Andrew Sachs

Biography

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.

Known For

Coronation Street

Ramsay Clegg

Silent Witness

Josef Horowitz

Minder

Sidney

Casualty

Father Morgan

Casualty

Mendel Lan

The Saint

Jacques

Natural World

Self - Narrator (voice)

James and the Giant Peach

Interviewer / 1st Naval Officer / Security Chief

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	The Cancellation Of Fawlty Towers
2016	Breaking the Bank	Jenkins
2016	Alice Through the Looking Glass	Mantel Clock (voice)
2012	Run For Your Wife	Clumsy Waiter
2012	Quartet	Bobby Swanson
2009	Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened	Self / Manuel
2008	We Are Most Amused	Self
2007	What the Pythons Did Next...	Self
2006	Mr. Loveday's Little Outing	Mr. Loveday
2006	Ricky Gervais Meets... Larry David	Himself - Narrator (voice)
2006	Ant Attack	Narrator
2005	Benjamin's Struggle
2005	Fawlty Towers Revisited	Himself
2005	Egypt: Rediscovering a Lost World	Self - Narrator
2003	Doctor Who: Shada	Skagra (voice)
2003	Cheeky	TV Announcer
2001	Nowhere in Africa	Mr. Rubens
1999	The Amazing World of Wallace & Gromit	Narrator (voice)
1998	Dead Clean	Kostas Malmatakis
1997	Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: The First 50 Years	Presenter
1997	Eyewitness: Monster	Narrator (voice)
1997	Einstein Revealed	Albert Einstein
1996	Taxandria	André / Superintendent
1995	The Forgotten Toys	Chef / Old Man (voice)
1995	Character Building	Narrator (voice)
1993	The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1988	Consuming Passions	Jason
1987	Spirits of the Forest	Narrator
1985	The Galactic Garden	Vector
1982	It's Your Move	Roadsweeper
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	Romance with a Double Bass	Musician Zhuchkov
1974	Gorilla	Narrator
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)

Year	TV Show	Role
2010	Going Postal	Groat
2008	All Star Mr & Mrs
2005	Egypt	Narrator
2004	This World
2000	That Peter Kay Thing
2000	Attachments	Murray Plaskow
1999	Jack of Hearts	Peter Pryce
1998	The Legend of the Lost Keys	George Gardener
1998	Star Hill Ponies	Various Characters (voice)
1997	Incredible Journeys
1997	The Forgotten Toys	Additional Voices (voice)
1996	Silent Witness	Josef Horowitz
1995	Eyewitness	Narrator
1994	Pirates
1994	William's Wish Wellingtons	Narrator
1993	Every Silver Lining
1993	The Mushroom Picker	Tadeus
1992	The Gingerbread Man	The Gingerbread Man / Mr Salt / Herr Von Cuckoo / Sleek the Mouse
1991	The Dream Machine	Self - Narrator (voice)
1990	Cluedo	Himself
1989	Under the Sun	Self - Narrator (voice)
1988	This Morning	Self
1986	Casualty	Father Morgan
1986	Casualty	Mendel Lan
1986	Architecture at the Crossroads	Narrator - (Voice)
1985	There Comes A Time...
1984	Tom O'Connor
1984	Big Deal	MC
1983	Natural World	Self - Narrator (voice)
1982	Countdown
1982	Dead Ernest
1982	Timewatch	Self - Narrator (voice)
1979	Minder	Sidney
1978	Monkey	Voice of Horse / Yu-Lung
1978	An Audience with...	Self
1975	Fawlty Towers	Manuel
1974	Rising Damp	Snell
1970	Codename	Stein
1968	Nearest and Dearest	Doctor
1967	Callan	German Captain
1962	The Saint	Jacques
1962	Dial RIX
1961	Survival
1960	Coronation Street	Ramsay Clegg