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| - Andrew Sachs (born Andreas Siegfried Sachs; 7 April 1930) is 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 Ramsay Clegg in Coronation Street.
- Sachs played Adric in the Big Finish Productions production The Boy That Time Forgot, Crassostrea in Orbis, and The Doctor's scarf in Aladdin Time. Sachs is best known for playing the hapless Spanish waiter Manuel in the classic 1970s comedy series Fawlty Towers (1975, 1979) opposite John Cleese. In 2008, Sylvester McCoy suggested that Sachs would make the best replacement for David Tennant, soon to leave the role of the Tenth Doctor. Following the departure of Colin Baker from the role, Sachs had auditioned for the role of the Seventh Doctor in 1987, but McCoy was cast instead.
- He was born in Berlin, Germany and died in London, England on November 23rd, 2016 due to vascular dementia he was diagnosed back in 2012.
- Andrew Sachs (born "Andreas Siegfried Sachs" on 7th April 1930 in Berlin, Germany, died 23rd November 2016) was an actor and writer best known for playing Spanish waiter Manuel in the long-running sitcom Fawlty Towers. He was later heard more frequently as a narrator of documentaries and audio books before he was diagnosed with dementia in 2012.
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| - Andrew Sachs (born Andreas Siegfried Sachs; 7 April 1930) is 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 Ramsay Clegg in Coronation Street.
- Andrew Sachs (born "Andreas Siegfried Sachs" on 7th April 1930 in Berlin, Germany, died 23rd November 2016) was an actor and writer best known for playing Spanish waiter Manuel in the long-running sitcom Fawlty Towers. His mother a librarian and Jewish father an insurance broker, the family fled to England in 1938 to escape the Nazis and settled in north London. He was in the acting profession since the late 1950s - initially working on radio productions - and made his screen debut in the TV series Dial 999 in 1959. On Coronation Street he played Ramsay Clegg - the half-brother of Norris Cole - between May and August 2009. He was later heard more frequently as a narrator of documentaries and audio books before he was diagnosed with dementia in 2012. Other TV and film credits include roles in The Night We Dropped a Clanger, The Six Proud Walkers, The Saint, Mr. Toby's Christmas, Legend of Death, Nearest and Dearest, ITV Playhouse, Fraud Squad, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), Callan, Are You Being Served?, Crown Court, Rising Damp, Revenge of the Pink Panther, Monkey, Strangers, The Tempest, The History of Mr Polly, Bergerac, Minder, William's Wish Wellingtons, Horizon, That Peter Kay Thing, Silent Witness, Holby City, The Bill, Going Postal and Casualty.
- Sachs played Adric in the Big Finish Productions production The Boy That Time Forgot, Crassostrea in Orbis, and The Doctor's scarf in Aladdin Time. Sachs is best known for playing the hapless Spanish waiter Manuel in the classic 1970s comedy series Fawlty Towers (1975, 1979) opposite John Cleese. In 2008, Sylvester McCoy suggested that Sachs would make the best replacement for David Tennant, soon to leave the role of the Tenth Doctor. Following the departure of Colin Baker from the role, Sachs had auditioned for the role of the Seventh Doctor in 1987, but McCoy was cast instead.
- He was born in Berlin, Germany and died in London, England on November 23rd, 2016 due to vascular dementia he was diagnosed back in 2012.
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