Walter Gotell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 15, 1924
- Died
- May 5, 1997
- Birthplace
- Bonn, Germany
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.
Filmography
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)
Inside 'From Russia with Love' 2000
as Self
Prince Valiant 1997
as Erik the Old
Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge 1992
as General Mueller
Videozone: The Making of "Puppet Master III" 1991
as Himself
She Knows Too Much 1989
as Foreigner
Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers 1988
as Uncle John
Gregory Peck: His Own Man 1988
as Self (archive footage)
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
Lace 2 1985
as General Zedd
KGB: The Secret War 1985
as Nicholai
A View to a Kill 1985
as General Gogol
Memed My Hawk 1984
as Sgt. Asim
Kalabaliken i Bender 1983
as Storvesiren
Octopussy 1983
as Gogol
The Scarlet and the Black 1983
as Gen. Max Helm
For Your Eyes Only 1981
as General Anatol Gogol
Cry of the Innocent 1980
as Jack Brewster
Flight Level 450 1980
as Anchell
Cuba 1979
as Don Jose Pulido
The London Connection 1979
as Simmons
Moonraker 1979
as General Gogol
The Boys from Brazil 1978
as Mundt
The Stud 1978
as Ben Khaled
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
Our Miss Fred 1972
as Heinrich Schmidt (uncredited)
Endless Night 1972
as Constantine
The File of the Golden Goose 1969
as George Leeds
Cry Wolf 1968
as Ronan
Attack on the Iron Coast 1968
as Van Horst
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold 1965
as Holten (uncredited)
Lord Jim 1965
as Captain of Patna
The Ballad of Hector the Stowaway Dog 1964
as Benton
From Russia with Love 1963
as Morzeny
Sword of Lancelot 1963
as Sir Cedric
55 Days at Peking 1963
as Capt. Hoffman
The Damned 1962
as Major Holland
The Longest Day 1962
as German Soldier (uncredited)
The Devil's Agent 1962
as Dr. Ritter (uncredited)
The Road to Hong Kong 1962
as Dr. Zorbb
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)
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
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 Mysterious Bullet
The Mysterious Bullet 1955
as Police Constable (uncredited)
The Dark Avenger 1955
as French Castle Guard (uncredited)
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
Credits from TMDB.