Hugh Sachs

Hugh J Sachs (born 25 February 1964)^[1][2] is an English actor, best known for his role as Gavin Ramsbottom in the ITV hit sitcom Benidorm and the older Brimsley in Bridgerton and Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story.

Hugh Sachs
Born	Hugh J Sachs (1964-02-25) 25 February 1964 (age 59) Manchester, Lancashire, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1992–present
Known for	Benidorm (2007–2012) Bridgerton (2020–)
Website	twitter.com/HughSachs

Career

Sachs has appeared in numerous television shows and films, including Aristocrats, Foyle's War, Midsomer Murders, The Catherine Tate Show, My Family and Footballers' Wives. His film credits include The Libertine, Like Minds, Love, Honour and Obey, and Mad Dogs and Englishmen. Sachs also appeared as Godfrey in Victoria Wood's 2006 production Housewife, 49.

In 2012 Sachs appeared in Secrets and Words, a BBC Learning show about adult literacy, and 2013, he appeared as Harry Dangle in the West End play One Man, Two Guvnors at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket in London opposite Rufus Hound.^[3]

Sachs is a board member of The Theatrical Guild.^[4]

Credits

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Minder	Kenny	Episode: "No Way To Treat A Daley"
	Demob	Scott	2 episodes
1994	Pie in the Sky	Chef 1	Episode: "The Best of Both Worlds"
1996	Giving Tongue	Crank Heir	Television film
1999	Aristocrats	Charles James Fox	4 episodes
2001	Perfect Strangers	Desk Clerk	TV mini-series
2002	tlc	Mr. Grey	Episode: "Agency Nurse"
	Goodbye Mr Chips	Hotelier	Television film
2003	Casualty	Martin Harrington	Episode: "Keep It in the Family"
	The Forsyte Saga	Coombes	Series 2, Episode 2
	Silent Witness	Usher	Episode: "Fatal Error: Part 1"
	Prime Suspect 6: The Last Witness	Hotel Manager	TV mini-series; 2 episodes
	Wire in the Blood	Bishop's assistant	Episode: "The Darkness of Light"
2005	Murder Investigation Team	Dr. Charles Renfield	4 episodes
	The Inspector Lynley Mysteries	Steve	Episode: "The Seed of Cunning"
	Footballer's Wives	Dr. Rose	Series 4, Episode 1
	Riot at the Rite	Marcel	Television film
	Rome	Clerk	Episode: "Triumph"
2006	Foyle's War	Henry Styles	Episode: "Bad Blood"
	Him and Us	Sydney	Television film
	The Catherine Tate Show	Father	Episode: "1951-2006"
	Housewife, 49	Godfrey	Television film
	The Shell Seekers	Brookner	Season 1, Episode 2
2007	Midsomer Murders	Harold Bumstead	Episode: "King's Crystal"
2007–2012	Benidorm	Gavin Ramsbottom	Series regular; 34 episodes
2007	The Catherine Tate Show	Herbert	Episode: "2007 Christmas Special"
2008	City of Vice	Samuel Drybutter	Season 1, Episode 3
	Trexx and Flipside	Pittman	Episode: "B-Ice's New Clothes"
2010	My Family	Rupert	Episode: "He's Just Not That Into Ben"
2013	Family Tree	Rex Mottram	Episode: "Treading the Boards"
2015	The Interceptor	De Carlo	Series 1, Episode 1
2019	Endeavour	Reverend Postill	Episode: "Pylon"
	Holby City	'Galvo' Daniel Kenny	Episode: "Kiss Kiss"
2020	Father Brown	Lawrence Ashton	Episode: "The Celestial Choir"
2020–present	Bridgerton	Brimsley	Main cast; 7 episodes
2022	Andor	Senator Dhow	Season 1, Episode 8
2023	Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story	Brimsley	Main cast; 6 episodes

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Mad Dogs and Englishmen	Brooks
2000	Love, Honour and Obey	Unnamed
2004	Gladiatress	The Husband	Short film
	The Libertine	Ratcliffe
2006	Like Minds	Rev Donaldson
2009	Beyond The Fire	Father Brendan
2010	The Nutcracker in 3D	Tinker
2017	National Theatre Live: Amadeus	Count Franz Orsini-Rosenberg
2018	Medusa's Ankles	The Husband	Short film
	Beauty	Sickle

References

1. "Hugh J Sachs". FreeBMD. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
2. "Hugh Sachs and Debbie Kurrup". BBC. 23 February 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
3. "One Man, Two Guvnors cast changes from 4 Feb 2013". London Theatre. 4 February 2013.
4. "Hugh SACHS". gov.uk. Retrieved 12 May 2022.

External links

• Hugh on Twitter
• Hugh Sachs at IMDb