Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Let's pause now to remember a British actor best known for playing a Spanish waiter in a 1970s BBC series that lasted only 12 episodes - Andrew Sachs. He died at age 86. As NPR's Ted Robbins tells us, his relatively small role left a big impression. TED ROBBINS, BYLINE: For decades, if you turned on PBS, you were bound to come across a rerun of the 1970s British comedy "Fawlty Towers." (SOUNDBITE OF DENNIS WILSON SONG, “FAWLTY TOWERS THEME MUSIC”) ROBBINS: John Cleese created and started it, as hotel owner Basil Fawlty. Basil frequently had some kind of misunderstanding with his earnest, bumbling Spanish waiter Manuel. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "FAWLTY TOWERS") JOHN CLEESE: (As Basil) There is too much butter on those trays. ANDREW SACHS: (As Manuel) No. No, no, Senior, not on those trays - no, sir - uno, dos, tres. (LAUGHTER) ROBBINS: As the son of refugees from Nazi Germany, Andrew Sachs wanted to play Manuel with a German
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