Walter Gotell
Acting
Born 1924-03-15
Died 1997-05-05
Bonn, Germany
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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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Acting
54 credits
The X-Files
Star Trek: The Next Generation
The A-Team
MacGyver
Miami Vice
Knight Rider
The Saint
Airwolf
Hotel
Tales from the Crypt
Cagney & Lacey
The Professionals
Sunday Night Theatre
Danger Man
The Champions
Freddy's Nightmares
A View to a Kill
The Count of Monte Cristo
Octopussy
For Your Eyes Only
The Spy Who Loved Me
The Guns of Navarone
The Third Man
From Russia with Love
The Living Daylights
The Longest Day
Detective
The Main Chance
The Troubleshooters
Interpol Calling
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Softly Softly: Task Force
Moonraker
Richard the Lionheart
Dixon of Dock Green
The Human Jungle
The African Queen
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Adventures of William Tell
Masquerade
Studio 4
Armchair Mystery Theatre
The Word
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
55 Days at Peking
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
The Boys from Brazil
Cuba
Lord Jim
The Zoo Gang
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
Black Sunday
Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers
Sink the Bismarck!
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Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Z-Cars
No Hiding Place
Spenser: For Hire
Behind Closed Doors
Stryker of the Yard
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