
Walter Gotell
Born March 15, 1924 · 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.
Notable Appearances
Movies

From Russia with Love

The Living Daylights

A View to a Kill

The Spy Who Loved Me

For Your Eyes Only

Octopussy

The Longest Day

Moonraker

The Guns of Navarone

The Man Who Knew Too Much

The African Queen

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

The Boys from Brazil

55 Days at Peking

Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge

Cry Wolf

Sink the Bismarck!

March or Die

Lord Jim

The Devil's Daffodil

The Road to Hong Kong

Prince Valiant

Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers

The Scarlet and the Black

Endless Night

Ice Cold in Alex

Black Sunday

1984

Cuba

Above Us the Waves

I Was Monty's Double

Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor

The Devil's Agent

The File of the Golden Goose

The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll

Shake Hands with the Devil

Puppet Master: The Legacy
TV Shows

Knight Rider

The A-Team

The Saint

Hotel

Cagney & Lacey

Airwolf

Z-Cars

Tales from the Crypt

The Professionals

No Hiding Place

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Danger Man

Sunday Night Theatre

The Champions

Dixon of Dock Green

Freddy's Nightmares

Spenser: For Hire

The Main Chance

The Third Man

The Troubleshooters

Interpol Calling

The Adventures of William Tell

Behind Closed Doors

The Human Jungle

The Wonderful World of Disney

Detective

Softly Softly: Task Force

Richard the Lionheart

The Count of Monte Cristo

Masquerade

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

The Word

Armchair Theatre

The Zoo Gang

The Andromeda Breakthrough

Skulden

Henry's Shadow
More Movies

She Knows Too Much

Attack on the Iron Coast

Cry of the Innocent

Gregory Peck: His Own Man

The Dark Avenger

The Stud

No Orchids for Miss Blandish

Sword of Lancelot

Duel in the Jungle

Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre

The Goose Steps Out

Circus of Horrors

The Ballad of Hector the Stowaway Dog

KGB: The Secret War

We Dive at Dawn

Cairo Road

Memed My Hawk

Carnage Collection - Puppet Master: Trunk Full of Terror

Basic Training

Inside 'From Russia with Love'

The Damned

Lace 2

Secret Mission

The Treasure of San Teresa

Our Miss Fred

Liberty

Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Disappeared

Desperate Moment

The Wooden Horse

The Red Beret

Videozone: The Making of "Puppet Master III"

The Bandit Of Zhobe

The Man Inside

Tomorrow We Live

The London Connection

Lilli Marlene

Circle of Deception

Albert R.N.

Flight Level 450

Henry's Shadow

Kalabaliken i Bender




