From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaWalter 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.
Morzeny
Film 1963
General Anatol Gogol
Film 1981
Jack Brewster
Film 1980
Dr. Zorbb
Film 1962
General Mueller
Film 1992
Uncle John
Film 1988
Baron Von Gruber
Film 1960
Himself
Film 1991
George Leeds
Film 1969
Ben Khaled
Film 1978
Nabokov
Film 1985
Van Horst
Film 1968
Phoney Ballard
Film 1960
General Mueller (archive footage) (uncredited)
Film 2022
Ravitch's Servant-Henchman
Film 1953
Hans
Film 1943
Hamburg inspector
Film 1959
Director of Propaganda
Film 1950
Prison Officer
Film 1950
Schmidt
Film 1972
Uncle John (archive footage)
Film 2012
Jim
Film 1954
Efraim Grüner
Film 1986
Heverton - Second Gambler (uncredited)
Film 1960
Nicholai
Film 1985
General Gogol (archive footage) (uncredited)
Film 2002
uncredited
Film 1948
Self (archive footage)
Film 1988
General Gogol (archive footage) (uncredited)
Film 2002
Simmons
Film 1979
General Zedd
Film 1985
Foreigner
Film 1989
Luzatto
Film 1951
Matthews, Scotland Yard Patrol Car (uncredited)
Film 1956
Sir Cedric
Film 1963
German Soldier (uncredited)
Film 1962
Storvesiren
Film 1983
Sgt. Asim
Film 1984
German Sentry
Film 1953
Ronan
Film 1968
Lieutenant Langfeld
Film 1942
General Mueller (archive footage)
Film 2003
Nazi General (archive footage) (uncredited)
Film 2018
Self
Film 2000
Feldwebel
Film 1953
Guard (uncredited)
Film 1956
Signals Officer Mueller on the 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
Film 1960
SS Guard
Film 1942
François - The Follower
Film 1950
Oberinspektor Whiteside
Film 1961
Constantine
Film 1972
Frankenheimer
Film 1977
Azhad Khan
Film 1959
Capt. Hoffman
Film 1963
Benton
Film 1964
Tv 1985
Kurt Mandl
Tv 1987
Ramon DeJarro
Tv 1983
Max Klizer
Tv 1984
Oberst Helmut Krüger / Hans Daubert
Tv 1984
Tv 1962
Simon Carascas
Tv 1982
Mr. Hertz
Tv 1989
Tv 1983
Tv 1982
Starkoss
Tv 1985
J.F. Blackwell
Tv 1982
Tv 1988
Captain Jost
Tv 1968
Tv 1963
Le Drue
Tv 1956
Tv 1959
Tv 1982
Gilbert Fletcher
Tv 1969
Officer
Tv 1958
Tv 1961
Gestapo Commissar Kehr
Tv 1962
Tv 1958
Chief Constable Cullen
Tv 1969
Raymond Berry
Tv 1969
Boucher
Tv 1974
Victor Klemper
Tv 1993
Chief Constable Arthur Cullen
Tv 1969
Swenson
Tv 1963
Misjakov
Tv 1982
General Barenov
Tv 1985
Hans Lasser
Tv 1962
Ian Webster
Tv 1965
Tv 1950