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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 (Movies)
Carnage Collection - Puppet Master: Trunk Full of Terror
Character:General Mueller (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:30/12/2022
Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre
Character:Nazi General (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:26/09/2018
Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor
Character:Uncle John (archive footage)
Release Date:23/03/2012
Puppet Master: The Legacy
Character:General Mueller (archive footage)
Release Date:16/12/2003
Inside 'From Russia with Love'
Character:Self
Release Date:23/06/2000
Prince Valiant
Character:Erik the Old
Release Date:24/07/1997
Puppet Master III
Character:General Mueller
Release Date:01/05/1992
Videozone: The Making of "Puppet Master III"
Character:Himself
Release Date:01/01/1991
She Knows Too Much
Character:Foreigner
Release Date:29/01/1989
Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers
Character:Uncle John
Release Date:26/08/1988
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:08/03/1988
The Living Daylights
Character:General Anatol Gogol
Release Date:29/06/1987
Liberty
Character:Rabbi Goteyel
Release Date:23/06/1986
Henry's Shadow
Character:Efraim Grüner
Release Date:06/01/1986
Basic Training
Character:Nabokov
Release Date:01/11/1985
Lace 2
Character:General Zedd
Release Date:01/09/1985
KGB: The Secret War
Character:Nicholai
Release Date:18/07/1985
A View to a Kill
Character:General Gogol
Release Date:24/05/1985
Memed My Hawk
Character:Sgt. Asim
Release Date:10/05/1984
Kalabaliken i Bender
Character:Storvesiren
Release Date:26/08/1983
Octopussy
Character:Gogol
Release Date:05/06/1983
The Scarlet and the Black
Character:Gen. Max Helm
Release Date:02/02/1983
For Your Eyes Only
Character:General Anatol Gogol
Release Date:24/06/1981
Cry of the Innocent
Character:Jack Brewster
Release Date:15/06/1980
Flight Level 450
Character:Anchell
Release Date:22/03/1980
The London Connection
Character:Simmons
Release Date:21/12/1979
Cuba
Character:Don Jose Pulido
Release Date:21/12/1979
Moonraker
Character:General Gogol
Release Date:26/06/1979
The Boys from Brazil
Character:Mundt
Release Date:05/10/1978
The Stud
Character:Ben Khaled
Release Date:17/08/1978
March or Die
Character:Col. Lamont
Release Date:08/09/1977
The Assignment
Character:Frankenheimer
Release Date:11/07/1977
The Spy Who Loved Me
Character:General Anatol Gogol
Release Date:07/07/1977
Black Sunday
Character:Colonel Riat
Release Date:01/04/1977
Our Miss Fred
Character:Schmidt
Release Date:14/12/1972
Endless Night
Character:Constantine
Release Date:05/10/1972
The File of the Golden Goose
Character:George Leeds
Release Date:13/10/1969
Cry WoIf
Character:Ronan
Release Date:01/12/1968
Attack on the Iron Coast
Character:Van Horst
Release Date:05/06/1968
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Character:Holten (uncredited)
Release Date:16/12/1965
Lord Jim
Character:Captain of Patna
Release Date:15/02/1965
The Ballad of Hector the Stowaway Dog
Character:Benton
Release Date:05/01/1964
From Russia with Love
Character:Morzeny
Release Date:10/10/1963
Sword of Lancelot
Character:Sir Cedric
Release Date:02/06/1963
55 Days at Peking
Character:Capt. Hoffman
Release Date:06/05/1963
The Damned
Character:Major Holland
Release Date:16/11/1962
The Longest Day
Character:German Soldier (uncredited)
Release Date:25/09/1962
The Devil's Agent
Character:Dr. Ritter (uncredited)
Release Date:01/09/1962
The Road to Hong Kong
Character:Dr. Zorbb
Release Date:29/03/1962
The Devil's Daffodil
Character:Oberinspektor Whiteside
Release Date:20/07/1961
The Guns of Navarone
Character:Muesel
Release Date:27/04/1961
Circle of Deception
Character:Phoney Ballard
Release Date:01/11/1960
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
Character:Heverton - Second Gambler (uncredited)
Release Date:24/10/1960
Circus of Horrors
Character:Baron Von Gruber
Release Date:01/04/1960
Sink the Bismarck!
