Walter Gotell

Walter Gotell

Birthday: 1924-03-15

Deathday: 1997-05-05

Place of birth: Bonn, Germany

Also known as: Walter Jack Gotell

imdb_id: nm0331770

Biography:

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.

Played in movies:

She Knows Too Much

Score: 7.8

The London Connection

Score: 7.8

The Longest Day

Score: 7.6

The Man Who Knew Too Much

Score: 7.5

The African Queen

Score: 7.4

Ice Cold in Alex

Score: 7.3

The Guns of Navarone

Score: 7.3

Albert R.N.

Score: 7.2

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

Score: 7.1

From Russia with Love

Score: 7.1

The Scarlet and the Black

Score: 7.0

55 Days at Peking

Score: 7.0

I Was Monty's Double

Score: 6.9

The Spy Who Loved Me

Score: 6.8

The Wooden Horse

Score: 6.8

Sink the Bismarck!

Score: 6.8

Inside 'From Russia with Love'

Score: 6.8

Lord Jim

Score: 6.8

The Goose Steps Out

Score: 6.7

The Boys from Brazil

Score: 6.7

Gregory Peck: His Own Man

Score: 6.7

Black Sunday

Score: 6.7

The Red Beret

Score: 6.6

For Your Eyes Only

Score: 6.5

The Living Daylights

Score: 6.5

1984

Score: 6.5

Shake Hands with the Devil

Score: 6.5

Our Miss Fred

Score: 6.4

We Dive at Dawn

Score: 6.4

Octopussy

Score: 6.4

The Damned

Score: 6.3

Puppet Master III

Score: 6.3

A View to a Kill

Score: 6.2

No Orchids for Miss Blandish

Score: 6.2

The Treasure of San Teresa

Score: 6.2

Moonraker

Score: 6.2

Endless Night

Score: 6.1

Above Us the Waves

Score: 6.1

The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll

Score: 6.1

The Assignment

Score: 6.0

Cry WoIf

Score: 6.0

Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Disappeared

Score: 6.0

Tomorrow We Live

Score: 6.0

Videozone: The Making of "Puppet Master III"

Score: 6.0

Bond Girls Are Forever

Score: 5.9

Duel in the Jungle

Score: 5.9

Circus of Horrors

Score: 5.9

Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers

Score: 5.8

Cairo Road

Score: 5.8

March or Die

Score: 5.8

The Road to Hong Kong

Score: 5.8

The Man Inside

Score: 5.7

Lilli Marlene

Score: 5.6

Circle of Deception

Score: 5.6

Cuba

Score: 5.5

KGB: The Secret War

Score: 5.5

The File of the Golden Goose

Score: 5.5

The Devil's Daffodil

Score: 5.5

Attack on the Iron Coast

Score: 5.3

Prince Valiant

Score: 5.2

Memed My Hawk

Score: 5.0

Best Ever Bond

Score: 5.0

Liberty

Score: 5.0

Cry of the Innocent

Score: 5.0

The Stud

Score: 4.8

Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre

Score: 4.7

Sword of Lancelot

Score: 4.5

Secret Mission

Score: 4.3

Puppet Master: The Legacy

Score: 3.6

Basic Training

Score: 3.5

Kalabaliken i Bender

Score: 2.6

Carnage Collection - Puppet Master: Trunk Full of Terror

Score: 2.3

Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor

Score: 2.2

The Mysterious Bullet

Score: 0.0

Flight Level 450

Score: 0.0

The Ballad of Hector the Stowaway Dog

Score: 0.0

The Bandit Of Zhobe

Score: 0.0

Lace 2

Score: 0.0

Henry's Shadow

Score: 0.0

Desperate Moment

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

The X-Files

Score: 8.4

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Score: 8.4

The Human Jungle

Score: 8.2

Tales from the Crypt

Score: 8.0

MacGyver

Score: 7.7

MacGyver

Score: 7.7

The Main Chance

Score: 7.7

The Main Chance

Score: 7.7

Airwolf

Score: 7.6

Knight Rider

Score: 7.5

The A-Team

Score: 7.5

The Professionals

Score: 7.5

Miami Vice

Score: 7.5

The Saint

Score: 7.3

Freddy's Nightmares

Score: 7.2

The Third Man

Score: 7.1

The Zoo Gang

Score: 7.0

Cagney & Lacey

Score: 7.0

Z-Cars

Score: 7.0

Hotel

Score: 6.8

Interpol Calling

Score: 6.7

Interpol Calling

Score: 6.7

Spenser: For Hire

Score: 6.7

The Adventures of William Tell

Score: 6.3

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Score: 6.3

The Champions

Score: 6.1

Softly Softly: Task Force

Score: 6.0

Softly Softly: Task Force

Score: 6.0

Studio Four

Score: 6.0

Armchair Theatre

Score: 5.8

Dixon of Dock Green

Score: 5.3

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

Score: 5.0

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

Score: 5.0

The Troubleshooters

Score: 5.0

Masquerade

Score: 5.0

The Word

Score: 5.0

The Count of Monte Cristo

Score: 4.4

No Hiding Place

Score: 3.7

Sunday Night Theatre

Score: 3.5

Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!

Score: 0.0

Richard the Lionheart

Score: 0.0

Skulden

Score: 0.0

Behind Closed Doors

Score: 0.0

Stryker of the Yard

Score: 0.0