Acting

Andrew Sachs

Born 1930-04-07 · Berlin, Germany

Died 2016-11-23

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.

Credits

Newest first

The Cancellation Of Fawlty Towers
2025
Breaking the Bank
as Jenkins
2016
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Mantel Clock (voice)
2016
Quartet
as Bobby Swanson
2012
Run For Your Wife
as Clumsy Waiter
2012
Going Postal 2in1
as Groat
2011
Going Postal
as Groat
2010
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
as Self / Manuel
2009
We Are Most Amused
as Self
2008
All Star Mr & Mrs
2008
What the Pythons Did Next...
as Self
2007
Ant Attack
as Narrator
2006
Mr. Loveday's Little Outing
as Mr. Loveday
2006
Fawlty Towers Revisited
as Himself
2005
Benjamin's Struggle
2005
Egypt: Rediscovering a Lost World
as Self - Narrator
2005
Egypt
as Narrator
2005
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
as Self
2005
Looking for Victoria
as Benjamin Disraeli
2003
Cheeky
as TV Announcer
2003
Doctor Who: Shada
as Skagra (voice)
2003
Walking with Cavemen
as Narrator
2003
Nowhere in Africa
as Mr. Rubens
2001
Attachments
as Murray Plaskow
2000
That Peter Kay Thing
2000
Little Grey Rabbit
2000
Jack of Hearts
as Peter Pryce
1999
The Amazing World of Wallace & Gromit
as Narrator (voice)
1999
Star Hill Ponies
as Various Characters (voice)
1998
Dead Clean
as Kostas Malmatakis
1998
The Legend of the Lost Keys
as George Gardener
1998
Eyewitness: Monster
as Narrator (voice)
1997
Einstein Revealed
as Albert Einstein
1997
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: The First 50 Years
as Presenter
1997
Incredible Journeys
1997
The Forgotten Toys
as Additional Voices (voice)
1997
Taxandria
as André / Superintendent
1996
Silent Witness
as Josef Horowitz
1996
Albert Speer: The Nazi Who Said Sorry
as Narrator (voice)
1996
Eyewitness
as Narrator
1995
The Forgotten Toys
as Chef / Old Man (voice)
1995
Character Building
as Narrator (voice)
1995
William's Wish Wellingtons
as Narrator
1994
Pirates
1994
Every Silver Lining
1993
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
as Durdles
1993
The Mushroom Picker
as Tadeus
1993
The Gingerbread Man
as The Gingerbread Man / Mr Salt / Herr Von Cuckoo / Sleek the Mouse
1992
The Dream Machine
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1991
Cluedo
as Himself
1990
Under the Sun
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1989
Interviewers From Hell
1989
Supersense
as Narrator
1988
This Morning
as Self
1988
Consuming Passions
as Jason
1988
Supersense
as Self - Narrator
1988
Spirits of the Forest
as Narrator
1987
Casualty
as Father Morgan
1986
Casualty
as Mendel Lan
1986
Artists and Models
as Delécluze (voice)
1986
Architecture at the Crossroads
as Narrator - (Voice)
1986
There Comes A Time...
1985
The Galactic Garden
as Vector
1985
The Galactic Garden
Writer
1985
Big Deal
as MC
1984
Tom O'Connor
1984
Natural World
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
Countdown
1982
It's Your Move
as Roadsweeper
1982
Timewatch
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1982
Dead Ernest
1982
History of the World: Part I
as Gerard - The French Revolution
1981
The Tempest
as Trinculo
1980
Minder
as Sidney
1979
Monkey
as Voice of Horse / Yu-Lung
1978
Strangers
as Conron
1978
Send in the Girls
as Paul
1978
Revenge of the Pink Panther
as Hospital Inmate
1978
An Audience with...
as Self
1978
The Sound of Laughter
as Brian Jones
1977