ACTOR

Andrew Sachs

1930 - 2016

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Andreas Siegfried Sachs (7 April 1930 – 23 November 2016), known professionally as Andrew Sachs, was a German-born British actor. He made his name on British television and found his greatest fame for his portrayal of the comical Spanish waiter Manuel in Fawlty Towers. Sachs had a long career in acting and voice-over work for television, film and radio. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andrew Sachs has received more than 2,269,114 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Andrew Sachs is the 7,093rd most popular actor (down from 5,537th in 2019), the 5,470th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,493rd in 2019) and the 244th most popular German Actor.

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  • 2.3M

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  • 43.02

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Andrew Sachs ranks 7,093 out of 13,578Before him are Paul Johansson, Melody Anderson, Josephine Tewson, Tracie Thoms, Peter Kern, and Herbert Knaup. After him are Alberta Watson, Laurie Bird, Joseph Mascolo, Masakazu Morita, Claudia Christian, and Byron Mann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Andrew Sachs ranks 544Before him are Carlos Lucas, Nevin Çokay, Michele Giordano, György Mitró, Lynden Pindling, and Armando Segato. After him are Kauko Hänninen, Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar, John Cullum, Geeta Bali, Ardalion Ignatyev, and Leila Seth. Among people deceased in 2016, Andrew Sachs ranks 500Before him are Antonina Seredina, Cléber Santana, Medea Jugeli, Rod Temperton, Erwin Hahn, and Ernestine Anderson. After him are Joseph Mascolo, Ashot Anastasian, Anatoli Isayev, Terry Wogan, Tommy Kono, and Fyvush Finkel.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Andrew Sachs ranks 5,470 out of 7,253Before him are Matthias Brandt (1961), Peter Tschentscher (1966), Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud (1974), Stefan Ortega (1992), Martina Voss-Tecklenburg (1967), and Herbert Knaup (1956). After him are Daniel Kehlmann (1975), Jan Carstenszoon (null), Willi Giesemann (1937), Katrin Göring-Eckardt (1966), Georg Volkert (1945), and Julia Fischer (1983).

Among ACTORS In Germany

Among actors born in Germany, Andrew Sachs ranks 244Before him are Eugen Burg (1871), Tom Beck (1978), Angela Schanelec (1962), Dirk Bach (1961), Matthias Brandt (1961), and Herbert Knaup (1956). After him are Volker Bruch (1980), Vera Zorina (1917), Elyas M'Barek (1982), Arón Piper (1997), Andrea Sawatzki (1963), and Maria Furtwängler (1966).