Cast & creator
Walter Gotell
Best known for The X-Files, Star Trek: The Next Generation, MacGyver
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.
Also known as: Walter Jack Gotell, Walter Jacques Goettel
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1942–2022 · acting roles
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Filmography (133)
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The X-Files
Victor Klemper
1993
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Kurt Mandl
1987
MacGyver
Starkoss
1985MacGyver
General Barenov
1985
Miami Vice
Max Klizer
1984
The A-Team
Ramon DeJarro
1983
Knight Rider
Simon Carascas
1982
Airwolf
Oberst Helmut Krüger / Hans Daubert
1984
Hotel
Douglas Sloane
1982
The Saint
Hans Lasser
1962
Cagney & Lacey
J.F. Blackwell
1982
Z-Cars
1962
Tales from the Crypt
Mr. Hertz
1989
The Professionals
Sam Baker
1977
No Hiding Place
1959
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
The Champions
Captain Jost
1968
Sunday Night Theatre
1950Sunday Night Theatre
Mir Jaffar
1950
Danger Man
Colonel Perar
1960Danger Man
Receptionist
1960
Freddy's Nightmares
Kemmerling
1988
From Russia with Love
Morzeny
1963
Spenser: For Hire
1985
For Your Eyes Only
General Anatol Gogol
1981
Dixon of Dock Green
Gooch
1955
The Third Man
Rasmussen
1959
A View to a Kill
General Gogol
1985
The Living Daylights
General Anatol Gogol
1987
The Troubleshooters
Ian Webster
1965
Interpol Calling
Zeist
1959Interpol Calling
Fischer
1959
The Spy Who Loved Me
General Anatol Gogol
1977
The Wonderful World of Disney
Simmons
1954
The Adventures of William Tell
Officer
1958
Richard the Lionheart
Prince Otto
1962
The Main Chance
Gilbert Fletcher
1969The Main Chance
Raymond Berry
1969
Softly Softly: Task Force
Chief Constable Cullen
1969Softly Softly: Task Force
Chief Constable Arthur Cullen
1969
Octopussy
Gogol
1983
The Longest Day
German Soldier (uncredited)
1962
Moonraker
General Gogol
1979
The Count of Monte Cristo
Le Drue
1956
Masquerade
Steiner
1983
Detective
Hamilton Tromp
1964
Behind Closed Doors
1958Studio 4
Gestapo Commissar Kehr
1962
The Guns of Navarone
Muesel
1961
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Matthews, Scotland Yard Patrol Car (uncredited)
1956Armchair Mystery Theatre
The Man
1960
The Human Jungle
Swenson
1963Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
Gestapo officer
1957Stryker of the Yard
1961
The African Queen
Second Officer
1952
55 Days at Peking
Capt. Hoffman
1963
Cry Wolf
Ronan
1968
The Boys from Brazil
Mundt
1978
The Word
Hennig
1978
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
Lord Swinton
1981Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
Lord Swinton (uncredited)
1981
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Holten (uncredited)
1965
The Zoo Gang
Boucher
1974
Armchair Theatre
First Policeman
1956
Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge
General Mueller
1992
Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers
Uncle John
1988
Prince Valiant
Erik the Old
1997
March or Die
Col. Lamont
1977
Sink the Bismarck!
Signals Officer Mueller on the 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
1960
Ice Cold in Alex
1st German Officer
1958
The Scarlet and the Black
Gen. Max Helm
1983
Above Us the Waves
German Officer on Tirpitz
1955
Endless Night
Constantine
1972
Black Sunday
Colonel Riat
1977
1984
Guard (uncredited)
1956
Lord Jim
Captain of Patna
1965
Skulden
Misjakov
1982
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
Heverton - Second Gambler (uncredited)
1960
The Andromeda Breakthrough
Neilson
1962The Andromeda Breakthrough
Professor Neilson
1962
Circus of Horrors
Baron Von Gruber
1960
Attack on the Iron Coast
Van Horst
1968
Cuba
Don Jose Pulido
1979
Puppet Master: The Legacy
General Mueller (archive footage)
2003
The Dark Avenger
French Castle Guard (uncredited)
1955
I Was Monty's Double
German Colonel
1958
The Road to Hong Kong
Dr. Zorbb
1962
Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor
Uncle John (archive footage)
2012
The Devil's Daffodil
Oberinspektor Whiteside
1961
Shake Hands with the Devil
'Black & Tans' Sergeant
1959
The Damned
Major Holland
1962
The File of the Golden Goose
George Leeds
1969
No Orchids for Miss Blandish
uncredited
1948
She Knows Too Much
Foreigner
1989
Lace 2
General Zedd
1985
The Devil's Agent
Dr. Ritter (uncredited)
1962
Cry of the Innocent
Jack Brewster
1980
The Stud
Ben Khaled
1978
Sword of Lancelot
Sir Cedric
1963
The Red Beret
German Sentry
1953
Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre
Nazi General (archive footage) (uncredited)
2018
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
Self (archive footage)
1988
The Goose Steps Out
SS Guard
1942
The Ballad of Hector the Stowaway Dog
Benton
1964
Secret Mission
Lieutenant Langfeld
1942
Duel in the Jungle
Jim
1954
Basic Training
Nabokov
1985
The Man Inside
Profuno
1958
Memed My Hawk
Sgt. Asim
1984
Carnage Collection - Puppet Master: Trunk Full of Terror
General Mueller (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
We Dive at Dawn
Luftwaffe Captain
1943
The Treasure of San Teresa
Hamburg inspector
1959
KGB: The Secret War
Nicholai
1985
The Bandit Of Zhobe
Azhad Khan
1959
Our Miss Fred
Heinrich Schmidt (uncredited)
1972
Cairo Road
Prison Officer
1950
Inside 'From Russia with Love'
Self
2000
Tomorrow We Live
Hans
1943
Albert R.N.
Feldwebel
1953
Videozone: The Making of "Puppet Master III"
Himself
1991
Liberty
Rabbi Goteyel
1986
Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Disappeared
Luzatto
1951
Desperate Moment
Ravitch's Servant-Henchman
1953
The Wooden Horse
François - The Follower
1950
The London Connection
Simmons
1979
Henry's Shadow
Efraim Grüner
1986
Kalabaliken i Bender
Storvesiren
1983
Lilli Marlene
Director of Propaganda
1950
Henry's Shadow
Efraim Grüner
1986
The Assignment
Frankenheimer
1977The Mysterious Bullet
Police Constable (uncredited)
1955
Circle of Deception
Phoney Ballard
1960
Flight Level 450
Anchell
1980