Walter Gotell
Acting
Born: March 15, 1924 · Bonn, Germany
Died: May 5, 1997 (aged 73)
Highest Rated
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Walter Gotell (15 March 1926 – 5 May 1997) was a German actor, known for his role as General Gogol, head of the KGB, in the James Bond film series. Gotell was born in Bonn, Germany; his family emigrated to the United Kingdom after the Nazis came to power. A fluent English speaker, he started in films as early as 1943, usually playing German henchmen, such as in We Dive at Dawn (1943). He began to have more established roles by the early fifties, starring in The African Queen (1951), Ice-Cold in Alex (1958), The Guns of Navarone (1961), 55 Days At Peking (1963), Lancelot and Guinevere (1963), The Spy Who Came In From The Cold (1965), Lord Jim (1965), Black Sunday (1977), The Boys From Brazil (1978), and Cuba (1979). Gotell won the role of KGB General Anatol Gogol in The Spy Who Loved Me for being a look-alike of the former head of Soviet secret police Lavrentiy Pavlovitch Beria. His first role in the James Bond films came in 1963, when he played the henchman Morzeny in From Russia with Love. Starting in the late 1970s, he played the recurring role of General Gogol in the James Bond series, beginning with The Spy Who Loved Me in 1977. The character returned in Moonraker (1979), For Your Eyes Only (1981), Octopussy (1983), A View to a Kill (1985) and The Living Daylights (1987). As the Cold War developed, the role of leader of the KGB was seen to change attitudes to the West - from direct competitor to collaborator. His final appearance, as the Cold War began to become less imminent, sees him transferred to a different, more diplomatic role. Gotell is one of a few actors to have played a villain and a Bond ally in the film series (others being Joe Don Baker, Charles Gray and Richard Kiel). Throughout his career, Gotell also made numerous guest appearances in a wide array of television series. He played Chief Constable Cullen in Softly, Softly: Taskforce between 1969 and 1975. He guested in many series including Danger Man, Knight Rider, The A-Team, Airwolf, The X-Files, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, MacGyver, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Miami Vice, Cagney and Lacey, The Saint, and many others. Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter Gotell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
The X-Files
1993
From Russia with Love
1963
The Spy Who Loved Me
1977
Moonraker
1979
Octopussy
1983
A View to a Kill
1985
For Your Eyes Only
1981
The Living Daylights
1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956
Knight Rider
1982
The A-Team
1983
Photos (1)
Movies (76)
The Living Daylights
General Anatol Gogol
From Russia with Love
Morzeny
A View to a Kill
General Gogol
Octopussy
Gogol
The Spy Who Loved Me
General Anatol Gogol
For Your Eyes Only
General Anatol Gogol
The Longest Day
German Soldier (uncredited)
The Guns of Navarone
Muesel
Moonraker
General Gogol
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Matthews, Scotland Yard Patrol Car (uncredited)
The Boys from Brazil
Mundt
The African Queen
Second Officer
Lord Jim
Captain of Patna
The Scarlet and the Black
Gen. Max Helm
1984
Guard (uncredited)
Sink the Bismarck!
Signals Officer Mueller on the 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
55 Days at Peking
Capt. Hoffman
March or Die
Col. Lamont
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Holten (uncredited)
Prince Valiant
Erik the Old
Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers
Uncle John
Black Sunday
Colonel Riat
Ice Cold in Alex
1st German Officer
Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge
General Mueller
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
Heverton - Second Gambler (uncredited)
The Damned
Major Holland
Endless Night
Constantine
The Dark Avenger
French Castle Guard (uncredited)
The Road to Hong Kong
Dr. Zorbb
Cuba
Don Jose Pulido
Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor
Uncle John (archive footage)
Circus of Horrors
Baron Von Gruber
The Stud
Ben Khaled
Above Us the Waves
German Officer on Tirpitz
I Was Monty's Double
German Colonel
Albert R.N.
