Walter Gotell
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.
123 acting credits
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The X-Files
1993
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
MacGyver
1985
Miami Vice
1984
The A-Team
1983
Knight Rider
1982
The Saint
1962
Hotel
1982
Airwolf
1984
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Tales from the Crypt
1989
The Professionals
1977
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
Z-Cars
1962
The Champions
1968
No Hiding Place
1959
Danger Man
1960
Spenser: For Hire
1985
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
Freddy's Nightmares
1988
The Third Man
1959
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956
Interpol Calling
1959
The Human Jungle
1963
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
The Longest Day
1962
The Main Chance
1969
Softly Softly: Task Force
1969
The Troubleshooters
1965
From Russia with Love
1963
Detective
1964
A View to a Kill
1985
Behind Closed Doors
1958
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Moonraker
1979
Octopussy
1983
For Your Eyes Only
1981
Masquerade
1983
The Spy Who Loved Me
1977
Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960
The Living Daylights
1987
The Guns of Navarone
1961
The Adventures of William Tell
1958
Studio 4
1962
Richard the Lionheart
1962
The Word
1978
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
1981
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956
The Zoo Gang
1974
55 Days at Peking
1963
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
1957
The African Queen
1952
Armchair Theatre
1956
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1965
March or Die
1977
The Boys from Brazil
1978
Cuba
1979
Prince Valiant
1997
Stryker of the Yard
1961
Sink the Bismarck!
1960
1984
1956
Black Sunday
1977
Lord Jim
1965
The Scarlet and the Black
1983
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
1960
Ice Cold in Alex
1958
Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers
1988
The Red Beret
1953
Shake Hands with the Devil
1959
The Stud
1978
Skulden
1982
Endless Night
1972
Above Us the Waves
1955
The Road to Hong Kong
1962
The Damned
1962
Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge
1992
Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor
2012
Liberty
1986
I Was Monty's Double
1958
Albert R.N.
1953
The Devil's Agent
1962
Puppet Master: The Legacy
2003
Memed My Hawk
1984
Sword of Lancelot
1963
Duel in the Jungle
1954
Circus of Horrors
1960
Tomorrow We Live
1943
Lace 2
1985
The Dark Avenger
1955
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
1988
The Devil's Daffodil
1961
The Man Inside
1958
Cry WoIf
1968
We Dive at Dawn
1943
The London Connection
1979
The Assignment
1977
Basic Training
1985
Circle of Deception
1960
Our Miss Fred
1972
Secret Mission
1942
The Goose Steps Out
1942
Cairo Road
1950
Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre
2018
KGB: The Secret War
1985
The Wooden Horse
1950
Lilli Marlene
1950
The Treasure of San Teresa
1959
No Orchids for Miss Blandish
1948
Attack on the Iron Coast
1968
Cry of the Innocent
1980
The Ballad of Hector the Stowaway Dog
1964
The File of the Golden Goose
1969
The Bandit Of Zhobe
1959
Carnage Collection - Puppet Master: Trunk Full of Terror
2022
Kalabaliken i Bender
1983
Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Disappeared
1951
Henry's Shadow
1986
She Knows Too Much
1989
Inside 'From Russia with Love'
2000
Desperate Moment
1953
Flight Level 450
1980
Videozone: The Making of "Puppet Master III"
1991
The Mysterious Bullet
1955