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Andrew Sachs is a Actor Allemand born on 7 april 1930 at Berlin (German)

Andrew Sachs

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Birth name Andreas Siegfried Sachs
Nationality German
Birth 7 april 1930 at Berlin (German)
Death 23 november 2016 (at 86 years)

Andreas Siegfried "Andrew" Sachs (born 7 April 1930 in Berlin) 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.

Biography

Il était Manuel dans L'Hôtel en folie.

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Pete Walker
Pete Walker
(3 films)
David McGillivray
David McGillivray
(3 films)
Freddie Jones
Freddie Jones
(4 films)
Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks
(1 films)
Darcy Conyers
Darcy Conyers
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Filmography of Andrew Sachs (20 films)

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Actor

Quartet
Quartet (2012)
, 1h38
Directed by Dustin Hoffman
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Pauline Collins, Billy Connolly, Michael Gambon, Sheridan Smith
Roles Bobby Swanson
Rating67% 3.3971253.3971253.3971253.3971253.397125
The plot takes place in Beecham House, a retirement home for former professional musicians, patterned after the real-life Casa di Riposo per Musicisti founded by Giuseppe Verdi.
Nowhere in Africa
Nowhere in Africa (2001)
, 2h21
Directed by Caroline Link
Origin German
Genres Drama
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Juliane Köhler, Merab Ninidze, Matthias Habich, Bettina Redlich, Bela Klentze, Andrew Sachs
Roles Mr. Rubens
Rating74% 3.7468953.7468953.7468953.7468953.746895
In 1938, the Redlich family flees to Kenya from Leobschütz in Silesia, Nazi Germany, to escape the increasing persecution of the Jews. Walter, a former lawyer, finds work as a farm manager and sends for his family. His wife Jettel has trouble adjusting to life in Africa, although their daughter Regina quickly adapts to her new environment, easily learning the language of the country and showing interest in local culture. Regina soon forms a close friendship with the farm's cook, Owuor, who helped save Walter's life when he had malaria. The only German contact that Jettel has is through a friend of Walter's named Süsskind, an ex-German who has lived in Africa for years. Jettel asks Süsskind why he was never married, and he states that he had a habit of falling in love with married women.
Taxandria
Taxandria (1996)
, 1h16
Directed by Raoul Servais
Origin Belgique
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Actors Armin Mueller-Stahl, Elliott Spiers, Julien Schoenaerts, Andrew Sachs, Daniel Emilfork, Cris Campion
Roles André / Superintendent
Rating63% 3.189783.189783.189783.189783.18978
Young prince Jan has been sent to a quiet coastal resort to study for his final exams, but instead he spends most of his time with his new friend, the lighthouse keeper. Jan ignores the warnings of the locals who claim that the loony lighthouse man (Armin Mueller-Stahl) eats seagulls for breakfast. Maybe the lighthouse keeper is crazy, but this does not prevent him from introducing prince Jan to the dreamland Taxandria, a phantasmagorical place devoid of time, memory, and progress. Jan learns that a reason for the lighthouse keeper's notoriety among the locals is that from time to time he hides political refugees from Taxandria from the authorities; in one scene, we see some of these fugitives arrive at the coast in a boat and taken in by the lighthouse keeper. It is however never made clear whether Taxandria really exists or if the viewer only sees what the lighthouse keeper relates to prince Jan, although once Jan is transported to Taxandria simply by looking into the lighthouse's rotating light while the keeper is away.
Faust
Faust (1994)
, 1h37
Directed by Jan Švankmajer
Origin Republique tcheque
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror, Animation
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Petr Čepek, Jan Kraus, Andrew Sachs, Jiří Suchý
Roles All Voices (voice)
Rating73% 3.69793.69793.69793.69793.6979
The story commences on the streets of Prague on a grey morning with commuters bustling about. We are introduced to the figure of an Everyman, played by Petr Čepek, a colourless figure emerging from a metro station. On his way home, the man encounters two men handing out flyers. It is a map of the city with a location marked in. He shrugs and discards it, returning to his lodging. As he opens the door, a black cockerel runs out. The man sits down to eat, cutting himself a slice of bread. He discovers an egg concealed inside the loaf. He cracks it open but it is empty. Suddenly the lights go out and the wind rises. Objects are thrown about the room. The commotion ceases; the man goes to the window and looks down to where the two men from earlier are staring up at him. One of them holds the cockerel. The man closes the blind and returns to the table, where he finds the map and, using his own map of the city, traces out the location marked.
History of the World: Part I
History of the World: Part I (1981)
, 1h32
Directed by Mel Brooks, Brian W. Cook
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films set in Africa, La préhistoire, Films about religion, Musical films, Portrayals of Jesus in film, Children's films, Histoire de France, French Revolution films
Actors Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Mel Brooks, Harvey Korman, Gregory Hines
Roles Gerard
Rating67% 3.3998753.3998753.3998753.3998753.399875
The film is a parody of the historical spectacular film genre anthology, including the sword and sandal epic and the period costume drama subgenres. The four main segments consist of stories set during the Stone Age, the Roman Empire, the Spanish Inquisition, and the French Revolution. Other intermediate skits include reenactments of the giving of the Ten Commandments and the Last Supper.
Revenge of the Pink Panther
Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
, 1h39
Directed by Blake Edwards
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Andrew Sachs, Dyan Cannon, Robert Webber, Graham Stark
Roles Hospital Inmate
Rating65% 3.298093.298093.298093.298093.29809
Philippe Douvier (Robert Webber), a major businessman and secretly the head of the French Connection, is suspected by his New York Mafia drug trading partners of weak leadership and improperly conducting his criminal affairs. To demonstrate otherwise, Douvier's aide Guy Algo (Tony Beckley) suggests a show of force with the murder of Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau (Peter Sellers). Unfortunately for Douvier, his first attempt at bombing him fails; and the subsequent attempt by Chinese martial artist 'Mr. Chong' (an uncredited appearance by the founder of American Kenpo, Ed Parker) is thwarted when Clouseau successfully fights him off, believing him to be his (Clouseau's) valet Cato (Burt Kwouk) who has orders to keep his employer alert with random attacks. That night, Douvier poses as an informant to lure Clouseau into a trap, but the Chief Inspector's car and clothes are stolen by transvestite criminal Claude Russo (Sue Lloyd), who is killed by Douvier's men. Subsequently Douvier and the French public believe Clouseau is dead and, as a result of this assumption, Clouseau's former boss, ex-Commissioner Charles Dreyfus (Herbert Lom), is restored to sanity and is released from the lunatic asylum to perform the investigation.
Are You Being Served? The Movie
Are You Being Served? The Movie (1977)
, 1h35
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors John Inman, Mollie Sugden, Frank Thornton, Trevor Bannister, Wendy Richard, Arthur Brough
Roles Carlos
Rating60% 3.039373.039373.039373.039373.03937
The clothing department's floor requires renovation; rather than let the staff sit idle while the area is closed off, the management sends them on a paid holiday in Costa Plonka, a fictional city in Spain. Their hotel and its surroundings prove to be dismal, and the group tries to pass the time by acting on the crushes they have developed for one another in the workplace. This results in disaster, as multiple amorous notes reach the wrong recipients and everyone gets wrong ideas about who fancies whom.
House of Mortal Sin
House of Mortal Sin (1976)
, 1h44
Directed by Pete Walker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Horror
Themes Films about religion, Serial killer films
Actors Stephanie Beacham, Susan Penhaligon, Anthony Sharp, Norman Eshley, Sheila Keith, Bill Kerr
Roles Man in Church
Rating63% 3.1518353.1518353.1518353.1518353.151835
Suite à la rupture avec son amant, Jenny Welch vit avec sa sœur Vanessa. Sa vie amoureuse instable la pousse à aller en confessions avec le père Xavier Meldrum à l’Église, recommandé par son ami d'enfance, le prêtre Bernard Cutler. Froid et acariâtre, Meldrum abuse de sa position d'homme de Dieu pour profiter des jeunes filles fragiles venues se confesser auprès de lui. Lorsqu'elles se confient, le père Meldrum enregistre secrètement leurs secrets pour ensuite leur faire du chantage. Frustré par sa misérable vie sexuelle, il séquestre notamment sa propre mère avec l'aide d'une tortionnaire blonde et castratrice. Femme libérée, Jenny est sa nouvelle proie et Meldrum, obsédé par elle, s'immisce dans sa vie privée en la traquant, en la faisant chanter avec ses aveux sur un avortement qu'elle a subi puis en tuant les hommes qu'elle fréquente pour la remettre sur le bon chemin et pour la purifier. Lorsqu’elle comprend qu'il est un psychopathe, personne ne la croit car il est inimaginable qu'un homme de foi puisse être un pervers et un meurtrier.
House of Mortal Sin
House of Mortal Sin (1976)
, 1h44
Directed by Pete Walker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Horror
Actors Anthony Sharp, Susan Penhaligon, Stephanie Beacham, Norman Eshley, Sheila Keith, Stewart Bevan
Roles Man in Church
Rating63% 3.1518353.1518353.1518353.1518353.151835
A deranged priest takes it upon himself to punish his parishioners for their moral transgressions.
Romance with a Double Bass
Romance with a Double Bass (1974)