Feldwebel
Lace 2
General Zedd
Circle of Deception
Phoney Ballard
Puppet Master: The Legacy
General Mueller (archive footage)
We Dive at Dawn
Luftwaffe Captain
The Treasure of San Teresa
Hamburg inspector
Cry of the Innocent
Jack Brewster
Memed My Hawk
Sgt. Asim
Our Miss Fred
Heinrich Schmidt (uncredited)
Sword of Lancelot
Sir Cedric
Secret Mission
Lieutenant Langfeld
Shake Hands with the Devil
'Black & Tans' Sergeant
The Red Beret
German Sentry
Cry WoIf
Ronan
Attack on the Iron Coast
Van Horst
The Devil's Agent
Dr. Ritter (uncredited)
The Devil's Daffodil
Oberinspektor Whiteside
The File of the Golden Goose
George Leeds
She Knows Too Much
Foreigner
The Wooden Horse
François - The Follower
Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre
Nazi General (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Man Inside
Profuno
Desperate Moment
Ravitch's Servant-Henchman
Liberty
Rabbi Goteyel
Basic Training
Nabokov
The London Connection
Simmons
Cairo Road
Prison Officer
Duel in the Jungle
Jim
No Orchids for Miss Blandish
uncredited
KGB: The Secret War
Nicholai
The Goose Steps Out
SS Guard
Lilli Marlene
Director of Propaganda
Carnage Collection - Puppet Master: Trunk Full of Terror
General Mueller (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tomorrow We Live
Hans
The Assignment
Frankenheimer
The Ballad of Hector the Stowaway Dog
Benton
The Bandit Of Zhobe
Azhad Khan
Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Disappeared
Luzatto
Kalabaliken i Bender
Storvesiren
Flight Level 450
Anchell
Henry's Shadow
Efraim Grüner
TV Shows (47)
The X-Files
Victor Klemper · 1 eps
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Kurt Mandl · 1 eps
Miami Vice
Max Klizer · 1 eps
The A-Team
Ramon DeJarro · 1 eps
Knight Rider
Simon Carascas · 1 eps
MacGyver
Starkoss · 1 eps
MacGyver
General Barenov · 1 eps
Airwolf
Oberst Helmut Krüger / Hans Daubert · 1 eps
Cagney & Lacey
J.F. Blackwell · 1 eps
Hotel
Douglas Sloane · 1 eps
Tales from the Crypt
Mr. Hertz · 1 eps
The Saint
Hans Lasser · 1 eps
The Professionals
Sam Baker · 1 eps
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1 eps
The Count of Monte Cristo
Le Drue · 2 eps
Danger Man
Colonel Perar · 1 eps
Danger Man
Receptionist · 1 eps
Z-Cars
2 eps
Freddy's Nightmares
Kemmerling · 1 eps
No Hiding Place
1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Mir Jaffar · 1 eps
Spenser: For Hire
1 eps
The Troubleshooters
Ian Webster · 1 eps
The Champions
Captain Jost · 1 eps
Dixon of Dock Green
Gooch · 1 eps
Detective
Hamilton Tromp · 1 eps
Richard the Lionheart
Prince Otto · 1 eps
The Third Man
Rasmussen · 1 eps
Softly Softly: Task Force
Chief Constable Cullen · 8 eps
Softly Softly: Task Force
Chief Constable Arthur Cullen · 3 eps
Interpol Calling
Zeist · 1 eps
Interpol Calling
Fischer · 1 eps
The Adventures of William Tell
Officer · 1 eps
Masquerade
Steiner · 1 eps
The Human Jungle
Swenson · 1 eps
The Main Chance
Gilbert Fletcher · 1 eps
The Main Chance
Raymond Berry · 1 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
Simmons · 1 eps
Behind Closed Doors
1 eps
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
Lord Swinton · 2 eps
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
Lord Swinton (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Word
Hennig · 4 eps
The Zoo Gang
Boucher · 1 eps
Armchair Theatre
First Policeman · 1 eps
Skulden
Misjakov · 4 eps
Henry's Shadow
Efraim Grüner · 3 eps
