Andrew Sachs

Andrew Sachs

Known for
Acting
Born
April 7, 1930
Died
November 23, 2016 (aged 86)
Birthplace
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

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Filmography

2025
The Cancellation Of Fawlty Towers poster

The Cancellation Of Fawlty Towers

Movie

2016
Breaking the Bank poster

Breaking the Bank

Movie · as Jenkins

2016
Alice Through the Looking Glass poster

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Movie · as Mantel Clock (voice)

2012
Run For Your Wife poster

Run For Your Wife

Movie · as Clumsy Waiter

2012
Quartet poster

Quartet

Movie · as Bobby Swanson

2011
Going Postal 2in1 poster

Going Postal 2in1

Movie · as Groat

2010
Going Postal poster

Going Postal

TV · as Groat · 2 eps

2009
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened poster

Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened

Movie · as Self / Manuel

2008
We Are Most Amused poster

We Are Most Amused

Movie · as Self

2008
All Star Mr & Mrs poster

All Star Mr & Mrs

TV · 1 ep

2007
What the Pythons Did Next... poster

What the Pythons Did Next...

Movie · as Self

2006
Mr. Loveday's Little Outing poster

Mr. Loveday's Little Outing

Movie · as Mr. Loveday

2006
Ant Attack poster

Ant Attack

Movie · as Narrator

2005
Benjamin's Struggle poster

Benjamin's Struggle

Movie

2005
Fawlty Towers Revisited poster

Fawlty Towers Revisited

Movie · as Himself

2005
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

Movie · as Self

2005
Egypt poster

Egypt

TV · as Narrator · 6 eps

2003
Doctor Who: Shada poster

Doctor Who: Shada

Movie · as Skagra (voice)

2003
Cheeky poster

Cheeky

Movie · as TV Announcer

2003
Walking with Cavemen poster

Walking with Cavemen

TV · as Narrator · 4 eps

2003
Looking for Victoria

Looking for Victoria

TV · as Benjamin Disraeli · 1 ep

2001
Nowhere in Africa poster

Nowhere in Africa

Movie · as Mr. Rubens

2000
That Peter Kay Thing poster

That Peter Kay Thing

TV · 6 eps

2000
Attachments

Attachments

TV · as Murray Plaskow · 26 eps

2000
Little Grey Rabbit

Little Grey Rabbit

TV · 26 eps

1999
The Amazing World of Wallace & Gromit poster

The Amazing World of Wallace & Gromit

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1999
Jack of Hearts

Jack of Hearts

TV · as Peter Pryce · 6 eps

1998
Dead Clean

Dead Clean

Movie · as Kostas Malmatakis

1998
The Legend of the Lost Keys poster

The Legend of the Lost Keys

TV · as George Gardener · 10 eps

1998
Star Hill Ponies poster

Star Hill Ponies

TV · as Various Characters (voice) · 26 eps

1997
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: The First 50 Years

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: The First 50 Years

Movie · as Presenter

1997
Eyewitness: Monster poster

Eyewitness: Monster

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1997
Einstein Revealed

Einstein Revealed

Movie · as Albert Einstein

1997
Incredible Journeys

Incredible Journeys

TV · 6 eps

1997
The Forgotten Toys poster

The Forgotten Toys

TV · as Additional Voices (voice) · 26 eps

1996
Taxandria poster

Taxandria

Movie · as André / Superintendent

1996
Albert Speer: The Nazi Who Said Sorry poster

Albert Speer: The Nazi Who Said Sorry

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1996
Silent Witness poster

Silent Witness

TV · as Josef Horowitz · 2 eps

1995
The Forgotten Toys poster

The Forgotten Toys

Movie · as Chef / Old Man (voice)

1995
Character Building

Character Building

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1995
Eyewitness poster

Eyewitness

TV · as Narrator · 13 eps

1994
Pirates poster

Pirates

TV · 18 eps

1994
William's Wish Wellingtons poster

William's Wish Wellingtons

TV · as Narrator · 26 eps

1993
The Mystery of Edwin Drood

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Movie · as Durdles

1993
Every Silver Lining poster

Every Silver Lining

TV · 6 eps

1993
The Mushroom Picker

The Mushroom Picker

TV · as Tadeus · 2 eps

1992
The Gingerbread Man poster

The Gingerbread Man

TV · as The Gingerbread Man / Mr Salt / Herr Von Cuckoo / Sleek the Mouse · 6 eps

