Walter Gotell
Age: 73 | From: Bonn, Germany
Person Details
Birthday: 1924-03-15 00:59:39
Death: 1997-05-05 00:59:39
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Bonn, Germany
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 64
TV Involvements: 25
Most Famous Work
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). 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.
Most Famous Work
Star Trek: The Next Generation
(1987) Kurt Mandl
The X-Files
(1993) Victor Klemper
Knight Rider
(1982) Simon Carascas
Miami Vice
(1984) Max Klizer
The A-Team
(1983) Ramon DeJarro
The Saint
(1962) Hans Lasser
Airwolf
(1984) Oberst Helmut Krüger / Hans Daubert
The Professionals
(1977) Sam BakerActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | General Mueller (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 2018 | Nazi General (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 2012 | Uncle John (archive footage) | |
| 2003 | General Mueller (archive footage) | |
| 2002 | General Gogol (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| General Gogol (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
| 2000 | Self | |
| 1997 | Erik the Old | |
| 1993 | Victor Klemper | |
| 1992 | General Mueller | |
| 1991 | Himself | |
| 1989 | Mr. Hertz | |
| Foreigner | ||
| 1988 | N/A | |
| Uncle John | ||
| 1987 | Kurt Mandl | |
| General Anatol Gogol | ||
| 1986 | Rabbi Goteyel | |
| 1985 | Nabokov | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Nicholai | ||
| General Gogol | ||
| 1984 | Max Klizer | |
| Sgt. Asim | ||
| Oberst Helmut Krüger / Hans Daubert | ||
| 1983 | Steiner | |
| N/A | ||
| Storvesiren | ||
| Gogol | ||
| Gen. Max Helm | ||
| Ramon DeJarro | ||
| 1982 | Simon Carascas | |
| N/A | ||
| J.F. Blackwell | ||
| Misjakov | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1981 | General Anatol Gogol | |
| 1980 | Jack Brewster | |
| 1979 | Simmons | |
| Don Jose Pulido | ||
| General Gogol | ||
| 1978 | Hennig | |
| Mundt | ||
| Ben Khaled | ||
| 1977 | Sam Baker | |
| Col. Lamont | ||
| Frankenheimer | ||
| General Anatol Gogol | ||
| Colonel Riat | ||
| 1974 | Boucher | |
| 1972 | Schmidt | |
| Constantine | ||
| 1969 | Chief Constable Cullen | |
| Chief Constable Arthur Cullen | ||
| George Leeds | ||
| Gilbert Fletcher | ||
| Raymond Berry | ||
| 1968 | Ronan | |
| Captain Jost | ||
| Van Horst | ||
| 1965 | Captain of Patna | |
| 1963 | Morzeny | |
| N/A | ||
| Sir Cedric | ||
| Capt. Hoffman | ||
| Swenson | ||
| 1962 | Major Holland | |
| Hans Lasser | ||
| German soldier (uncredited) | ||
| Dr. Zorbb | ||
| Gestapo Commissar Kehr | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1961 | N/A | |
| Oberinspektor Whiteside | ||
| Muesel | ||
| 1960 | Phoney Ballard | |
| Baron Von Gruber | ||
| Signals Officer Mueller on the 'Bismarck' (uncredited) | ||
| 1959 | N/A | |
| Zeist | ||
| Fischer | ||
| Hamburg inspector | ||
| 'Black & Tans' Sergeant | ||
| Azhad Khan | ||
| 1958 | German Colonel | |
| N/A | ||
| Officer | ||
| Profuno | ||
| 1st German Officer | ||
| 1956 | Guard (uncredited) | |
| Guard (uncredited) | ||
| Le Drue | ||
| 1955 | Gooch | |
| German Officer on Tirpitz | ||
| 1954 | Jim | |
| 1953 | Feldwebel | |
| German Sentry | ||
| Ravitch's Servant-Henchman | ||
| 1952 | Second Officer | |
| 1951 | Luzatto | |
| 1950 | Director of Propaganda | |
| François - The Follower | ||
| Prison Officer | ||
| 1948 | uncredited | |
| 1943 | Luftwaffe Captain | |
| Hans | ||
| 1942 | Lieutenant Langfeld | |
| SS Guard | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
