- He and his wife were poles apart in their political support, so they agreed to differ. As a result, each election the windows on the left side of their home in west London, England were adorned with "Vote Labour" posters and the right hand side with "Vote Conservative".
- Best known as the chairman of the music hall tv series The Good Old Days.(1953 -83).
- Father of Robin Sachs
- Father of Toby Sachs
- He, his wife Eleanor Summerfield and their son Robin Sachs all appeared in Hammer films: Eleanor in Man Bait (1952), The Black Glove (1954) and Blackout (1954), Leonard in The Men of Sherwood Forest (1954) and Scream of Fear (1961) and Robin in Vampire Circus (1972).
- Doctor Who: Arc Of Infinity was his last TV acting role
- Has acted in both the Eon James Bond series and the Doctor Who Franchise (twice).
- Educated in South Africa he came to England in 1929 and was on the London stage the same year.
- He founded The Players Theatre in London in 1936 and after war service in the army (1941 -44) he resumed productions at the theatre.
- A contender for the role of Marcus Scarman (played by Bernard Archard) in the episode "Pyramids of Mars" of Doctor Who (1963).
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