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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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Filmography
| 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 | Bond Girls Are Forever · as General Gogol |
| 2002 | Best Ever Bond · as General Gogol |
| 2000 | Inside 'Octopussy' · as Gogol |
| 1997 | Prince Valiant · as Erik the Old |
| 1993 | The X-Files (TV Series) · as Victor Klemper |
| 1991 | Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge · as General Mueller |
| 1990 | Wings of Fame · as Receptionist |
| 1989 | She Knows Too Much · as Foreigner |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1989 | The Nightmare Years (TV Series) · as Gen. Von Fritsch |
| 1988 | Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers · as Uncle John |
| 1988 | Freddy's Nightmares (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1987 | The Living Daylights · as General Anatol Gogol |
| 1987 | Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series) · as Kurt Mandl |
| 1987 | I'll Take Manhattan (TV Series) · as Jonas Alexander |
| 1985 | A View to a Kill · as General Gogol |
| 1985 | Basic Training · as Nabokov |
| 1985 | KGB: The Secret War · as Nicholai |
| 1985 | Spenser: For Hire (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1985 | MacGyver (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1984 | Memed My Hawk · as Sgt. Asim |
| 1984 | Miami Vice (TV Series) · as Max Klizer |
| 1984 | Airwolf (TV Series) · as Oberst Helmut Krüger / Hans Daubert |
| 1983 | Octopussy · as Gogol |
| 1983 | The Scarlet and the Black · as Gen. Max Helm |
| 1983 | Kalabaliken i Bender · as Storvesiren |
| 1983 | The A-Team (TV Series) · as Ramon DeJarro |
| 1983 | Hotel (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1983 | Hallelujah! (TV Series) · as Col Henderson |
| 1983 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1982 | Knight Rider (TV Series) · as Simon Carascas |
| 1981 | For Your Eyes Only · as General Anatol Gogol |
| 1981 | Cagney & Lacey (TV Series) · as J.F. Blackwell |
| 1981 | Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (TV Series) · as Lord Swinton |
| 1981 | The Fall Guy (TV Series) · as Inspector Sekulevitch |
| 1980 | Cry of the Innocent · as Jack Brewster |
| 1980 | Flight Level 450 · as Herbert Anchell |
| 1979 | Moonraker · as General Gogol |
| 1979 | Cuba · as Don Jose Pulido |
| 1978 | The Boys from Brazil · as Mundt |
| 1978 | The Stud · as Ben Khaled |
| 1977 | The Spy Who Loved Me · as General Anatol Gogol |
| 1977 | March or Die · as Col. Lamont |
| 1977 | Black Sunday · as Colonel Riat |
| 1977 | The Assignment · as Frankenheimer |
| 1977 | The Professionals (TV Series) · as Sam Baker |
| 1977 | Fantasy Island (TV Series) · as Charles Childress |
| 1974 | The Zoo Gang (TV Series) · as Boucher |
| 1974 | Wodehouse Playhouse (TV Series) · as Sir Rackstraw Cammarleigh |
| 1972 | Endless Night · as Constantine |
| 1972 | Our Miss Fred · as Schmidt |
| 1972 | Crown Court (TV Series) · as Peter Lindsey-Hewitt QC |
| 1969 | The File of the Golden Goose · as George Leeds |
| 1969 | Special Branch (TV Series) · as Morales |
| 1969 | The Main Chance (TV Series) · as Gilbert Fletcher |
| 1969 | Paul Temple (TV Series) · as Max Bronson |
| 1969 | Softly Softly Task Force (TV Series) · as Chief Constable Cullen |
| 1968 | Attack on the Iron Coast · as Van Horst |
| 1968 | Cry Wolf · as Ronan |
| 1968 | One Life to Live (TV Series) · as Dirk Keller |
| 1968 | The Champions (TV Series) · as Captain Jost |
| 1966 | The Baron (TV Series) · as Captain Brandt |
| 1965 | Lord Jim · as Captain of Patna |
| 1965 | The Spy Who Came in from the Cold · as Holten |
| 1964 | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes (TV Series) · as Henderson |
| 1963 | From Russia with Love · as Morzeny |
| 1963 | 55 Days at Peking · as Capt. Hoffman |
| 1963 | Sword of Lancelot · as Sir Cedric |
| 1963 | The Human Jungle (TV Series) · as Swenson |
| 1962 | The Longest Day · as German soldier (uncredited) |
| 1962 | The Road to Hong Kong · as Dr. Zorbb |
| 1962 | The Devil's Agent · as Dr. Ritter |
| 1962 | The Damned · as Major Holland |
| 1962 | The Saint (TV Series) · as Hans Lasser |
| 1962 | Richard the Lionheart (TV Series) · as Prince Otto |
| 1962 | Z Cars (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1962 | The Andromeda Breakthrough (TV Series) · as Professor Neilson |
| 1961 | The Guns of Navarone · as Muesel |
| 1961 | The Devil's Daffodil · as Oberinspektor Whiteside |
| 1960 | The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll · as Heverton - Second Gambler |
| 1960 | Malaga · as Airport Security Guard |
| 1960 | Circus of Horrors · as Baron Von Gruber |
| 1960 | Danger Man (TV Series) · as Colonel Perar |
| 1960 | Man from Interpol (TV Series) · as Demetria |
| 1959 | Shake Hands with the Devil · as Sergeant 'Black &Tans' |
| 1959 | Hot Money Girl · as Hamburg inspector |
| 1959 | One Step Beyond (TV Series) · as Sergeant |
| 1958 | Ice Cold in Alex · as 1st German Officer |
| 1958 | Hell, Heaven or Hoboken · as German Colonel |
| 1958 | H.G. Wells' Invisible Man (TV Series) · as Lloyd |
| 1958 | The Adventures of William Tell (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1958 | Dial 999 (TV Series) · as Greb |
| 1957 | Television World Theatre (TV Series) · as Dr. Jellinek |
| 1956 | The Man Who Knew Too Much · as Guard (uncredited) |
| 1956 | 1984 · as Guard (uncredited) |
| 1956 | The Count of Monte Cristo (TV Series) · as Le Drue |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as 1st Policeman |
| 1955 | Above Us the Waves · as German Officer on Tirpitz |
| 1955 | The Way Out · as Policeman |
| 1955 | The Mysterious Bullet · as Police Constable |
| 1954 | Duel in the Jungle · as Jim |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Benton |
| 1954 | The Vise (TV Series) · as Anton |
| 1953 | Paratrooper · as German Sentry |
| 1953 | Break to Freedom · as Feldwebel |
| 1953 | Desperate Moment · as Ravitch's Servant-Henchman |
| 1953 | Stryker of the Yard · as actor |
| 1951 | The African Queen · as Second Officer |
| 1950 | The Wooden Horse · as François - The Follower |
| 1950 | Lilli Marlene · as Director of Propaganda |
| 1950 | Cairo Road · as Prison Officer |
| 1948 | No Orchids for Miss Blandish · as uncredited |
| 1944 | Two Thousand Women · as German Soldier |
| 1943 | We Dive at Dawn · as Luftwaffe Captain |
| 1943 | Tomorrow We Live · as Hans |
| 1942 | The Avengers · as German Soldier |
| 1942 | Secret Mission · as Lieutenant Langfeld |
| 1942 | The Goose Steps Out · as SS Guard |