Leonard Sachs

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For American football player and college basketball coach, see Lenny Sachs. For the American psychologist, see Leonard Sax.


Leonard Sachs
Actor Leonard Sachs.jpg
Born Leonard Meyer Sachs
(1909-09-26)26 September 1909
Roodepoort, Transvaal, South Africa
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London, United Kingdom
Occupation actor
Years active 1936-1983
Spouse(s) Eleanor Summerfield (1947–1990; his death)
Children Robin Sachs
Toby Sachs

Leonard Meyer Sachs (26 September 1909 – 15 June 1990) was a South African-British actor.[1]

Early life and career

Sachs was born in South Africa in the town of Roodepoort, Transvaal (now Gauteng).[2] He had many television and film roles from the 1930s to the 1980s, including Mowbray in the 1950 version of Richard II, John Wesley in the 1954 film of the same name and Lord Mount Severn in East Lynne from 1976.[3][4][5]

He founded an Old Time Music Hall, named the Players' Theatre, in Villiers Street, London. He appeared as the Chairman of the Leeds City Varieties in the long-running television series The Good Old Days, which ran from 1953 to 1983, and became well known for his elaborate introductions of the performers.[6] Sachs was honoured in a 1977 episode of This is Your Life.[7]

Sachs appeared in Danger Man with Patrick McGoohan.[8] He had two appearances in the science fiction series Doctor Who: as Admiral Gaspard de Coligny in The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve in 1966 and as Lord President Borusa in Arc of Infinity in 1983.[9]

Personal life

He married the actress Eleanor Summerfield in 1947. They had two sons, the actor Robin Sachs and Toby Sachs.[10] He was fined £75 in 1984 for importuning men for an "immoral purpose".[11]

Sachs died in London at the age of 80.[12]

Selected filmography

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External links

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