Andrew Sachs , who has died aged 86, was never more effective than when playing a bewildered victim unfailingly eager to please his sometimes equally comic tormentors. The most popular and inspired example came in the role of Manuel, the waiter from Barcelona who spent most of his waking hours being abused by John Cleese in Fawlty Towers Manuel — short, shoulders sloping in submission — was a star of the BBC TV show, which attracted more than 15 million viewers and became a comedy classic.
Sachs was grateful to Manuel for making him famous, but often counted the cost. He tried to persuade Cleese, who co-wrote the series, to stop short of actual violence in rehearsals, but there was still plenty of hitting — often involving a spoon on the head.
One memorable episode had Manuel setting fire to himself and later, as a reprise, emerging from the hotel kitchen with smoke flowing out behind him. The fire was pain-free but some of the chemicals used to produce the flameless smoke caused acid burns to his arms.
Nonetheless, Sachs still felt that Manuel was the best thing that ever happened to him. Andreas Sachs was born in Berlin at the time when the Nazis were beginning to persecute Jews. His father, Hans, was a Jewish insurance broker who had been awarded the Iron Cross in the first World War; his mother, Katharina nee Schrott-Fiecht , a Catholic, decided to remain in Berlin with her children after their father fled to Britain in She thought that as her son was only half-Jewish he would be safe — a supposition that became increasingly shaky.
The family eventually joined Hans, who died in Andrew left William Ellis school, north-west London, two years later and undertook national service in the Royal Armoured Corps.
Leaving a local acting school after only two terms, he first appeared professionally in in a seaside repertory production of Frieda at the De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea, east Sussex. Relationships Record : We have no records of past relationships for Andrew Sachs. You may help us to build the dating records for Andrew Sachs!
You may read full biography about Andrew Sachs from Wikipedia. Julianna Dai. Ella Williams. Celebrities Born in Germany. Le Shuuk Disc Jockey. Frank Ronstadt Association Football Player. Max Niederlag Sport Cyclist. He tweeted : "I had the pleasure of working with AndrewSachs in 'Attachments'. A beautiful soul who never tired of all my 'Fawlty Towers' questions. You came here as a refugee with nothing but your talent and your spirit, and you enriched our lives.
Thank you so much. Happy memories of working with him, a lovely gentle man. Thoughts are with his family. He gave us all so many laughs on Fawlty Towers, thank you. His Manuel is imperishable. He entertained millions across a brilliant career and will be greatly missed. Obituary: Andrew Sachs. I miss him terribly. After a bout of pneumonia, doctors said Sachs would need to go into a home. Earlier this year, he moved into Denville Hall, a private care home in Northwood, Middlesex, for retired actors.
Sachs is shown with his wife Melody at the British Soap Awards in left , and also with his daughter Kate Sachs right in Mrs Sachs said the couple spent an almost idyllic summer at Denville Hall surrounded by the other patients and staff. He was never without a visitor. Sachs, who was born in Berlin in to a Roman Catholic mother and a Jewish father and came to Britain when the family fled the Nazis in , died after rapidly deteriorating over the course of ten days.
He had the best doctor you could ever have, who helped me a lot. He had the best life, and the best death you could ever have. It is caused by a reduced bloody supply to the brain and symptoms can include memory loss, speech difficulties, depression and walking problems.
During the last few weeks, when Sachs lost his ability to talk and write, his wife would read him stories as the pair sat in the landscaped grounds of his care home. She said her husband had suffered pneumonia three times during the course of his illness. I got over it real quick. Brand and Ross left obscene voicemail messages for the elderly actor during a BBC radio show in Brand and Ross infamously left obscene voicemail messages for the elderly actor during a BBC radio show in My one sadness is that I never got to hit Jonathan Ross.
I have had the most pathetic letters from Russell Brand. I just missed it one night. Those two, Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross, are absolutely awful. The scandal over the voicemail messages caused a nationwide furore. Brand, 41, resigned from his show and Ross, 56, was suspended for three months. He later quit the BBC. Mr Sachs was diagnosed with dementia four years later. Mrs Sachs, who has just secured her first publishing deal, told how sad she was that her husband would not see her debut novel The Girl from the Tyne, when it is published in April.
He was so proud of me when I finished my book. He was a very handsome guy actually. Sachs appears on This Morning in Mrs Sachs said her husband had suffered pneumonia three times during the course of his illness, and that she also nearly died caring for him. By Stephanie Linning for MailOnline.
John Cleese has today led the tributes to his Fawlty Towers co-star Andrew Sachs after his death aged 86 following a secret battle with dementia. On hearing the news, Cleese tweeted: ' Just heard about Andy Sachs.
Very sad I knew he was having problems with his memory as his wife Melody told me a couple of years ago He added: '[A] kind man and a truly great farceur.
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