Walter Gotell
Known for Acting · 124 credits
- Born
- 1924-03-15
- Died
- 1997-05-05
- Place of birth
- Bonn, Germany
- Also known as
- Walter Jack Gotell · Walter Jacques Goettel
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).
Known For
TV Shows (44)
The X-Files
1993
as Victor Klemper
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Kurt Mandl
The A-Team
1983
as Ramon DeJarro
MacGyver
1985
as Starkoss / General Barenov
Miami Vice
1984
as Max Klizer
Knight Rider
1982
as Simon Carascas
Z-Cars
1962
Airwolf
1984
as Oberst Helmut Krüger / Hans Daubert
The Saint
1962
as Hans Lasser
No Hiding Place
1959
Cagney & Lacey
1982
as J.F. Blackwell
The Professionals
1977
as Sam Baker
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
as Gooch
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Mr. Hertz
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
Hotel
1982
as Douglas Sloane
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Mir Jaffar
The Champions
1968
as Captain Jost
The Troubleshooters
1965
as Ian Webster
Danger Man
1960
as Colonel Perar / Receptionist
The Third Man
1959
as Rasmussen
Freddy's Nightmares
1988
as Kemmerling
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956
as Le Drue
The Main Chance
1969
as Gilbert Fletcher / Raymond Berry
Spenser: For Hire
1985
Interpol Calling
1959
as Zeist / Fischer
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Simmons
Studio 4
1962
as Gestapo Commissar Kehr
Softly Softly: Task Force
1969
as Chief Constable Cullen / Chief Constable Arthur Cullen
The Human Jungle
1963
as Swenson
Behind Closed Doors
1958
The Adventures of William Tell
1958
as Officer
Richard the Lionheart
1962
as Prince Otto
Detective
1964
as Hamilton Tromp
Masquerade
1983
as Steiner
Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960
as The Man
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
1957
as Gestapo officer
Armchair Theatre
1956
as First Policeman
Stryker of the Yard
1961
The Word
1978
as Hennig
The Zoo Gang
1974
as Boucher
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
1981
as Lord Swinton / Lord Swinton (uncredited)
Skulden
1982
as Misjakov
Henry's Shadow
1986
as Efraim Grüner
Movies (80)
The Spy Who Loved Me
1977
as General Anatol Gogol
From Russia with Love
1963
as Morzeny
For Your Eyes Only
1981
as General Anatol Gogol
Moonraker
1979
as General Gogol
Octopussy
1983
as Gogol
The Living Daylights
1987
as General Anatol Gogol
A View to a Kill
1985
as General Gogol
The Longest Day
1962
as German Soldier (uncredited)
The Guns of Navarone
1961
as Muesel
I Was Monty's Double
1958
as German Colonel
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956
as Matthews, Scotland Yard Patrol Car (uncredited)
The African Queen
1952
as Second Officer
Lord Jim
1965
as Captain of Patna
55 Days at Peking
1963
as Capt. Hoffman
Cuba
1979
as Don Jose Pulido
The Boys from Brazil
1978
as Mundt
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1965
as Holten (uncredited)
The London Connection
1979
as Simmons
Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge
1992
as General Mueller
Sink the Bismarck!
1960
as Signals Officer Mueller on the 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
Attack on the Iron Coast
1968
as Van Horst
March or Die
1977
as Col. Lamont
Prince Valiant
1997
as Erik the Old
Henry's Shadow
1986
as Efraim Grüner
The Scarlet and the Black
1983
as Gen. Max Helm
Black Sunday
1977
as Colonel Riat
1984
1956
as Guard (uncredited)
The Devil's Daffodil
1961
as Oberinspektor Whiteside
Endless Night
1972
as Constantine
Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor
2012
as Uncle John (archive footage)
The File of the Golden Goose
1969
as George Leeds
The Stud
1978
as Ben Khaled
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
1960
as Heverton - Second Gambler (uncredited)
The Road to Hong Kong
1962
as Dr. Zorbb
Memed My Hawk
1984
as Sgt. Asim
Ice Cold in Alex
1958
as 1st German Officer
Lace 2
1985
as General Zedd
Basic Training
1985
as Nabokov
Shake Hands with the Devil
1959
as 'Black & Tans' Sergeant
The Wooden Horse
1950
as François - The Follower
The Dark Avenger
1955
as French Castle Guard (uncredited)
The Red Beret
1953
as German Sentry
The Damned
1962
as Major Holland
Circus of Horrors
1960
as Baron Von Gruber
Puppet Master: The Legacy
2003
as General Mueller (archive footage)
Secret Mission
1942
as Lieutenant Langfeld
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
1988
as Self (archive footage)
No Orchids for Miss Blandish
1948
as uncredited
Cry of the Innocent
1980
as Jack Brewster
Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers
1988
as Uncle John
Above Us the Waves
1955
as German Officer on Tirpitz
Sword of Lancelot
1963
as Sir Cedric
Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre
2018
as Nazi General (archive footage) (uncredited)
She Knows Too Much
1989
as Foreigner
We Dive at Dawn
1943
as Luftwaffe Captain
The Man Inside
1958
as Profuno
The Devil's Agent
1962
as Dr. Ritter (uncredited)
Cairo Road
1950
as Prison Officer
The Goose Steps Out
1942
as SS Guard
Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Disappeared
1951
as Luzatto
Duel in the Jungle
1954
as Jim
The Bandit Of Zhobe
1959
as Azhad Khan
Albert R.N.
1953
as Feldwebel
Circle of Deception
1960
as Phoney Ballard
Kalabaliken i Bender
1983
as Storvesiren
The Mysterious Bullet
1955
as Police Constable (uncredited)
Our Miss Fred
1972
as Heinrich Schmidt (uncredited)
Inside 'From Russia with Love'
2000
as Self
Tomorrow We Live
1943
as Hans
KGB: The Secret War
1985
as Nicholai
Liberty
1986
as Rabbi Goteyel
The Ballad of Hector the Stowaway Dog
1964
as Benton
Lilli Marlene
1950
as Director of Propaganda
Desperate Moment
1953
as Ravitch's Servant-Henchman
Carnage Collection - Puppet Master: Trunk Full of Terror
2022
as General Mueller (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cry WoIf
1968
as Ronan
The Treasure of San Teresa
1959
as Hamburg inspector
The Assignment
1977
as Frankenheimer
Flight Level 450
1980
as Anchell
Videozone: The Making of "Puppet Master III"
1991
as Himself
About 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)… With 124 credits spanning from 1942 to 2022, Walter Gotell has appeared in 80 films and 44 TV shows.
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Most Popular Walter Gotell Movies
- The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) — as General Anatol Gogol
- From Russia with Love (1963) — as Morzeny
- For Your Eyes Only (1981) — as General Anatol Gogol
- Moonraker (1979) — as General Gogol
- Octopussy (1983) — as Gogol
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