Acting · Berlin, Germany · Born April 7, 1930
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.
MovieThe Cancellation Of Fawlty Towers
2025
MovieBreaking the Bank
2016
as Jenkins
MovieAlice Through the Looking Glass
2016
as Mantel Clock (voice)
MovieQuartet
2012
as Bobby Swanson
MovieRun For Your Wife
2012
as Clumsy Waiter
TVGoing Postal
2010
as Groat
MovieFawlty Towers: Re-Opened
2009
as Self / Manuel
MovieWe Are Most Amused
2008
as Self
TVAll Star Mr & Mrs
2008
MovieWhat the Pythons Did Next...
2007
as Self
MovieAnt Attack
2006
as Narrator
MovieMr. Loveday's Little Outing
2006
as Mr. Loveday
MovieFawlty Towers Revisited
2005
as Himself
MovieBenjamin's Struggle
2005
MovieEgypt: Rediscovering a Lost World
2005
as Self - Narrator
TVEgypt
2005
as Narrator
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
as Self
TVThis World
2004
Looking for Victoria
2003
as Benjamin Disraeli
MovieCheeky
2003
as TV Announcer
MovieDoctor Who: Shada
2003
as Skagra (voice)
TVWalking with Cavemen
2003
as Narrator
MovieNowhere in Africa
2001
as Mr. Rubens
Attachments
2000
as Murray Plaskow
TVThat Peter Kay Thing
2000
Jack of Hearts
1999
as Peter Pryce
MovieThe Amazing World of Wallace & Gromit
1999
as Narrator (voice)
TVStar Hill Ponies
1998
as Various Characters (voice)
Dead Clean
1998
as Kostas Malmatakis
TVThe Legend of the Lost Keys
1998
as George Gardener
MovieEyewitness: Monster
1997
as Narrator (voice)
Einstein Revealed
1997
as Albert Einstein
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: The First 50 Years
1997
as Presenter
Incredible Journeys
1997
TVThe Forgotten Toys
1997
as Additional Voices (voice)
MovieTaxandria
1996
as André / Superintendent
TVSilent Witness
1996
as Josef Horowitz
MovieAlbert Speer: The Nazi Who Said Sorry
1996
as Narrator (voice)
TVEyewitness
1995
as Narrator
MovieThe Forgotten Toys
1995
as Chef / Old Man (voice)
Character Building
1995
as Narrator (voice)
William's Wish Wellingtons
1994
as Narrator
TVPirates
1994
TVEvery Silver Lining
1993
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1993
as Durdles
The Mushroom Picker
1993
as Tadeus
TVThe Gingerbread Man
1992
as The Gingerbread Man / Mr Salt / Herr Von Cuckoo / Sleek the Mouse
TVThe Dream Machine
1991
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TVCluedo
1990
as Himself
Under the Sun
1989
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieInterviewers From Hell
1989
TVSupersense
1988
as Narrator
TVThis Morning
1988
as Self
MovieConsuming Passions
1988
as Jason
MovieSpirits of the Forest
1987
as Narrator
TVCasualty
1986
as Father Morgan
TVArtists and Models
1986
as Delécluze (voice)
Architecture at the Crossroads
1986
as Narrator - (Voice)
There Comes A Time...
1985
MovieThe Galactic Garden
1985
as Vector
TVBig Deal
1984
as MC
Tom O'Connor
1984
TVNatural World
1983
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TVCountdown
1982
MovieIt's Your Move
1982
as Roadsweeper
TVTimewatch
1982
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Dead Ernest
1982
MovieHistory of the World: Part I
1981
as Gerard - The French Revolution
MovieThe Tempest
1980
as Trinculo
TVMinder
1979
as Sidney
TVMonkey
1978
as Voice of Horse / Yu-Lung
TVStrangers
1978
as Conron
Send in the Girls
1978
as Paul
MovieRevenge of the Pink Panther
1978
as Hospital Inmate
TVAn Audience with...
1978
as Self
The Sound of Laughter
1977
as Brian Jones
MovieAre You Being Served? The Movie
1977
as Carlos
MovieWhat's Up Nurse
1977
as Guido
MovieJames and the Giant Peach
1976
as Interviewer / 1st Naval Officer / Security Chief
MovieHouse of Mortal Sin
1976
as Man in Church
TVFawlty Towers
1975
as Manuel
MovieRobin Hood Junior
1975
as Friar
Gorilla
1974
as Narrator
TVRising Damp
1974
as Snell
MovieRomance with a Double Bass
1974
as Musician Zhuchkov
MovieHitler: The Last Ten Days
1973
as Walter Wagner
TVCrown Court
1972
as Jeremy Nisbett
MovieQuest for Love
1971
as TV Announcer (uncredited)
Codename
1970
as Stein
If Only the Trains Came
1968
as Sergei Sergeich
Number Ten
1968
as Nigel Fenn
TVNearest and Dearest
1968
as Doctor
TVITV Playhouse
1967
as Nigel Fenn
TVCallan
1967
as German Captain
Legend of Death
1965
as Dr. Zemouron
TVEspionage
1963
as German Sergeant
MovieWe Joined the Navy
1963
as Short-Changed US Seaman
TVThe Saint
1962
as Jacques
Dial RIX
1962
MovieNothing Barred
1961
as Convict
TVSurvival
1961
TVCoronation Street
1960
as Ramsay Clegg
MovieThe Night We Dropped a Clanger
1959
as A.C. 2 Briggs
MovieHue and Cry
1947
as Schoolboy (uncredited)