1991
The Dream Machine poster

The Dream Machine

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 5 eps

1990
Cluedo poster

Cluedo

TV · as Himself · 1 ep

1989
Interviewers From Hell poster

Interviewers From Hell

Movie

1989
Under the Sun

Under the Sun

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 2 eps

1988
Consuming Passions poster

Consuming Passions

Movie · as Jason

1988
Supersense poster

Supersense

Movie · as Self - Narrator

1988
This Morning poster

This Morning

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1988
Supersense poster

Supersense

TV · as Narrator · 6 eps

1987
Spirits of the Forest poster

Spirits of the Forest

Movie · as Narrator

1986
Casualty poster

Casualty

TV · as Father Morgan, Mendel Lan · 2 eps

1986
Architecture at the Crossroads

Architecture at the Crossroads

TV · as Narrator - (Voice) · 3 eps

1986
Artists and Models poster

Artists and Models

TV · as Delécluze (voice) · 1 ep

1985
The Galactic Garden poster

The Galactic Garden

Movie · as Vector

1985
There Comes A Time...

There Comes A Time...

TV · 7 eps

1984
Tom O'Connor

Tom O'Connor

TV · 16 eps

1984
Big Deal poster

Big Deal

TV · as MC · 1 ep

1983
Natural World poster

Natural World

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 13 eps

1982
It's Your Move poster

It's Your Move

Movie · as Roadsweeper

1982
Countdown poster

Countdown

TV · 9 eps

1982
Dead Ernest

Dead Ernest

TV · 7 eps

1982
Timewatch poster

Timewatch

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 3 eps

1981
History of the World: Part I poster

History of the World: Part I

Movie · as Gerard - The French Revolution

1980
The Tempest poster

The Tempest

Movie · as Trinculo

1979
Minder poster

Minder

TV · as Sidney · 1 ep

1978
Revenge of the Pink Panther poster

Revenge of the Pink Panther

Movie · as Hospital Inmate

1978
Monkey poster

Monkey

TV · as Voice of Horse / Yu-Lung · 26 eps

1978
An Audience with... poster

An Audience with...

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1978
Strangers poster

Strangers

TV · as Conron · 1 ep

1978
Send in the Girls

Send in the Girls

TV · as Paul · 1 ep

1977
Are You Being Served? The Movie poster

Are You Being Served? The Movie

Movie · as Carlos

1977
What's Up Nurse poster

What's Up Nurse

Movie · as Guido

1977
The Sound of Laughter

The Sound of Laughter

TV · as Brian Jones · 1 ep

1976
James and the Giant Peach poster

James and the Giant Peach

Movie · as Interviewer / 1st Naval Officer / Security Chief

1976
House of Mortal Sin poster

House of Mortal Sin

Movie · as Man in Church

1975
Robin Hood Junior poster

Robin Hood Junior

Movie · as Friar

1975
Fawlty Towers poster

Fawlty Towers

TV · as Manuel · 12 eps

1974
Romance with a Double Bass poster

Romance with a Double Bass

Movie · as Musician Zhuchkov

1974
Gorilla

Gorilla

Movie · as Narrator

1974
Rising Damp poster

Rising Damp

TV · as Snell · 1 ep

1973
Hitler: The Last Ten Days poster

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

Movie · as Walter Wagner

1972
Crown Court poster

Crown Court

TV · as Jeremy Nisbett · 3 eps

1971
Quest for Love poster

Quest for Love

Movie · as TV Announcer (uncredited)

1970
Codename

Codename

TV · as Stein · 1 ep

1968
If Only the Trains Came

If Only the Trains Came

Movie · as Sergei Sergeich

1968
Number Ten

Number Ten

Movie · as Nigel Fenn

1968
Nearest and Dearest poster

Nearest and Dearest

TV · as Doctor · 1 ep

1967
Callan poster

Callan

TV · as German Captain · 1 ep

1967
ITV Playhouse poster

ITV Playhouse

TV · as Nigel Fenn, Sergei Sergeich, Morris Harper · 1 ep

1965
Legend of Death

Legend of Death

TV · as Dr. Zemouron · 5 eps

1963
We Joined the Navy poster

We Joined the Navy

Movie · as Short-Changed US Seaman

1963
Espionage poster

Espionage

TV · as German Sergeant · 1 ep

1962
The Saint poster

The Saint

TV · as Jacques · 1 ep

1962
Dial RIX

Dial RIX

TV · as Harry Daisy, Thin Furniture Man

1961
Nothing Barred poster

Nothing Barred

Movie · as Convict

1961
Survival poster

Survival

TV · 1 ep

1960
Coronation Street poster

Coronation Street

TV · as Ramsay Clegg · 26 eps

1959
The Night We Dropped a Clanger poster

The Night We Dropped a Clanger

Movie · as A.C. 2 Briggs

1947
Hue and Cry poster

Hue and Cry

Movie · as Schoolboy (uncredited)