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.
Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers
as Uncle John
Age 64 (now 73)
Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge
as General Mueller
Age 68 (now 73)
Carnage Collection - Puppet Master: Trunk Full of Terror
as General Mueller (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age 98 (now 73)
Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre
as Nazi General (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age 94 (now 73)
Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor
as Uncle John (archive footage)
Age 88 (now 73)
Puppet Master: The Legacy
as General Mueller (archive footage)
Age 79 (now 73)
Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge
as General Mueller
Age 68 (now 73)
Videozone: The Making of "Puppet Master III"
as Himself
Age 66 (now 73)
Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers
as Uncle John
Age 64 (now 73)
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
as Self (archive footage)
Age 63 (now 73)
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
as Holten (uncredited)
Age 41 (now 73)
The Ballad of Hector the Stowaway Dog
as Benton
Age 39 (now 73)
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
as Heverton - Second Gambler (uncredited)
Age 36 (now 73)
Sink the Bismarck!
as Signals Officer Mueller on the 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
Age 35 (now 73)
Shake Hands with the Devil
as 'Black & Tans' Sergeant
Age 35 (now 73)
The Man Who Knew Too Much
as Matthews, Scotland Yard Patrol Car (uncredited)
Age 32 (now 73)
The Mysterious Bullet
as Police Constable (uncredited)
Age 31 (now 73)
Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Disappeared
as Luzatto
Age 27 (now 73)
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Kurt Mandl
Age 63 (now 73)
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
as Lord Swinton (uncredited)
Age 57 (now 73) Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
as Lord Swinton
Age 57 (now 73)
Softly Softly: Task Force
as Chief Constable Cullen
Age 45 (now 73) Softly Softly: Task Force
as Chief Constable Arthur Cullen
Age 45 (now 73)
The Adventures of William Tell
as Officer
Age 34 (now 73)Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
as Gestapo officer
Age 33 (now 73)
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Simmons
Age 30 (now 73)
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Also Known As
Walter Jack Gotell, Walter Jacques Goettel
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