Yeah - Andreas Siegfried "Andrew" Sachs was a German-born British actor. Born in Berlin, he and his family immigrated to London in 1938 to escape persecution under the Nazis.
His character Manuel was magnificent.
Cheers - John
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Yes I have to admit K.J. that the far eastern section of NSW has done pretty well for itself since changing it's name. RIP Manuel I'm sure that you will be still entertaining people for many years to come with all the Faulty Towers replays that are going to be continually aired around the world.
there is a long history about him on Wikipedia - heres a small extra about the versatility of this man:
Later work[edit]
Although no other role brought in the attention of Manuel, Sachs continued to star in a range of productions, both comedic and dramatic. In a role reversal to his Fawlty Towers work, he was the hotel manager in the 1977 Are You Being Served? movie,[33] and in 1980 Sachs starred in the title role of a four-part BBC adaptation of the H. G. Wells' The History of Mr Polly.[34]
In 1996, Sachs portrayed Albert Einstein in an episode of the American PBS series NOVA entitled "Einstein Revealed",[35] and the year after, Sachs played opposite Shane Richie in Chris Barfoot's Dead Clean.[36] A tale of mistaken identity, Sachs as airport window cleaner Kostas Malmatakis is hired to assassinate a businessman by his greedy partner (Mark Chapman). The British short won a Gold Remi at the Houston Worldfest in 2001.[37]
Sachs has had several roles in Doctor Who productions. He played "Skagra" in the webcast/audio version of the Doctor Who story Shada, completed by Big Finish Productions and in 2008 he played the elderly version of former companion Adric, in another Doctor Who story for the same company, The Boy That Time Forgot. In the 1980s, Sachs had submitted his name to be considered for the part of the Seventh Doctor in the television series.[38]
In 2007, the BBC broadcast an adaptation of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency with Sachs portraying Reg (Professor Urban Chronotis, the Regius Professor of Chronology).[39] He would later appear in another Adams adaptation as the Book in the live tour of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy during its run at Bromley's Churchill Theatre.[40]
On 17 November 2008, it was announced that Sachs had been approached to appear in ITV soap Coronation Street.[41] He later confirmed on 14 December that he was taking up the offer, saying, "I'm taking Street challenge". In May 2009 he made his debut on the street as Norris' brother, Ramsay.[42] He appeared in 27 episodes and left in August 2009.[43]
With the Australian pianist Victor Sangiorgio, he toured with a two-man show called "Life after Fawlty", which included Richard Strauss's voice and piano setting of Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem "Enoch Arden".[44][45] 2012 saw his last major role, as Bobby Swanson in the movie Quartet.[46]
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