Andrew Sachs

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1. Behind the camera

   Sachs wrote and performed The Revenge, a 1978 BBC Radio 4 play with no dialogue at all, an experiment in binaural stereo recording that was later repeated on BBC Radio 4 Extra.

2. Beyond film

   In 1981, at Elton John's urging, Sachs released a cover of Joe Dolce's hit "Shaddap You Face" as "Manuel", with "Waiter, there's a Flea in my Soup" on the B side. Dolce blocked it until his original was a hit, and it reached 138 in the UK Chart.

3. 

   First role

   Sachs's first film appearance came in 1947, as a schoolboy in Hue and Cry, the first of the Ealing comedies.

4. First role

   Sachs started out in repertory theater and then made his West End debut playing Grobchick in the 1958 Whitehall farce Simple Spymen.

5. Behind the camera

   Sachs wrote plays for theater and radio between 1962 and 1985 alongside acting, starting with the 1962 radio play One Man and His Dog.