
Walter Gotell
Biography
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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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Acting (79 movies)

The African Queen
1952

From Russia with Love
1963

The Spy Who Loved Me
1977

For Your Eyes Only
1981

Octopussy
1983

A View to a Kill
1985

The Living Daylights
1987

Cry of the Innocent
1980

Prince Valiant
1997

The Road to Hong Kong
1962

March or Die
1977

Puppet Master III
1992

Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers
1988

Circus of Horrors
1960

We Dive at Dawn
1943

Videozone: The Making of "Puppet Master III"
1991

The File of the Golden Goose
1969

Black Sunday
1977

The Damned
1962

The Stud
1978

Basic Training
1985

Attack on the Iron Coast
1968

Circle of Deception
1960

Carnage Collection - Puppet Master: Trunk Full of Terror
2022

Desperate Moment
1953

Tomorrow We Live
1943

The Treasure of San Teresa
1959

Liberty
1986

Lilli Marlene
1950

Cairo Road
1950

Shake Hands with the Devil
1959

Our Miss Fred
1972

Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor
2012

Duel in the Jungle
1954

Moonraker
1979

Henry's Shadow
1986

The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
1960

Lord Jim
1965

KGB: The Secret War
1985

No Orchids for Miss Blandish
1948

Gregory Peck: His Own Man
1988

The London Connection
1979

Lace 2
1985

She Knows Too Much
1989

The Guns of Navarone
1961

Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Disappeared
1951

The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956

Ice Cold in Alex
1958

Sword of Lancelot
1963

The Longest Day
1962

The Boys from Brazil
1978

The Scarlet and the Black
1983

Kalabaliken i Bender
1983

Cuba
1979

Memed My Hawk
1984

The Red Beret
1953

Cry WoIf
1968

Secret Mission
1942

Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre
2018

Puppet Master: The Legacy
2003

Inside 'From Russia with Love'
2000

Albert R.N.
1953

1984
1956

Sink the Bismarck!
1960

The Goose Steps Out
1942

The Man Inside
1958

Above Us the Waves
1955

The Wooden Horse
1950

The Devil's Daffodil
1961

Endless Night
1972

I Was Monty's Double
1958

The Assignment
1977

The Bandit Of Zhobe
1959

55 Days at Peking
1963

The Ballad of Hector the Stowaway Dog
1964

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1965

Flight Level 450
1980

The Dark Avenger
1955

The Devil's Agent
1962
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