Walter Gotell
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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.
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Carnage Collection - Puppet Master: Trunk Full of Terror
2022 · General Mueller (archive footage) (uncredited)
Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre
2018 · Nazi General (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor
2012 · Uncle John (archive footage)
Puppet Master: The Legacy
2003 · General Mueller (archive footage)
Inside 'From Russia with Love'
2000 · Self
Prince Valiant
1997 · Erik the Old
Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge
1992 · General Mueller
Videozone: The Making of "Puppet Master III"
1991 · Himself
She Knows Too Much
1989 · Foreigner
Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers
1988 · Uncle John
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
1988 · Self (archive footage)
The Living Daylights
1987 · General Anatol Gogol
Liberty
1986 · Rabbi Goteyel
Henry's Shadow
1986 · Efraim Grüner
Basic Training
1985 · Nabokov
Lace 2
1985 · General Zedd
KGB: The Secret War
1985 · Nicholai
A View to a Kill
1985 · General Gogol
Memed My Hawk
1984 · Sgt. Asim
Kalabaliken i Bender
1983 · Storvesiren
Octopussy
1983 · Gogol
The Scarlet and the Black
1983 · Gen. Max Helm
For Your Eyes Only
1981 · General Anatol Gogol
Cry of the Innocent
1980 · Jack Brewster
Flight Level 450
1980 · Anchell
The London Connection
1979 · Simmons
Cuba
1979 · Don Jose Pulido
Moonraker
1979 · General Gogol
The Boys from Brazil
1978 · Mundt
The Stud
1978 · Ben Khaled
March or Die
1977 · Col. Lamont
The Assignment
1977 · Frankenheimer
The Spy Who Loved Me
1977 · General Anatol Gogol
Black Sunday
1977 · Colonel Riat
Our Miss Fred
1972 · Heinrich Schmidt (uncredited)
Endless Night
1972 · Constantine
The File of the Golden Goose
1969 · George Leeds
Cry Wolf
1968 · Ronan
Attack on the Iron Coast
1968 · Van Horst
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1965 · Holten (uncredited)
Lord Jim
1965 · Captain of Patna
The Ballad of Hector the Stowaway Dog
1964 · Benton
From Russia with Love
1963 · Morzeny
Sword of Lancelot
1963 · Sir Cedric
55 Days at Peking
1963 · Capt. Hoffman
The Damned
1962 · Major Holland
The Longest Day
1962 · German Soldier (uncredited)
The Devil's Agent
1962 · Dr. Ritter (uncredited)
The Road to Hong Kong
1962 · Dr. Zorbb
The Devil's Daffodil
1961 · Oberinspektor Whiteside
The Guns of Navarone
1961 · Muesel
Circle of Deception
1960 · Phoney Ballard
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
1960 · Heverton - Second Gambler (uncredited)
Circus of Horrors
1960 · Baron Von Gruber
Sink the Bismarck!
1960 · Signals Officer Mueller on the 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
The Treasure of San Teresa
1959 · Hamburg inspector
Shake Hands with the Devil
1959 · 'Black & Tans' Sergeant
The Bandit Of Zhobe
1959 · Azhad Khan
I Was Monty's Double
1958 · German Colonel
The Man Inside
1958 · Profuno
Ice Cold in Alex
1958 · 1st German Officer
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956 · Matthews, Scotland Yard Patrol Car (uncredited)
1984
1956 · Guard (uncredited)
The Mysterious Bullet
1955 · Police Constable (uncredited)
The Dark Avenger
1955 · French Castle Guard (uncredited)
Above Us the Waves
1955 · German Officer on Tirpitz
Duel in the Jungle
1954 · Jim
Albert R.N.
1953 · Feldwebel
The Red Beret
1953 · German Sentry
Desperate Moment
1953 · Ravitch's Servant-Henchman
The African Queen
1952 · Second Officer
Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Disappeared
1951 · Luzatto
Lilli Marlene
1950 · Director of Propaganda
The Wooden Horse
1950 · François - The Follower
Cairo Road
1950 · Prison Officer
No Orchids for Miss Blandish
1948 · uncredited
We Dive at Dawn
1943 · Luftwaffe Captain
Tomorrow We Live
1943 · Hans
Secret Mission
1942 · Lieutenant Langfeld
The Goose Steps Out
1942 · SS Guard
Series (45)
The X-Files
1993 · Victor Klemper
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · Mr. Hertz
Freddy's Nightmares
1988 · Kemmerling
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987 · Kurt Mandl
Henry's Shadow
1986 · Efraim Grüner
MacGyver
1985 · Starkoss, General Barenov
Spenser: For Hire
1985
Miami Vice
1984 · Max Klizer
Lobo del aire
1984 · Oberst Helmut Krüger / Hans Daubert
Masquerade
1983 · Steiner
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
The A-Team
1983 · Ramon DeJarro
Knight Rider
1982 · Simon Carascas
Hotel
1982 · Douglas Sloane
Cagney & Lacey
1982 · J.F. Blackwell
Skulden
1982 · Misjakov
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
1981 · Lord Swinton, Lord Swinton (uncredited)
The Word
1978 · Hennig
The Professionals
1977 · Sam Baker
The Zoo Gang
1974 · Boucher
Softly Softly: Task Force
1969 · Chief Constable Cullen, Chief Constable Arthur Cullen
The Main Chance
1969 · Gilbert Fletcher, Raymond Berry
The Champions
1968 · Captain Jost
The Troubleshooters
1965 · Ian Webster
Detective
1964 · Hamilton Tromp
The Human Jungle
1963 · Swenson
The Saint
1962 · Hans Lasser
The Andromeda Breakthrough
1962 · Neilson, Professor Neilson
Richard the Lionheart
1962 · Prince Otto
Studio 4
1962 · Gestapo Commissar Kehr
Z-Cars
1962
Stryker of the Yard
1961
Danger Man
1960 · Colonel Perar, Receptionist
Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960 · The Man
The Third Man
1959 · Rasmussen
No Hiding Place
1959
Interpol Calling
1959 · Zeist, Fischer
Behind Closed Doors
1958
The Adventures of William Tell
1958 · Officer
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
1957 · Gestapo officer
Armchair Theatre
1956 · First Policeman
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956 · Le Drue
Dixon of Dock Green
1955 · Gooch
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Simmons
Sunday Night Theatre
1950 · Mir Jaffar