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Andreas Siegfried Sachs (7 April 1930 – 23 November 2016), known professionally as Andrew Sachs, was a German-born British actor and writer. He made his name on British television and found his greatest fame in 1975 for his portrayal of the comical Spanish waiter Manuel in Fawlty Towers.  A role for which he was nominated for a BAFTA award (the award went to co-star John Cleese). He claimed in 1981 that Manuel was ‘really a very small part. In fact there was only one episode of Fawlty Towers – the one with the hamster – in which I had anything much to do.’  During the shooting of the Fawlty Towers episode “The Germans”, Sachs was left with second degree acid burns due to a fire stunt. He was also hit with a faulty prop on the set of the show by John Cleese and suffered a severe headache.  On 17 November 2008, it was announced that Sachs had been approached to appear in ITV soap Coronation Street.  He later confirmed on 14 December that he was taking up the offer, saying “My wife was such a fan that I’ve been watching it since 1962”. In May 2009 he made his debut on the street as Norris’ brother, Ramsay. He appeared in 27 episodes and left in August 2009.

Sachs was diagnosed with vascular dementia in 2012, which eventually left him unable to speak and forced him to use a wheelchair. He died on 23 November 2016 at the Denville Hall nursing home in Northwood, LondonCoronation Street