Walter Gotell

Acting

Born Mar 15, 1924

From Bonn, Germany

Died May 05, 1997

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.

Walter Gotell

Known For

A View to a Kill

Moonraker

The Living Daylights

From Russia with Love

Octopussy

For Your Eyes Only

The Spy Who Loved Me

The Longest Day

The Guns of Navarone

The Man Who Knew Too Much

Filmography — Acting

A View to a Kill

Moonraker

The Living Daylights

From Russia with Love

Octopussy

For Your Eyes Only

The Spy Who Loved Me

The Longest Day

The Guns of Navarone

The Man Who Knew Too Much

55 Days at Peking

The African Queen

Circus of Horrors

The Scarlet and the Black

The Boys from Brazil

Sink the Bismarck!

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

Black Sunday

Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge

1984

Lord Jim

March or Die

Cuba

Shake Hands with the Devil

Prince Valiant

Ice Cold in Alex

Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers

The Red Beret

Endless Night

I Was Monty's Double

The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll

The Road to Hong Kong

Duel in the Jungle

Puppet Master: The Legacy

Cairo Road

The Stud

The File of the Golden Goose

The Dark Avenger

We Dive at Dawn

The Devil's Daffodil

The London Connection

The Damned

Lace 2

No Orchids for Miss Blandish

KGB: The Secret War

Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor

Liberty

Our Miss Fred

Sword of Lancelot

Albert R.N.

Gregory Peck: His Own Man

Lilli Marlene

Above Us the Waves

Memed My Hawk

The Wooden Horse

The Devil's Agent

Basic Training

The Goose Steps Out

Secret Mission

Tomorrow We Live

Cry of the Innocent

Cry WoIf

The Treasure of San Teresa

Carnage Collection - Puppet Master: Trunk Full of Terror

Inside 'From Russia with Love'

Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre

Attack on the Iron Coast