. 1988

    Supersense

    Narrator · 6 episodes

  2. This Morning

    Self · 1 episode

  3. Supersense

    Self - Narrator

  4. 1987

    Spirits of the Forest

    Narrator

  5. 1983
  6. 1982