Andrew Sachs

Known for: Acting

Born: 1930-04-07 – 2016-11-23 (aged 86)

From: Berlin, Germany

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.

Filmography (104)

MOVIE
The Cancellation Of Fawlty Towers
2025
MOVIE★ 4.5
Breaking the Bank
2016
as Jenkins
MOVIE★ 6.6
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016
as Mantel Clock (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.5
Quartet
2012
as Bobby Swanson
MOVIE★ 4.4
Run For Your Wife
2012
as Clumsy Waiter
TV★ 7.2
Going Postal
2010
as Groat
MOVIE★ 8.4
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
2009
as Self / Manuel
MOVIE★ 7.2
We Are Most Amused
2008
as Self
TV
All Star Mr & Mrs
2008
MOVIE
What the Pythons Did Next...
2007
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.2
Ant Attack
2006
as Narrator
MOVIE
Mr. Loveday's Little Outing
2006
as Mr. Loveday
MOVIE★ 5.0
Fawlty Towers Revisited
2005
as Himself
MOVIE★ 7.0
Benjamin's Struggle
2005
MOVIE
Egypt: Rediscovering a Lost World
2005
as Self - Narrator
TV★ 8.5
Egypt
2005
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
as Self
TV★ 6.0
This World
2004
TV
Looking for Victoria
2003
as Benjamin Disraeli
MOVIE★ 6.6
Cheeky
2003
as TV Announcer
MOVIE★ 7.3
Doctor Who: Shada
2003
as Skagra (voice)
TV★ 8.3
Walking with Cavemen
2003
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 7.1
Nowhere in Africa
2001
as Mr. Rubens
TV★ 5.8
Attachments
2000
as Murray Plaskow
TV★ 6.3
That Peter Kay Thing
2000
TV★ 9.0
Jack of Hearts
1999
as Peter Pryce
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Amazing World of Wallace & Gromit
1999
as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 10.0
Star Hill Ponies
1998
as Various Characters (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Dead Clean
1998
as Kostas Malmatakis
TV
The Legend of the Lost Keys
1998
as George Gardener
MOVIE
Eyewitness: Monster
1997
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Einstein Revealed
1997
as Albert Einstein
MOVIE
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: The First 50 Years
1997
as Presenter
TV
Incredible Journeys
1997
TV★ 7.5
The Forgotten Toys
1997
as Additional Voices (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.9
Taxandria
1996
as André / Superintendent
TV★ 7.6
Silent Witness
1996
as Josef Horowitz
MOVIE
Albert Speer: The Nazi Who Said Sorry
1996
as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 7.0
Eyewitness
1995
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Forgotten Toys
1995
as Chef / Old Man (voice)
MOVIE
Character Building
1995
as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 5.8
William's Wish Wellingtons
1994
as Narrator
TV
Pirates
1994
TV★ 6.0
Every Silver Lining
1993
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1993
as Durdles
TV★ 4.0
The Mushroom Picker
1993
as Tadeus
TV★ 7.0
The Gingerbread Man
1992
as The Gingerbread Man / Mr Salt / Herr Von Cuckoo / Sleek the Mouse
TV
The Dream Machine
1991
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TV★ 6.8
Cluedo
1990
as Himself
TV
Under the Sun
1989
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MOVIE
Interviewers From Hell
1989
TV
Supersense
1988
as Narrator
TV★ 5.2
This Morning
1988
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.3
Consuming Passions
1988
as Jason
MOVIE
Spirits of the Forest
1987
as Narrator
TV★ 6.2
Casualty
1986
as Father Morgan
TV
Artists and Models
1986
as Delécluze (voice)
TV
Architecture at the Crossroads
1986
as Narrator - (Voice)
TV
There Comes A Time...
1985
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Galactic Garden
1985
as Vector
TV★ 7.3
Big Deal
1984
as MC
TV★ 7.0
Tom O'Connor
1984
TV★ 7.4
Natural World
1983
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TV★ 6.0
Countdown
1982
MOVIE★ 7.9
It's Your Move
1982
as Roadsweeper
TV★ 6.9
Timewatch
1982
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TV
Dead Ernest
1982
MOVIE★ 6.8
History of the World: Part I
1981
as Gerard - The French Revolution
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Tempest
1980
as Trinculo
TV★ 7.2
Minder
1979
as Sidney
TV★ 8.1
Monkey
1978
as Voice of Horse / Yu-Lung
TV★ 7.3
Strangers
1978
as Conron
TV
Send in the Girls
1978
as Paul
MOVIE★ 6.4
Revenge of the Pink Panther
1978
as Hospital Inmate
TV★ 5.3
An Audience with...
1978
as Self
TV
The Sound of Laughter
1977
as Brian Jones
MOVIE★ 5.0
Are You Being Served? The Movie
1977
as Carlos
MOVIE★ 4.8
What's Up Nurse
1977
as Guido
MOVIE★ 6.0
James and the Giant Peach
1976
as Interviewer / 1st Naval Officer / Security Chief
MOVIE★ 6.5
House of Mortal Sin
1976
as Man in Church
TV★ 8.3
Fawlty Towers
1975
as Manuel
MOVIE★ 6.0
Robin Hood Junior
1975
as Friar
MOVIE
Gorilla
1974
as Narrator
TV★ 7.4
Rising Damp
1974
as Snell
MOVIE★ 5.9
Romance with a Double Bass
1974
as Musician Zhuchkov
MOVIE★ 6.2
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1973
as Walter Wagner
TV★ 5.7
Crown Court
1972
as Jeremy Nisbett
MOVIE★ 6.8
Quest for Love
1971
as TV Announcer (uncredited)
TV★ 8.0
Codename
1970
as Stein
MOVIE
If Only the Trains Came
1968
as Sergei Sergeich
MOVIE★ 7.0
Number Ten
1968
as Nigel Fenn
TV★ 7.5
Nearest and Dearest
1968
as Doctor
TV★ 7.0
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Nigel Fenn
TV★ 7.0
Callan
1967
as German Captain
TV
Legend of Death
1965
as Dr. Zemouron
TV★ 10.0
Espionage
1963
as German Sergeant
MOVIE★ 6.0
We Joined the Navy
1963
as Short-Changed US Seaman
TV★ 7.4
The Saint
1962
as Jacques
TV
Dial RIX
1962
MOVIE★ 7.0
Nothing Barred
1961
as Convict
TV★ 8.0
Survival
1961
TV★ 5.3
Coronation Street
1960
as Ramsay Clegg
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Night We Dropped a Clanger
1959
as A.C. 2 Briggs
MOVIE★ 6.5
Hue and Cry
1947
as Schoolboy (uncredited)