Character:Signals Officer Mueller on the 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
Release Date:11/02/1960
The Treasure of San Teresa
Character:Hamburg inspector
Release Date:21/07/1959
Shake Hands with the Devil
Character:'Black & Tans' Sergeant
Release Date:24/06/1959
The Bandit Of Zhobe
Character:Azhad Khan
Release Date:01/04/1959
I Was Monty's Double
Character:German Colonel
Release Date:21/10/1958
The Man Inside
Character:Profuno
Release Date:07/09/1958
Ice Cold in Alex
Character:1st German Officer
Release Date:24/06/1958
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Character:Matthews, Scotland Yard Patrol Car (uncredited)
Release Date:16/05/1956
1984
Character:Guard (uncredited)
Release Date:06/03/1956
The Mysterious Bullet
Character:Police Constable (uncredited)
Release Date:10/07/1955
The Dark Avenger
Character:French Castle Guard (uncredited)
Release Date:15/04/1955
Above Us the Waves
Character:German Officer on Tirpitz
Release Date:29/03/1955
Duel in the Jungle
Character:Jim
Release Date:30/06/1954
Albert R.N.
Character:Feldwebel
Release Date:23/11/1953
The Red Beret
Character:German Sentry
Release Date:11/08/1953
Desperate Moment
Character:Ravitch's Servant-Henchman
Release Date:17/03/1953
The African Queen
Character:Second Officer
Release Date:07/01/1952
Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Disappeared
Character:Luzatto
Release Date:01/04/1951
Lilli Marlene
Character:Director of Propaganda
Release Date:08/12/1950
The Wooden Horse
Character:François - The Follower
Release Date:16/10/1950
Cairo Road
Character:Prison Officer
Release Date:21/06/1950
No Orchids for Miss Blandish
Character:uncredited
Release Date:15/04/1948
We Dive at Dawn
Character:Luftwaffe Captain
Release Date:15/04/1943
Tomorrow We Live
Character:Hans
Release Date:05/04/1943
Secret Mission
Character:Lieutenant Langfeld
Release Date:05/10/1942
The Goose Steps Out
Character:SS Guard
Release Date:01/08/1942
Television Appearances
The X-Files
Character:Victor Klemper
Tales from the Crypt
Character:Mr. Hertz
Freddy's Nightmares
Character:Kemmerling
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Character:Kurt Mandl
MacGyver
Character:Starkoss
MacGyver
Character:General Barenov
Spenser: For Hire
Character:
Miami Vice
Character:Max Klizer
Airwolf
Character:Oberst Helmut Krüger / Hans Daubert
Masquerade
Character:Steiner
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Character:
The A-Team
Character:Ramon DeJarro
Knight Rider
Character:Simon Carascas
Hotel
Character:Douglas Sloane
Cagney & Lacey
Character:J.F. Blackwell
Skulden
Character:Misjakov
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
Character:Lord Swinton
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
Character:Lord Swinton (uncredited)
The Word
Character:Hennig
The Professionals
Character:Sam Baker
The Zoo Gang
Character:Boucher
Softly Softly: Task Force
Character:Chief Constable Cullen
Softly Softly: Task Force
Character:Chief Constable Arthur Cullen
The Main Chance
Character:Gilbert Fletcher
The Main Chance
Character:Raymond Berry
The Champions
Character:Captain Jost
The Troubleshooters
Character:Ian Webster
The Human Jungle
Character:Swenson
The Saint
Character:Hans Lasser
Richard the Lionheart
Character:Prince Otto
Studio 4
Character:Gestapo Commissar Kehr
Z-Cars
Character:
Stryker of the Yard
Character:
The Third Man
Character:Rasmussen
No Hiding Place
Character:
Interpol Calling
Character:Zeist
Interpol Calling
Character:Fischer
Behind Closed Doors
Character:
The Adventures of William Tell
Character:Officer
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
Character:Gestapo officer
Armchair Theatre
Character:First Policeman
The Count of Monte Cristo
Character:Le Drue
Dixon of Dock Green
Character:Gooch
Sunday Night Theatre
Character:
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