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Walter Gotell
Actor
Died May 5, 1997 (73 years)
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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.
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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.
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Filmography
| 2022 | Carnage Collection - Puppet Master: Trunk Full of Terror · as General Mueller (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2018 | Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre · as Nazi General (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2012 | Everything or Nothing · as Gen. Anatol Gogol |
| 2003 | Puppet Master: The Legacy · as General Mueller (archive Footage) |
| 2002 | Best Ever Bond · as General Gogol (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2002 | Bond Girls Are Forever · as General Gogol (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2000 | Inside 'Octopussy' · as Gogol |
| 1999 | The James Bond Story · as General Anatol Gogol |
| 1997 | Prince Valiant · as Erik The Old |
| 1995 | In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross · as Morzeny |
| 1993 | The X-Files (TV Series) · as Victor Klemper |
| 1992 | Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor · as Uncle John (archive Footage) |
| 1991 | Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge · as General Mueller |
| 1990 | Wings of Fame · as Receptionist |
| 1989 | The Nightmare Years (TV Series) · as Gen. Von Fritsch |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt (TV Series) · as Mr. Hertz |
| 1989 | She Knows Too Much · as Foreigner |
| 1988 | Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers · as Uncle John |
| 1988 | Freddy's Nightmares (TV Series) |
| 1987 | Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series) · as Kurt Mandl |
| 1987 | The Living Daylights · as General Anatol Gogol |
| 1987 | I'll Take Manhattan (TV Series) · as Jonas Alexander |
| 1986 | Liberty · as Rabbi Goteyel |
| 1985 | Basic Training · as Nabokov |
| 1985 | MacGyver (TV Series) · as Starkoss |
| 1985 | Spenser: For Hire (TV Series) |
| 1985 | KGB: The Secret War · as Nicholai |
| 1985 | A View to a Kill · as General Gogol |
| 1985 | Lace II · as General Zedd |
| 1985 | Robert Kennedy and His Times (TV Series) · as Anatoly Dobrynin |
| 1984 | Miami Vice (TV Series) · as Max Klizer |
| 1984 | Memed My Hawk · as Sgt. Asim |
| 1984 | Airwolf (TV Series) · as Oberst Helmut Krüger / Hans Daubert |
| 1983 | Masquerade (TV Series) · as Steiner |
| 1983 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King (TV Series) |
| 1983 | Hotel (TV Series) |
| 1983 | Kalabaliken i Bender · as Storvesiren |
| 1983 | Octopussy · as Gogol |
| 1983 | Hallelujah! (TV Series) · as Col Henderson |
| 1983 | The Scarlet and the Black · as Gen. Max Helm |
| 1983 | The A-Team (TV Series) · as Ramon Dejarro |
| 1982 | Knight Rider (TV Series) · as Simon Carascas |
| 1982 | Airline (1982) (TV Series) |
| 1981 | The Fall Guy (TV Series) · as Inspector Sekulevitch |
| 1981 | Cagney & Lacey (TV Series) · as J.f. Blackwell |
| 1981 | Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (TV Series) · as Lord Swinton |
| 1981 | For Your Eyes Only · as General Anatol Gogol |
| 1981 | Barriers (TV Series) · as Karl Zuckmayer |
| 1980 | Cry of the Innocent · as Jack Brewster |
| 1980 | Flight Level 450 · as Herbert Anchell |
| 1979 | Cuba · as Don Jose Pulido |
| 1979 | The London Connection · as Simmons |
| 1979 | Moonraker · as General Gogol |
| 1978 | The Word (1978) (TV Series) · as Hennig |
| 1978 | The Boys from Brazil · as Mundt |
| 1978 | The Stud · as Ben Khaled |
| 1977 | The Professionals (TV Series) · as Sam Baker |
| 1977 | March or Die · as Col. Lamont |
| 1977 | The Assignment · as Frankenheimer |
| 1977 | The Spy Who Loved Me · as General Anatol Gogol |
| 1977 | Fantasy Island (TV Series) · as Charles Childress |
| 1977 | Black Sunday · as Colonel Riat |
| 1974 | Wodehouse Playhouse (TV Series) · as Sir Rackstraw Cammarleigh |
| 1974 | The Zoo Gang (TV Series) · as Boucher |
| 1972 | Our Miss Fred · as Schmidt |
| 1972 | Crown Court (TV Series) · as Peter Lindsey-Hewitt Qc |
| 1972 | Endless Night · as Constantine |
| 1969 | Paul Temple (TV Series) · as Max Bronson |
| 1969 | Softly Softly Task Force (TV Series) · as Chief Constable Cullen |
| 1969 | Special Branch (TV Series) · as Morales |
| 1969 | The File of the Golden Goose · as George Leeds |
