Walter Gotell
Acting • Born 1924-03-15 – Died 1997-05-05
Biography
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
125 credits
The African Queen
Movie • 1952
Second Officer
From Russia with Love
Movie • 1963
Morzeny
The Spy Who Loved Me
Movie • 1977
General Anatol Gogol
For Your Eyes Only
Movie • 1981
General Anatol Gogol
Octopussy
Movie • 1983
Gogol
A View to a Kill
Movie • 1985
General Gogol
The Living Daylights
Movie • 1987
General Anatol Gogol
Cry of the Innocent
Movie • 1980
Jack Brewster
Prince Valiant
Movie • 1997
Erik the Old
The Road to Hong Kong
Movie • 1962
Dr. Zorbb
March or Die
Movie • 1977
Col. Lamont
Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge
Movie • 1992
General Mueller
Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers
Movie • 1988
Uncle John
Circus of Horrors
Movie • 1960
Baron Von Gruber
We Dive at Dawn
Movie • 1943
Luftwaffe Captain
Videozone: The Making of "Puppet Master III"
Movie • 1991
Himself
The File of the Golden Goose
Movie • 1969
George Leeds
Black Sunday
Movie • 1977
Colonel Riat
The Damned
Movie • 1962
Major Holland
The Stud
Movie • 1978
Ben Khaled
Basic Training
Movie • 1985
Nabokov
Attack on the Iron Coast
Movie • 1968
Van Horst
Circle of Deception
Movie • 1960
Phoney Ballard
Carnage Collection - Puppet Master: Trunk Full of Terror
Movie • 2022
General Mueller (archive footage) (uncredited)
Desperate Moment
Movie • 1953
Ravitch's Servant-Henchman
Tomorrow We Live
Movie • 1943
Hans
The Treasure of San Teresa
Movie • 1959
Hamburg inspector
Liberty
Movie • 1986
Rabbi Goteyel
Lilli Marlene
Movie • 1950
Director of Propaganda
Cairo Road
Movie • 1950
Prison Officer
Shake Hands with the Devil
Movie • 1959
'Black & Tans' Sergeant
Our Miss Fred
Movie • 1972
Schmidt
Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor
Movie • 2012
Uncle John (archive footage)
Duel in the Jungle
Movie • 1954
Jim
Moonraker
Movie • 1979
General Gogol
Henry's Shadow
Movie • 1986
Efraim Grüner
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
Movie • 1960
Heverton - Second Gambler (uncredited)
Lord Jim
Movie • 1965
Captain of Patna
KGB: The Secret War
Movie • 1985
Nicholai
No Orchids for Miss Blandish
Movie • 1948
uncredited
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
Movie • 1988
Self (archive footage)
The London Connection
Movie • 1979
Simmons
Lace 2
Movie • 1985
General Zedd
She Knows Too Much
Movie • 1989
Foreigner
The Guns of Navarone
Movie • 1961
Muesel
Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Disappeared
Movie • 1951
Luzatto
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Movie • 1956
Matthews, Scotland Yard Patrol Car (uncredited)
Ice Cold in Alex
Movie • 1958
1st German Officer
Sword of Lancelot
Movie • 1963
Sir Cedric
The Longest Day
Movie • 1962
German Soldier (uncredited)
The Boys from Brazil
Movie • 1978
Mundt
The Scarlet and the Black
Movie • 1983
Gen. Max Helm
Kalabaliken i Bender
Movie • 1983
Storvesiren
Cuba
Movie • 1979
Don Jose Pulido
Memed My Hawk
Movie • 1984
Sgt. Asim
The Red Beret
Movie • 1953
German Sentry
Cry WoIf
Movie • 1968
Ronan
Secret Mission
Movie • 1942
Lieutenant Langfeld
Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre
Movie • 2018
Nazi General (archive footage) (uncredited)
Puppet Master: The Legacy
Movie • 2003
General Mueller (archive footage)
Inside 'From Russia with Love'
Movie • 2000
Self
Albert R.N.
Movie • 1953
Feldwebel
1984
Movie • 1956
Guard (uncredited)
Sink the Bismarck!
Movie • 1960
Signals Officer Mueller on the 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
The Goose Steps Out
Movie • 1942
SS Guard
The Man Inside
Movie • 1958
Profuno
Above Us the Waves
Movie • 1955
German Officer on Tirpitz
The Wooden Horse
Movie • 1950
François - The Follower
The Devil's Daffodil
Movie • 1961
Oberinspektor Whiteside
Endless Night
Movie • 1972
Constantine
I Was Monty's Double
Movie • 1958
German Colonel
The Assignment
Movie • 1977
Frankenheimer
The Bandit Of Zhobe
Movie • 1959
Azhad Khan
55 Days at Peking
Movie • 1963
Capt. Hoffman
The Ballad of Hector the Stowaway Dog
Movie • 1964
Benton
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Movie • 1965
Holten (uncredited)
Flight Level 450
Movie • 1980
Anchell
The Mysterious Bullet
Movie • 1955
Police Constable (uncredited)
The Dark Avenger
Movie • 1955
French Castle Guard (uncredited)
The Devil's Agent
Movie • 1962
Dr. Ritter (uncredited)
Spenser: For Hire
TV • 1985
Star Trek: The Next Generation
TV • 1987
Kurt Mandl
The A-Team
TV • 1983
Ramon DeJarro
Miami Vice
TV • 1984
Max Klizer
Airwolf
TV • 1984
Oberst Helmut Krüger / Hans Daubert
Z-Cars
TV • 1962
Knight Rider
TV • 1982
Simon Carascas
Tales from the Crypt
TV • 1989
Mr. Hertz
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
TV • 1983
MacGyver
TV • 1985
Starkoss
Cagney & Lacey
TV • 1982
J.F. Blackwell
Freddy's Nightmares
TV • 1988
Kemmerling
Interpol Calling
TV • 1959
Zeist
Dixon of Dock Green
TV • 1955
Gooch
The Champions
TV • 1968
Captain Jost
Interpol Calling
TV • 1959
Fischer
The Count of Monte Cristo
TV • 1956
Le Drue
The Word
TV • 1978
Hennig
No Hiding Place
TV • 1959
The Main Chance
TV • 1969
Gilbert Fletcher
The Adventures of William Tell
TV • 1958
Officer
Stryker of the Yard
TV • 1961
Behind Closed Doors
TV • 1958
Masquerade
TV • 1983
Steiner
Softly Softly: Task Force
TV • 1969
Chief Constable Cullen
The Main Chance
TV • 1969
Raymond Berry
The Zoo Gang
TV • 1974
Boucher
The X-Files
TV • 1993
Victor Klemper
Softly Softly: Task Force
TV • 1969
Chief Constable Arthur Cullen
The Human Jungle
TV • 1963
Swenson
Skulden
TV • 1982
Misjakov
MacGyver
TV • 1985
General Barenov
The Saint
TV • 1962
Hans Lasser
The Professionals
TV • 1977
Sam Baker
The Troubleshooters
TV • 1965
Ian Webster
The Third Man
TV • 1959
Rasmussen
Sunday Night Theatre
TV • 1950
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
TV • 1981
Lord Swinton
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
TV • 1981
Lord Swinton (uncredited)
Hotel
TV • 1982
Douglas Sloane
Armchair Theatre
TV • 1956
First Policeman
Richard the Lionheart
TV • 1962
Prince Otto
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
TV • 1957
Gestapo officer
Studio 4
TV • 1962
Gestapo Commissar Kehr
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Simmons