tc_07Andrew Sachs began acting at the age of 14. He is most famous for his role as Manuel, the calamitous Spanish waiter in the sitcom Fawlty Towers, for which he received a BAFTA nomination in 1980.

Sachs is frequently heard as a narrator of TV and radio documentaries, as well as numerous audio books. From 1984 to 1986, he starred as Father Brown in a BBC Radio series based on the stories of GK Chesterton. He has also narrated numerous children’s animations, including William’s Wish Wellingtons, The Gingerbread Man and The Forgotten Toys.

In 2009, Sachs returned to TV screens, playing Norris’s brother, Ramsay, in Coronation Street for a three-month period.

SELECTED CREDITS

Television
2009        Ramsay Clegg, CORONATION STREET, Granada
1993        Nat Silver, EVERY SILVER LINING, BBC
1980        Alfred Polly, THE HISTORY OF MR POLLY, BBC
1975-1979    Manuel, FAWLTY TOWERS, BBC
1977        Don Carlos Bernardo, ARE YOU BEING SERVED?, Ang-EMI Production
1962        Willie Walkers, THE SIX PROUD WALKERS, BBC