Andrew Sachs (born Andreas Siegfried Sachs, April 7, 1930) is a British actor. April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Acting is the work off an actor, a person in theatre, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character and, usually, speaking or singing the written text or play. ...

Sachs was born in Berlin, Germany. His family moved to England when he was eight years old to escape the Nazi persecution of Jews. Sachs is best known for his role as Manuel, the Spanish waiter in the sitcom Fawlty Towers, and is now frequently heard as a narrator of television and radio documentaries. He is married to Melody Lang, who appeared in one episode of Fawlty Towers, "Basil the Rat," as Mrs. Taylor. (help· info) is the capital city and a state of Germany. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the British Isles Languages English (de facto) Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st... The term National Socialism has been used in self-description by a number of different political groups and ideologies, some of which have no connection with the Nazis; see National socialism (disambiguation). ... Fawlty Towers was a British sitcom made by the BBC and first broadcast on BBC2 in 1975. ... A radio documentary or feature is a radio programme devoted to covering a particular topic in some depth, usually with a mixture of commentary and sound pictures. ...

From 1984 to 1986, Sachs starred as Father Brown in a BBC Radio series based on the stories of G.K. Chesterton. 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Father Brown is a fictional detective created by English novelist G. K. Chesterton and who stars in five volumes of in total 48 short stories, later compiled in five books. ... BBC Radio is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927. ... For the town of Chesterton in Cambridgeshire, see Chesterton (Cambridge). ...

Sachs performed all the voices in the English-language version of Jan Švankmajer's 1994 film Faust. Animation: Dimensions of Dialogue Jan Å vankmajer (born 4 September 1934 in Prague) is a Czech surrealist artist. ... Jan Å vankmajers film Faust was made in the Czech Republic (a part of the former Czechoslovakia) in 1994. ...

Sachs also appeared on many children's TV shows, such as William's Wish Wellingtons, Starhill Ponies and AlfTales. In addition, he has been a narrator on many television documentaries, including ITV's ...from Hell series and the Eyewitness videos. A male Caucasian toddler child A child (plural: children) is a young human. ... AlfTales was an animated American series that ran on the NBC television network on Saturdays from August 1988 to December 1989. ... Current ITV logo. ... For the Jack the Ripper letter, see From Hell letter. ...

He has also appeared as Skagra in the webcast/audio version of the Doctor Who story Shada that was completed by Big Finish Productions in 2003. In 2002 and again in 2004 he played Dr. John Watson in two series of original Sherlock Holmes stories for BBC Radio 4, which starred Clive Merrison as the famous consulting detective. Doctor Who is a long-running British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC about a mysterious time-travelling adventurer known only as The Doctor, who explores time and space with his companions, fighting evil. ... Shada is an unaired serial of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, written by Douglas Adams. ... Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces audio plays released straight to compact disc, based on British cult science fiction properties. ... Dr. John H. Watson is a fictional character, the sidekick of Sherlock Holmes, the fictional 19th century detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle. ... Vasily Livanov was awarded the Order of the British Empire for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes in the Russian TV series. ... BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of chiefly spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ... Clive Merrison (born 15 September 1945) is an English actor of film, television, stage, and radio. ...

On 9 April 2006, Sachs appeared in BBC Radio 4's Classic Serial adaptation of The Code of the Woosters as Jeeves with Marcus Brigstocke as Bertie Wooster. April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Code of the Woosters is a book from the Jeeves and Wooster series by P. G. Wodehouse. ... Reginald Jeeves, here portrayed by Stephen Fry in ITVs Jeeves and Wooster series, is P. G. Wodehouses most famous character. ... Marcus Brigstocke is a British comedian and satirist who has worked extensively in stand-up comedy, television and radio. ... Some critics saw Bertie Wooster, here portrayed by Hugh Laurie in ITVs Jeeves and Wooster series, as detrimental to the worldwide image of the British young man. ...

External links

• Andrew Sachs at The Internet Movie Database