Fawlty towers star andrew sachs left just over £92,000 in his will

Sachs, 86, was best known for his role as the hapless Spanish waiter Manuel in the seventies comedy series, constantly berated by his boss Basil Fawlty, played by John Cleese. Figures

released by the probate office in Newcastle upon Tyne reveal that he died without a will, leaving an estate totaling £92,102. Under the rules of intestacy, this will go to his widow Melody

after a marriage which lasted 57 years. Andrew Sachs had a long running and successful career on the television, radio and stage, playing roles in the Saint, Doctor Who, Casualty, The

History of Mr Polly, as well as a radio version of Jeeves and Wooster. But he was best known as Manuel in Fawlty Towers, with a bushy moustache and scared eyes - and sometimes the fright was

real, as the script often called for Basil to beat him, and he was once badly burned from chemicals producing billowing smoke in a chip pan fire incident.  ANDREW SACHS ON FAWLTY TOWERS: I

LOVED EVERY MINUTE He received £700 in damages from the BBC. Sachs was born in Berlin in 1930 and his family fled to London after his Jewish father Hans was arrested by the Nazis in a

restaurant, but managed to escape with the help of friends. GETTY Andrew's money has been left to his widow Melody, after a marriage of 57 years As a teenager, he decided to become an

actor, and spent two terms at RADA before national service, and then went into repertory theatre where he met Prunella Scales, who played Sybil Fawlty. Her married actress Melody Lang in

1960 and adopted her two sons Bill and John a year later. GETTY Andrew passed away in November 2016 after suffering from Dementia The couple had a daughter, Kate.  He spent his final days at

the private care home Denville Hall and died on November 23 2016.