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Born · March 15, 1924
Died · May 5, 1997 (73 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: 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.
General Mueller (archive footage) (uncredited)
2.3
2022
Nazi General (archive footage) (uncredited)
4.7
2018
Uncle John (archive footage)
2.1
2012
General Mueller (archive footage)
3.6
2003
General Gogol (archive footage) (uncredited)
5.0
2002
General Gogol (archive footage) (uncredited)
5.8
2002
Self
6.6
2000
Erik the Old
5.2
1997
Victor Klemper · (1 episode)
8.4
1993
General Mueller
6.3
1992
Himself
0.0
1991
Mr. Hertz · (1 episode)
8.0
1989
Foreigner
7.8
1989
(1 episode)
7.1
1988
Uncle John
5.9
1988
Self (archive footage)
6.7
1988
Kurt Mandl · (1 episode)
8.4
1987
General Anatol Gogol
6.5
1987
Rabbi Goteyel
0.0
1986
Efraim Grüner
0.0
1986
Nabokov
3.8
1985
Starkoss · (1 episode)
7.7
1985
General Barenov · (1 episode)
7.7
1985
(1 episode)
6.6
1985
General Zedd
0.0
1985
Nicholai
4.2
1985
General Gogol
6.2
1985
Max Klizer · (1 episode)
7.5
1984
Sgt. Asim
5.0
1984
Oberst Helmut Krüger / Hans Daubert · (1 episode)
7.5
1984
Steiner · (1 episode)
5.0
1983
(1 episode)
6.4
1983
Storvesiren
2.8
1983
Gogol
6.3
1983
Gen. Max Helm
7.0
1983
Ramon DeJarro · (1 episode)
7.5
1983
Simon Carascas · (1 episode)
7.6
1982
(1 episode)
6.8
1982
J.F. Blackwell · (1 episode)
6.9
1982
Misjakov · (4 episodes)
0.0
1982
(1 episode)
5.0
1982
General Anatol Gogol
6.5
1981
Jack Brewster
5.0
1980
Simmons
7.8
1979
Don Jose Pulido
5.5
1979
General Gogol
6.2
1979
Hennig · (4 episodes)
5.0
1978
Mundt
6.7
1978
Ben Khaled
4.9
1978
Sam Baker · (1 episode)
7.4
1977
Col. Lamont
5.8
1977
Frankenheimer
5.0
1977
General Anatol Gogol
6.8
1977
Colonel Riat
6.7
1977
Boucher · (1 episode)
7.0
1974
Schmidt
6.4
1972
Constantine
6.1
1972
Chief Constable Cullen · (6 episodes)
6.0
1969
Chief Constable Arthur Cullen · (3 episodes)
6.0
1969
George Leeds
5.5
1969
Gilbert Fletcher · (1 episode)
8.0
1969
Raymond Berry · (1 episode)
8.0
1969
Ronan
6.0
1968
Captain Jost · (1 episode)
6.1
1968
Van Horst
5.2
1968
Ian Webster · (1 episode)
5.0
1965
Captain of Patna
6.8
1965
Benton
0.0
1964
Morzeny
7.1
1963
(1 episode)
5.5
1963
Sir Cedric
4.5
1963
Capt. Hoffman
7.0
1963
Swenson · (1 episode)
8.2
1963
Major Holland
6.3
1962
Hans Lasser · (1 episode)
7.3
1962
German Soldier (uncredited)
7.6
1962
Dr. Zorbb
5.7
1962
Gestapo Commissar Kehr · (1 episode)
6.0
1962
(2 episodes)
7.0
1962
(1 episode)
0.0
1961
Oberinspektor Whiteside
5.6
1961
Muesel
7.3
1961
Phoney Ballard
5.6
1960
Heverton - Second Gambler (uncredited)
6.1
1960
Baron Von Gruber
5.8
1960
Signals Officer Mueller on the 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
6.8
1960
Rasmussen · (1 episode)
6.4
1959
(1 episode)
3.7
1959
Zeist · (1 episode)
6.7
1959
Fischer · (1 episode)
6.7
1959
Hamburg inspector
6.2
1959
'Black & Tans' Sergeant
6.5
1959
Azhad Khan
0.0
1959
German Colonel
6.8
1958
(1 episode)
0.0
1958
Officer · (1 episode)
6.3
1958
Profuno
6.2
1958
1st German Officer
7.3
1958
Matthews, Scotland Yard Patrol Car (uncredited)
7.5
1956
Guard (uncredited)
6.5
1956
Le Drue · (2 episodes)
4.4
1956
Gooch · (1 episode)
5.3
1955
German Officer on Tirpitz
6.1
1955
Jim
5.9
1954
Feldwebel
7.2
1953
German Sentry
6.6
1953
Ravitch's Servant-Henchman
0.0
1953
Second Officer
7.3
1952
Luzatto
6.0
1951
Director of Propaganda
5.6
1950
François - The Follower
6.7
1950
Prison Officer
5.8
1950
(1 episode)
3.5
1950
uncredited
6.2
1948
Luftwaffe Captain
6.4
1943
Hans
6.0
1943
Lieutenant Langfeld
4.2
1942
SS Guard
6.4
1942