| 1969 | The Main Chance (TV Series) · as Gilbert Fletcher |
| 1968 | Cry Wolf · as Ronan |
| 1968 | One Life to Live (TV Series) · as Dirk Keller |
| 1968 | Attack on the Iron Coast · as Van Horst |
| 1968 | The Champions (TV Series) · as Captain Jost |
| 1966 | The Baron (TV Series) · as Captain Brandt |
| 1966 | Softly Softly (TV Series) · as Chief Constable Arthur Cullen |
| 1965 | Court Martial (TV Series) · as Major Stefan Miesko |
| 1965 | The Spy Who Came in from the Cold · as Holten |
| 1965 | The Troubleshooters (TV Series) · as Ian Webster |
| 1965 | Lord Jim · as Captain Of Patna |
| 1964 | Redcap (1964) (TV Series) · as Inspector Heller |
| 1964 | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes (TV Series) · as Henderson |
| 1963 | From Russia with Love · as Morzeny |
| 1963 | The Sentimental Agent (TV Series) |
| 1963 | Sword of Lancelot · as Sir Cedric |
| 1963 | 55 Days at Peking · as Capt. Hoffman |
| 1963 | The Human Jungle (TV Series) · as Swenson |
| 1962 | The Damned · as Major Holland |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | The Longest Day · as German Soldier (uncredited) |
| 1962 | The Devil's Agent · as Dr. Ritter |
| 1962 | The Andromeda Breakthrough (TV Series) · as Professor Neilson |
| 1962 | Richard the Lionheart (TV Series) · as Prince Otto |
| 1962 | The Road to Hong Kong · as Dr. Zorbb |
| 1962 | Z Cars (TV Series) |
| 1961 | The Devil's Daffodil · as Oberinspektor Whiteside |
| 1961 | The Guns of Navarone · as Muesel |
| 1960 | Circle of Deception · as Phoney Ballard |
| 1960 | The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll · as Heverton - Second Gambler (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Malaga · as Airport Security Guard |
| 1960 | Danger Man (TV Series) · as Colonel Perar |
| 1960 | Circus of Horrors · as Baron Von Gruber |
| 1960 | Sink the Bismarck! · as Signals Officer Mueller On The 'bismarck' (uncredited) |
| 1960 | BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Series) · as Don Manuel Ortega, Captain Of The King's Guards |
| 1960 | Man from Interpol (TV Series) · as Demetria |
| 1959 | No Hiding Place (TV Series) |
| 1959 | Interpol Calling (TV Series) · as Zeist |
| 1959 | Hot Money Girl · as Hamburg Inspector |
| 1959 | Shake Hands with the Devil · as 'black & Tans' Sergeant |
| 1959 | The Bandit of Zhobe · as Azhad Khan |
| 1959 | The Third Man (TV Series) · as Rasmussen |
| 1959 | One Step Beyond (TV Series) · as Sergeant |
| 1958 | Hell, Heaven or Hoboken · as German Colonel |
| 1958 | The Adventures of William Tell (TV Series) · as Officer |
| 1958 | The Man Inside · as Profuno |
| 1958 | Ice Cold in Alex · as 1st German Officer |
| 1958 | Dial 999 (TV Series) · as Greb |
| 1958 | Ivanhoe (TV Series) · as Landlord |
| 1958 | H.G. Wells' Invisible Man (TV Series) · as Lloyd |
| 1957 | Television World Theatre (TV Series) · as Dr. Jellinek |
| 1957 | The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (TV Series) · as Inspector Steiner |
| 1956 | 1984 · as Guard (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as Brian |
| 1956 | The Man Who Knew Too Much · as Matthews, Scotland Yard Patrol Car (uncredited) |
| 1956 | The Count of Monte Cristo (TV Series) · as Le Drue |
| 1955 | The Way Out · as Policeman |
| 1955 | The Warriors · as French Castle Guard |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Hendryks |
| 1955 | Above Us the Waves · as German Officer On Tirpitz |
| 1955 | Dixon of Dock Green (TV Series) · as Gooch |
| 1955 | The Mysterious Bullet · as Police Constable |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Benton |
| 1954 | The Vise (TV Series) · as Anton |
| 1954 | Duel in the Jungle · as Jim |
| 1953 | Stryker of the Yard · as Cast |
| 1953 | Break to Freedom · as Feldwebel |
| 1953 | Paratrooper · as German Sentry |
| 1953 | Desperate Moment · as Ravitch's Servant-Henchman |
| 1951 | The African Queen · as Second Officer |
| 1951 | Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Disappeared · as Luzatto |
| 1950 | Lilli Marlene · as Director Of Propaganda |
| 1950 | Cairo Road · as Prison Officer |
| 1950 | The Wooden Horse · as François - The Follower |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Manuel Ortega |
| 1948 | No Orchids for Miss Blandish · as Uncredited |
| 1944 | Two Thousand Women · as German Soldier |
| 1943 | We Dive at Dawn · as Luftwaffe Captain |
| 1942 | Tomorrow We Live · as Hans |
| 1942 | Secret Mission · as Lieutenant Langfeld |
| 1942 | The Goose Steps Out · as Ss Guard |
| 1942 | The Avengers · as German Soldier |