Walter Gotell
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.
Acted in
Carnage Collection - Puppet Master: Trunk Full of Terror
2022
as General Mueller (archive footage) (uncredited)
Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre
2018
as Nazi General (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor
2012
as Uncle John (archive footage)
Puppet Master: The Legacy
2003
as General Mueller (archive footage)
Best Ever Bond
2002
as General Gogol (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bond Girls Are Forever
2002
as General Gogol (archive footage) (uncredited)
Inside 'From Russia with Love'
2000
as Self
Prince Valiant
1997
as Erik the Old
The X-Files
1993
as Victor Klemper
Puppet Master III
1992
as General Mueller
Videozone: The Making of "Puppet Master III"
1991
as Himself
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Mr. Hertz
She Knows Too Much
1989
as Foreigner
Freddy's Nightmares
1988
Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers
1988
as Uncle John
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
1988
as Self (archive footage)
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Kurt Mandl
The Living Daylights
1987
as General Anatol Gogol
Liberty
1986
as Rabbi Goteyel
Henry's Shadow
1986
as Efraim Grüner
Basic Training
1985
as Nabokov
MacGyver
1985
as Starkoss
MacGyver
1985
as General Barenov
Spenser: For Hire
1985
Lace 2
1985
as General Zedd
KGB: The Secret War
1985
as Nicholai
A View to a Kill
1985
as General Gogol
Miami Vice
1984
as Max Klizer
Memed My Hawk
1984
as Sgt. Asim
Airwolf
1984
as Oberst Helmut Krüger / Hans Daubert
Masquerade
1983
as Steiner
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
Kalabaliken i Bender
1983
as Storvesiren
Octopussy
1983
as Gogol
The Scarlet and the Black
1983
as Gen. Max Helm
The A-Team
1983
as Ramon DeJarro
Knight Rider
1982
as Simon Carascas
Hotel
1982
Cagney & Lacey
1982
as J.F. Blackwell
Skulden
1982
as Misjakov
Airline
1982
For Your Eyes Only
1981
as General Anatol Gogol
Cry of the Innocent
1980
as Jack Brewster
The London Connection
1979
as Simmons
Cuba
1979
as Don Jose Pulido
Moonraker
1979
as General Gogol
The Word
1978
as Hennig
The Boys from Brazil
1978
as Mundt
The Stud
1978
as Ben Khaled
The Professionals
1977
as Sam Baker
March or Die
1977
as Col. Lamont
The Assignment
1977
as Frankenheimer
The Spy Who Loved Me
1977
as General Anatol Gogol
Black Sunday
1977
as Colonel Riat
The Zoo Gang
1974
as Boucher
Our Miss Fred
1972
as Schmidt
Endless Night
1972
as Constantine
Softly Softly: Task Force
1969
as Chief Constable Cullen
Softly Softly: Task Force
1969
as Chief Constable Arthur Cullen
The File of the Golden Goose
1969
as George Leeds
The Main Chance
1969
as Gilbert Fletcher
The Main Chance
1969
as Raymond Berry
Cry WoIf
1968
as Ronan
The Champions
1968
as Captain Jost
Attack on the Iron Coast
1968
as Van Horst
The Troubleshooters
1965
as Ian Webster
Lord Jim
1965
as Captain of Patna
The Ballad of Hector the Stowaway Dog
1964
as Benton
From Russia with Love
1963
as Morzeny
The Sentimental Agent
1963
Lancelot and Guinevere
1963
as Sir Cedric
55 Days at Peking
1963
as Capt. Hoffman
The Human Jungle
1963
as Swenson
The Damned
1962
as Major Holland
The Saint
1962
as Hans Lasser
The Longest Day
1962
as German Soldier (uncredited)
The Road to Hong Kong
1962
as Dr. Zorbb
Studio Four
1962
as Gestapo Commissar Kehr
Z-Cars
1962
Stryker of the Yard
1961
The Devil's Daffodil
1961
as Oberinspektor Whiteside
The Guns of Navarone
1961
as Muesel
Circle of Deception
1960
as Phoney Ballard
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
1960
as Heverton - Second Gambler (uncredited)
Circus of Horrors
1960
as Baron Von Gruber
Sink the Bismarck!
1960
as Signals Officer Mueller on the 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
No Hiding Place
1959
Interpol Calling
1959
as Zeist
Interpol Calling
1959
as Fischer
The Treasure of San Teresa
1959
as Hamburg inspector
Shake Hands with the Devil
1959
as 'Black & Tans' Sergeant
The Bandit Of Zhobe
1959
as Azhad Khan
I Was Monty's Double
1958
as German Colonel
Behind Closed Doors
1958
The Adventures of William Tell
1958
as Officer
The Man Inside
1958
as Profuno
Ice Cold in Alex
1958
as 1st German Officer
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956
as Matthews, Scotland Yard Patrol Car (uncredited)
1984
1956
as Guard (uncredited)
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956
as Le Drue
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
as Gooch
Above Us the Waves
1955
as German Officer on Tirpitz
Duel in the Jungle
1954
as Jim
Albert R.N.
1953
as Feldwebel
The Red Beret
1953
as German Sentry
Desperate Moment
1953
as Ravitch's Servant-Henchman
The African Queen
1952
as Second Officer
Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Disappeared
1951
as Luzatto
Lilli Marlene
1950
as Director of Propaganda
The Wooden Horse
1950
as François - The Follower
Cairo Road
1950
as Prison Officer
No Orchids for Miss Blandish
1948
as uncredited
We Dive at Dawn
1943
as Luftwaffe Captain
Tomorrow We Live
1943
as Hans
Secret Mission
1942
as Lieutenant Langfeld
The Goose Steps Out
1942
as SS Guard