Walter Gotell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 15, 1924
- Died
- May 5, 1997 (aged 73)
- Birthplace
- Bonn, Germany
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
Filmography
Carnage Collection - Puppet Master: Trunk Full of Terror
Movie · as General Mueller (archive footage) (uncredited)
Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre
Movie · as Nazi General (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor
Movie · as Uncle John (archive footage)
Puppet Master: The Legacy
Movie · as General Mueller (archive footage)
Inside 'From Russia with Love'
Movie · as Self
Prince Valiant
Movie · as Erik the Old
The X-Files
TV · as Victor Klemper · 1 ep
Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge
Movie · as General Mueller
Videozone: The Making of "Puppet Master III"
Movie · as Himself
She Knows Too Much
Movie · as Foreigner
Tales from the Crypt
TV · as Mr. Hertz · 1 ep
Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers
Movie · as Uncle John
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Freddy's Nightmares
TV · as Kemmerling · 1 ep
The Living Daylights
Movie · as General Anatol Gogol
Star Trek: The Next Generation
TV · as Kurt Mandl · 1 ep
Liberty
Movie · as Rabbi Goteyel
Henry's Shadow
Movie · as Efraim Grüner
Henry's Shadow
TV · as Efraim Grüner · 3 eps
A View to a Kill
Movie · as General Gogol
Basic Training
Movie · as Nabokov
KGB: The Secret War
Movie · as Nicholai
Lace 2
Movie · as General Zedd
Spenser: For Hire
TV · 1 ep
MacGyver
TV · as Starkoss, General Barenov · 1 ep
Memed My Hawk
Movie · as Sgt. Asim
Miami Vice
TV · as Max Klizer · 1 ep
Airwolf
TV · as Oberst Helmut Krüger / Hans Daubert · 1 ep
Octopussy
Movie · as Gogol
The Scarlet and the Black
Movie · as Gen. Max Helm
Kalabaliken i Bender
Movie · as Storvesiren
The A-Team
TV · as Ramon DeJarro · 1 ep
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
TV · 1 ep
Masquerade
TV · as Steiner · 1 ep
Knight Rider
TV · as Simon Carascas · 1 ep
Cagney & Lacey
TV · as J.F. Blackwell · 1 ep
Skulden
TV · as Misjakov · 4 eps
Hotel
TV · as Douglas Sloane · 1 ep
For Your Eyes Only
Movie · as General Anatol Gogol
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
TV · as Lord Swinton, Lord Swinton (uncredited) · 2 eps
Cry of the Innocent
Movie · as Jack Brewster
Flight Level 450
Movie · as Anchell
Moonraker
Movie · as General Gogol
The London Connection
Movie · as Simmons
Cuba
Movie · as Don Jose Pulido
The Stud
Movie · as Ben Khaled
The Boys from Brazil
Movie · as Mundt
The Word
TV · as Hennig · 4 eps
The Spy Who Loved Me
Movie · as General Anatol Gogol
March or Die
Movie · as Col. Lamont
Black Sunday
Movie · as Colonel Riat
The Assignment
Movie · as Frankenheimer
The Professionals
TV · as Sam Baker · 1 ep
The Zoo Gang
TV · as Boucher · 1 ep
Our Miss Fred
Movie · as Heinrich Schmidt (uncredited)
Endless Night
Movie · as Constantine
The File of the Golden Goose
Movie · as George Leeds
The Main Chance
TV · as Gilbert Fletcher, Raymond Berry · 1 ep
Softly Softly: Task Force
TV · as Chief Constable Cullen, Chief Constable Arthur Cullen · 9 eps
Attack on the Iron Coast
Movie · as Van Horst
Cry Wolf
Movie · as Ronan
The Champions
TV · as Captain Jost · 1 ep
Lord Jim
Movie · as Captain of Patna
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Movie · as Holten (uncredited)
The Troubleshooters
TV · as Ian Webster · 1 ep
The Ballad of Hector the Stowaway Dog
Movie · as Benton
Detective
TV · as Hamilton Tromp · 1 ep
From Russia with Love
Movie · as Morzeny
Sword of Lancelot
Movie · as Sir Cedric
55 Days at Peking
Movie · as Capt. Hoffman
The Human Jungle
TV · as Swenson · 1 ep
The Road to Hong Kong
Movie · as Dr. Zorbb
The Damned
Movie · as Major Holland
The Longest Day
Movie · as German Soldier (uncredited)
The Devil's Agent
Movie · as Dr. Ritter (uncredited)
Z-Cars
TV · 2 eps
The Saint
TV · as Hans Lasser · 1 ep
Richard the Lionheart
TV · as Prince Otto · 1 ep
Studio 4
TV · as Gestapo Commissar Kehr · 1 ep
The Andromeda Breakthrough
TV · as Neilson, Professor Neilson · 1 ep
The Guns of Navarone
Movie · as Muesel
The Devil's Daffodil
Movie · as Oberinspektor Whiteside
Stryker of the Yard
TV · 1 ep
Circus of Horrors
Movie · as Baron Von Gruber
Circle of Deception
Movie · as Phoney Ballard
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
Movie · as Heverton - Second Gambler (uncredited)
Sink the Bismarck!
Movie · as Signals Officer Mueller on the 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
Armchair Mystery Theatre
TV · as The Man · 1 ep
Danger Man
TV · as Colonel Perar, Receptionist · 1 ep
The Treasure of San Teresa
Movie · as Hamburg inspector
Shake Hands with the Devil
Movie · as 'Black & Tans' Sergeant
The Bandit Of Zhobe
Movie · as Azhad Khan
Interpol Calling
TV · as Zeist, Fischer · 1 ep
No Hiding Place
TV · 1 ep
The Third Man
TV · as Rasmussen · 1 ep
Ice Cold in Alex
Movie · as 1st German Officer
The Man Inside
Movie · as Profuno
I Was Monty's Double
Movie · as German Colonel
The Adventures of William Tell
TV · as Officer · 1 ep
Behind Closed Doors
TV · 1 ep
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
TV · as Gestapo officer · 1 ep
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Movie · as Matthews, Scotland Yard Patrol Car (uncredited)
1984
Movie · as Guard (uncredited)
The Count of Monte Cristo
TV · as Le Drue · 2 eps
Armchair Theatre
TV · as First Policeman · 1 ep
Above Us the Waves
Movie · as German Officer on Tirpitz
The Mysterious Bullet
Movie · as Police Constable (uncredited)
The Dark Avenger
Movie · as French Castle Guard (uncredited)
Dixon of Dock Green
TV · as Gooch · 1 ep
Duel in the Jungle
Movie · as Jim
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · as Simmons · 1 ep
Desperate Moment
Movie · as Ravitch's Servant-Henchman
The Red Beret
Movie · as German Sentry
Albert R.N.
Movie · as Feldwebel
The African Queen
Movie · as Second Officer
Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Disappeared
Movie · as Luzatto
Lilli Marlene
Movie · as Director of Propaganda
Cairo Road
Movie · as Prison Officer
The Wooden Horse
Movie · as François - The Follower
Sunday Night Theatre
TV · as Mir Jaffar · 1 ep
No Orchids for Miss Blandish
Movie · as uncredited
We Dive at Dawn
Movie · as Luftwaffe Captain
Tomorrow We Live
Movie · as Hans
Secret Mission
Movie · as Lieutenant Langfeld
The Goose Steps Out
Movie · as SS Guard