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person_profile-Walter Gotell

Walter Gotell Died at age: 73

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Walter Gotell

Date of Birth:

Mar 15, 1924

Country of birth:

Germany

Died:

May 05, 1997

Biography of

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.

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Filmography of

Walter Gotell

Found 73 Movies in total

Carnage Collection - Puppet Master: Trunk Full of Terror

General Mueller (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 2022

Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre

Nazi General (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 2018

Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor

Uncle John (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2012

Puppet Master: The Legacy

General Mueller (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2003

Bond Girls Are Forever

General Gogol (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 2002

Prince Valiant

Erik the Old ( Actor )

... 1997

Puppet Master III

General Mueller ( Actor )

... 1992

She Knows Too Much

Foreigner ( Actor )

... 1989

... 1988

Gregory Peck: His Own Man

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1988

The Living Daylights

General Anatol Gogol ( Actor )

... 1987

Liberty

Rabbi Goteyel ( Actor )

... 1986

Henry's Shadow

Efraim Grüner ( Actor )

... 1986

Basic Training

Nabokov ( Actor )

... 1985

Lace 2

General Zedd ( Actor )

... 1985

KGB: The Secret War

Nicholai ( Actor )

... 1985

A View to a Kill

General Gogol ( Actor )

... 1985

Memed My Hawk

Sgt. Asim ( Actor )

... 1984

Octopussy

Gogol ( Actor )

... 1983

The Scarlet and the Black

Gen. Max Helm ( Actor )

... 1983

For Your Eyes Only

General Anatol Gogol ( Actor )

... 1981

Cry of the Innocent

Jack Brewster ( Actor )

... 1980

The London Connection

Simmons ( Actor )

... 1979

Cuba

Don Jose Pulido ( Actor )

... 1979

Moonraker

General Gogol ( Actor )

... 1979

The Boys from Brazil

Mundt ( Actor )

... 1978

The Stud

Ben Khaled ( Actor )

... 1978

March or Die

Col. Lamont ( Actor )

... 1977

The Assignment

Frankenheimer ( Actor )

... 1977

The Spy Who Loved Me

General Anatol Gogol ( Actor )

... 1977

Black Sunday

Colonel Riat ( Actor )

... 1977

Our Miss Fred

Schmidt ( Actor )

... 1972

Endless Night

Constantine ( Actor )

... 1972

The File of the Golden Goose

George Leeds ( Actor )

... 1969

Cry WoIf

Ronan ( Actor )

... 1968

Attack on the Iron Coast

Van Horst ( Actor )

... 1968

... 1965

Lord Jim

Captain of Patna ( Actor )

... 1965

... 1964

From Russia with Love

Morzeny ( Actor )

... 1963

Sword of Lancelot

Sir Cedric ( Actor )

... 1963

55 Days at Peking

Capt. Hoffman ( Actor )

... 1963

The Damned

Major Holland ( Actor )

... 1962

The Longest Day

German soldier (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1962

The Road to Hong Kong

Dr. Zorbb ( Actor )

... 1962

The Devil's Daffodil

Oberinspektor Whiteside ( Actor )

... 1961

The Guns of Navarone

Muesel ( Actor )

... 1961

Circle of Deception

Phoney Ballard ( Actor )

... 1960

The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll

Heverton - Second Gambler (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1960

Circus of Horrors

Baron Von Gruber ( Actor )

... 1960

Sink the Bismarck!

Signals Officer Mueller on the 'Bismarck' (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1960

The Treasure of San Teresa

Hamburg inspector ( Actor )

... 1959

Shake Hands with the Devil

'Black & Tans' Sergeant ( Actor )

... 1959

The Bandit Of Zhobe

Azhad Khan ( Actor )

... 1959

I Was Monty's Double

German Colonel ( Actor )

... 1958

The Man Inside

Profuno ( Actor )

... 1958

Ice Cold in Alex

1st German Officer ( Actor )

... 1958

The Man Who Knew Too Much

Guard (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1956

1984

Guard (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1956

Above Us the Waves

German Officer on Tirpitz ( Actor )

... 1955

Duel in the Jungle

Jim ( Actor )

... 1954

Albert R.N.

Feldwebel ( Actor )

... 1953

The Red Beret

German Sentry ( Actor )

... 1953

Desperate Moment

Ravitch's Servant-Henchman ( Actor )

... 1953

The African Queen

Second Officer ( Actor )

... 1952

Lilli Marlene

Director of Propaganda ( Actor )

... 1950

The Wooden Horse

François - The Follower ( Actor )

... 1950

Cairo Road

Prison Officer ( Actor )

... 1950

No Orchids for Miss Blandish

uncredited ( Actor )

... 1948

We Dive at Dawn

Luftwaffe Captain ( Actor )

... 1943

Tomorrow We Live

Hans ( Actor )

... 1943

Secret Mission

Lieutenant Langfeld ( Actor )

... 1942

The Goose Steps Out

SS Guard ( Actor )

... 1942