

Walter Gotell
1924 — 1997 Age: 73 years oldinfo
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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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Monday, May 5, 1997
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Works 58
1952
The African QueenSecond Officer
1956
The Man Who Knew Too MuchGuard (uncredited)
1960
Sink the Bismarck!Signals Officer Mueller on the 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
1961
The Guns of NavaroneMuesel
1962
The Longest DayGerman Soldier (uncredited)
1963
From Russia with LoveMorzeny
1977
The Spy Who Loved MeGeneral Anatol Gogol
1978
The Boys from BrazilMundt
1979
MoonrakerGeneral Gogol
1981
For Your Eyes OnlyGeneral Anatol Gogol
1983
OctopussyGogol
1985
A View to a KillGeneral Gogol
1987
The Living DaylightsGeneral Anatol Gogol
1988
Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy CampersUncle John
1991
Puppet Master III: Toulon's RevengeGeneral Mueller
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