Leonard Sachs

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Leonard Sachs
Image:Borusa - Leonard Sachs.jpg Leonard Sachsas as Borusa in Arc of Infinity
Born	26 September 1909 Roodepoort, Transvaal (now South Africa)
Died	15 June 1990 London, England
Years active	1930s to the 1980s
Spouse(s)	Eleanor Summerfield
Children	Robin Sachs and Toby Sachs

Leonard Sachs (26 September 1909 - 15 June 1990) was a British actor.

Sachs was born in Roodepoort, Transvaal (now South Africa). 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.

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. Sachs was honoured in a 1977 episode of This is Your Life.

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 1983. Arc of Infinity was his final appearance on television.

He married the actress Eleanor Summerfield in 1947. They had two sons, the actor Robin Sachs and Toby Sachs.

Sachs died in London at the age of 80.