Walter Gotell
Acting
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.
TV Shows(42)
The X-Files
Victor Klemper
1993
Tales from the Crypt
Mr. Hertz
1989
Freddy's Nightmares
Kemmerling
1988
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Kurt Mandl
1987
MacGyver
Starkoss
1985
Spenser: For Hire
1985
Miami Vice
Max Klizer
1984
Airwolf
Oberst Helmut Krüger / Hans Daubert
1984
Masquerade
Steiner
1983
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
The A-Team
Ramon DeJarro
1983
Knight Rider
Simon Carascas
1982
Hotel
Douglas Sloane
1982
Cagney & Lacey
J.F. Blackwell
1982
Skulden
Misjakov
1982
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
Lord Swinton
1981
The Word
Hennig
1978
The Professionals
Sam Baker
1977
The Zoo Gang
Boucher
1974
Softly Softly: Task Force
Chief Constable Cullen
1969
The Main Chance
Gilbert Fletcher
1969
The Champions
Captain Jost
1968
The Troubleshooters
Ian Webster
1965
Detective
Hamilton Tromp
1964
The Human Jungle
Swenson
1963
The Saint
Hans Lasser
1962
Richard the Lionheart
Prince Otto
1962
Studio 4
Gestapo Commissar Kehr
1962
Z-Cars
1962
Stryker of the Yard
1961
Armchair Mystery Theatre
The Man
1960
The Third Man
Rasmussen
1959
No Hiding Place
1959
Interpol Calling
Zeist
1959
Behind Closed Doors
1958
The Adventures of William Tell
Officer
1958
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
Gestapo officer
1957
Armchair Theatre
First Policeman
1956
The Count of Monte Cristo
Le Drue
1956
Dixon of Dock Green
Gooch
1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
Simmons
1954
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
Movies(80)
Carnage Collection - Puppet Master: Trunk Full of Terror
General Mueller (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre
Nazi General (archive footage) (uncredited)
2018
Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor
Uncle John (archive footage)
2012
Puppet Master: The Legacy
General Mueller (archive footage)
2003
Inside 'From Russia with Love'
Self
2000
Prince Valiant
Erik the Old
1997
Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge
General Mueller
1992
Videozone: The Making of "Puppet Master III"
Himself
1991
She Knows Too Much
Foreigner
1989
Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers
Uncle John
1988
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
Self (archive footage)
1988
The Living Daylights
General Anatol Gogol
1987
Liberty
Rabbi Goteyel
1986
Henry's Shadow
Efraim Grüner
1986
Basic Training
Nabokov
1985
Lace 2
General Zedd
1985
KGB: The Secret War
Nicholai
1985
A View to a Kill
General Gogol
1985
Memed My Hawk
Sgt. Asim
1984
Kalabaliken i Bender
Storvesiren
1983
Octopussy
Gogol
1983
The Scarlet and the Black
Gen. Max Helm
1983
For Your Eyes Only
General Anatol Gogol
1981
Cry of the Innocent
Jack Brewster
1980
Flight Level 450
Anchell
1980
The London Connection
Simmons
1979
Cuba
Don Jose Pulido
1979
Moonraker
General Gogol
1979
The Boys from Brazil
Mundt
1978
The Stud
Ben Khaled
1978
March or Die
Col. Lamont
1977
The Assignment
Frankenheimer
1977
The Spy Who Loved Me
General Anatol Gogol
1977
Black Sunday
Colonel Riat
1977
Our Miss Fred
Schmidt
1972
Endless Night
Constantine
1972
The File of the Golden Goose
George Leeds
1969
Cry WoIf
Ronan
1968
Attack on the Iron Coast
Van Horst
1968
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Holten (uncredited)
1965
Lord Jim
Captain of Patna
1965
The Ballad of Hector the Stowaway Dog
Benton
1964
From Russia with Love
Morzeny
1963
Sword of Lancelot
Sir Cedric
1963
55 Days at Peking
Capt. Hoffman
1963
The Damned
Major Holland
1962
The Longest Day
German Soldier (uncredited)
1962
The Devil's Agent
Dr. Ritter (uncredited)
1962
The Road to Hong Kong
Dr. Zorbb
1962
The Devil's Daffodil
Oberinspektor Whiteside
1961
The Guns of Navarone
Muesel
1961
Circle of Deception
Phoney Ballard
1960
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
Heverton - Second Gambler (uncredited)
1960
Circus of Horrors
Baron Von Gruber
1960
Sink the Bismarck!
Signals Officer Mueller on the 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
1960
The Treasure of San Teresa
Hamburg inspector
1959
Shake Hands with the Devil
'Black & Tans' Sergeant
1959
The Bandit Of Zhobe
Azhad Khan
1959
I Was Monty's Double
German Colonel
1958
The Man Inside
Profuno
1958
Ice Cold in Alex
1st German Officer
1958
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Matthews, Scotland Yard Patrol Car (uncredited)
1956
1984
Guard (uncredited)
1956
The Mysterious Bullet
Police Constable (uncredited)
1955
The Dark Avenger
French Castle Guard (uncredited)
1955
Above Us the Waves
German Officer on Tirpitz
1955
Duel in the Jungle
Jim
1954
Albert R.N.
Feldwebel
1953
The Red Beret
German Sentry
1953
Desperate Moment
Ravitch's Servant-Henchman
1953
The African Queen
Second Officer
1951
Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Disappeared
Luzatto
1951
Lilli Marlene
Director of Propaganda
1950
The Wooden Horse
François - The Follower
1950
Cairo Road
Prison Officer
1950
No Orchids for Miss Blandish
uncredited
1948
We Dive at Dawn
Luftwaffe Captain
1943
Tomorrow We Live
Hans
1943
Secret Mission
Lieutenant Langfeld
1942
The Goose Steps Out
SS Guard
1942