Andrew Sachs

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Andrew Sachs

Acting April 7, 1930

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…

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Alice Through the Looking Glass

Alice Through the Looking Glass

6.6 2016 Movie
Coronation Street

Coronation Street

5.4 1960 TV Show
History of the World: Part I

History of the World: Part I

6.8 1981 Movie
Fawlty Towers

Fawlty Towers

8.3 1975 TV Show
Casualty

Casualty

6.2 1986 TV Show
Silent Witness

Silent Witness

7.6 1996 TV Show
Revenge of the Pink Panther

Revenge of the Pink Panther

6.4 1978 Movie
Minder

Minder

7.1 1979 TV Show
Quartet

Quartet

6.5 2012 Movie
The Saint

The Saint

7.4 1962 TV Show
Crown Court

Crown Court

5.7 1972 TV Show
Natural World

Natural World

7.4 1983 TV Show

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    The Cancellation Of Fawlty Towers

    Movie

  2. 2016
    Breaking the Bank

    Movie Jenkins

  3. 2016
    Alice Through the Looking Glass

    Movie Mantel Clock (voice)

  4. 2012
    Quartet

    Movie Bobby Swanson

  5. 2012
    Run For Your Wife

    Movie Clumsy Waiter

  6. 2011
    Going Postal 2in1

    Movie Groat

  7. 2010
    Going Postal

    TV show Groat

  8. 2009
    Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened

    Movie Self / Manuel

  9. 2008
    We Are Most Amused

    Movie Self

  10. 2008
    All Star Mr & Mrs

    TV show

  11. 2007
    What the Pythons Did Next...

    Movie Self

  12. 2006
    Ant Attack

    Movie Narrator

  13. 2006
    Mr. Loveday's Little Outing

    Movie Mr. Loveday

  14. 2005
    Fawlty Towers Revisited

    Movie Himself

  15. 2005
    Benjamin's Struggle

    Movie

  16. 2005
    Egypt

    TV show Narrator

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  1. 2005
    Egypt: Rediscovering a Lost World

    Movie Self - Narrator

  2. 2005
    The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

    Movie Self

  3. 2004
    This World

    TV show

  4. 2003
    Looking for Victoria

    TV show Benjamin Disraeli

  5. 2003
    Cheeky

    Movie TV Announcer

  6. 2003
    Doctor Who: Shada

    Movie Skagra (voice)

  7. 2003
    Walking with Cavemen

    TV show Narrator

  8. 2001
    Nowhere in Africa

    Movie Mr. Rubens

  9. 2000
    Attachments

    TV show Murray Plaskow

  10. 2000
    That Peter Kay Thing

    TV show

  11. 2000
    Little Grey Rabbit

    TV show

  12. 1999
    Jack of Hearts

    TV show Peter Pryce

  13. 1999
    The Amazing World of Wallace & Gromit

    Movie Narrator (voice)

  14. 1998
    Star Hill Ponies

    TV show Various Characters (voice)

  15. 1998
    Dead Clean

    Movie Kostas Malmatakis

  16. 1998
    The Legend of the Lost Keys

    TV show George Gardener

  17. 1997
    Eyewitness: Monster

    Movie Narrator (voice)

  18. 1997
    Einstein Revealed

    Movie Albert Einstein

  19. 1997
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: The First 50 Years

    Movie Presenter

  20. 1997
    Incredible Journeys

    TV show

  21. 1997
    The Forgotten Toys

    TV show Additional Voices (voice)

  22. 1996
    Silent Witness

    TV show Josef Horowitz

  23. 1996
    Taxandria

    Movie André / Superintendent

  24. 1996
    Albert Speer: The Nazi Who Said Sorry

    Movie Narrator (voice)