Directed by Robert Young
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors John Cleese, Connie Booth, Graham Crowden, Freddie Jones, Jonathan Lynn, Andrew Sachs
Roles Musician Zhuchkov
Rating71% 3.580213.580213.580213.580213.58021
Smychkov (Cleese), a bassist, shows up too early for the ball of a beautiful princess, and decides to spend his extra time skinny dipping in the nearby lake. The princess (Booth), meanwhile, has gone fishing at the lake, and later decides to go skinny dipping as well. However, things change when a thief absconds with both Smychkov's and the Princess's clothes, and while the Princess is wandering around, she meets Smychkov. After their initially embarrassing encounter, he tries to help her return to the castle by hiding her in his bass case.
Frightmare
Frightmare (1974)
, 1h28
Directed by Pete Walker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Rupert Davies, Sheila Keith, Leo Genn, Paul Greenwood, Victor Winding, David McGillivray
Rating62% 3.1016253.1016253.1016253.1016253.101625
In an isolated farmhouse, a woman named Dorothy Yates lives with her husband. Dorothy has just been released from a mental institution after it was found she was a cannibal who killed and partially ate at least six people in 1957. Her husband, Edmund Yates was convicted as well but we come to find out that he only faked his dementia in order to remain with his wife. He was a truly devoted husband who loved his wife dearly but really had nothing to do with the actual murders in 1957 and in the present.