What is the name of the Spanish waiter in Fawlty Towers?

The Spanish waiter in Fawlty Towers is named Manuel. He is a fictional character from the BBC sitcom, portrayed by actor Andrew Sachs, and is described as coming from Barcelona.

Manuel works at Basil Fawlty's hotel and is well-meaning, enthusiastic, and frequently confused. His limited grasp of English and British customs becomes a recurring source of misunderstandings, while Basil routinely blames him for problems by saying, "He's from Barcelona." Manuel often responds with Spanish expressions such as "¿Qué?" and "Sí."

The character appeared in both series of Fawlty Towers, which together contain only 12 episodes. Sachs's exaggerated Spanish accent became one of Manuel's defining comic features, even though Sachs was German-born and had moved to Britain as a child.

A neighboring fact often causes confusion: Manuel was played by Andrew Sachs, not John Cleese. Cleese played Basil Fawlty, the hotel's short-tempered proprietor. In the Spanish television dub, Manuel's nationality was changed to Italian and his name became Paolo; that adaptation does not change the character's name in the original English series.