Andrew Sachs

Known for: Acting
Born: April 7, 1930, Berlin, Germany
Died: November 23, 2016
Movies: 53

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.

Best-Known Movies

6.6

Alice Through the Looking Glass

2016

6.7

History of the World: Part I

1981

6.4

Revenge of the Pink Panther

1978

6.5

Quartet

2012

7.0

Nowhere in Africa

2001

5.0

Are You Being Served? The Movie

1977

6.5

Hue and Cry

1947

6.4

House of Mortal Sin

1976

6.2

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

1973

8.1

The Forgotten Toys

1995

Filmography

2025	The Cancellation Of Fawlty Towers
2016	Breaking the Bank	Jenkins
2016	Alice Through the Looking Glass	Mantel Clock (voice)
2012	Quartet	Bobby Swanson
2012	Run For Your Wife	Clumsy Waiter
2011	Going Postal 2in1	Groat
2009	Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened	Self / Manuel
2008	We Are Most Amused	Self
2007	What the Pythons Did Next...	Self
2006	Ant Attack	Narrator
2006	Mr. Loveday's Little Outing	Mr. Loveday
2005	Fawlty Towers Revisited	Himself
2005	Benjamin's Struggle
2005	Egypt: Rediscovering a Lost World	Self - Narrator
2005	The Funny Blokes of British Comedy	Self
2003	Cheeky	TV Announcer
2003	Doctor Who: Shada	Skagra (voice)
2001	Nowhere in Africa	Mr. Rubens
1999	The Amazing World of Wallace & Gromit	Narrator (voice)
1998	Dead Clean	Kostas Malmatakis
1997	Eyewitness: Monster	Narrator (voice)
1997	Einstein Revealed	Albert Einstein
1997	Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: The First 50 Years	Presenter
1996	Taxandria	André / Superintendent
1996	Albert Speer: The Nazi Who Said Sorry	Narrator (voice)
1995	The Forgotten Toys	Chef / Old Man (voice)
1995	Character Building	Narrator (voice)
1993	The Mystery of Edwin Drood	Durdles
1989	Interviewers From Hell
1988	Consuming Passions	Jason
1988	Supersense	Self - Narrator
1987	Spirits of the Forest	Narrator
1985	The Galactic Garden	Vector
1982	It's Your Move	Roadsweeper
1981	History of the World: Part I	Gerard - The French Revolution
1980	The Tempest	Trinculo
1978	Revenge of the Pink Panther	Hospital Inmate
1977	Are You Being Served? The Movie	Carlos
1977	What's Up Nurse	Guido
1976	James and the Giant Peach	Interviewer / 1st Naval Officer / Security Chief
1976	House of Mortal Sin	Man in Church
1975	Robin Hood Junior	Friar
1974	Gorilla	Narrator
1974	Romance with a Double Bass	Musician Zhuchkov
1973	Hitler: The Last Ten Days	Walter Wagner
1971	Quest for Love	TV Announcer (uncredited)
1968	If Only the Trains Came	Sergei Sergeich
1968	Number Ten	Nigel Fenn
1963	We Joined the Navy	Short-Changed US Seaman
1961	Nothing Barred	Convict
1959	The Night We Dropped a Clanger	A.C. 2 Briggs
1947	Hue and Cry	Schoolboy (uncredited)

Directing, Writing & Producing

1985

The Galactic Garden

Writer

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