Personal Info
Birth date
1924-03-15 (101 Years)
Day of death
1997-05-05
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Bonn, Germany
Also known as
Walter Jack Gotell
Walter Gotell
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.
Filmography
The X-Files
8.377
Overview:
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.The Saint
7.312
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Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.Star Trek: The Next Generation
8.367
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Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.The A-Team
7.468
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A fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel work as soldiers of fortune while on the run from the Army after being branded as war criminals for a "crime they didn't commit."Z-Cars
7
Overview:
Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, Merseyside. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in January 1962 and ran until September 1978.MacGyver
7.719
Overview:
He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a secret agent whose wits are his deadliest weapon. Armed with only a knapsack filled with everyday items he picks up along the way, he improvises his way out of every peril the bad guys throw at him. Making a bomb out of chewing gum? Fixing a speeding car's breaks... while he's riding in it? Using soda pop to cook up tear gas? That's all in a day's adventures for MacGyver. He's part Boy Scout, part genius. And all hero.Knight Rider
7.55
Overview:
Michael Long, an undercover police officer, is shot while investigating a case and left for dead by his assailants. He is rescued by Wilton Knight, a wealthy, dying millionaire and inventor who arranges life-saving surgery, including a new face and a new identity--that of Michael Knight. Michael is then given a special computerized and indestructible car called the Knight Industries Two Thousand (nicknamed KITT), and a mission: apprehend criminals who are beyond the reach of the law. The series depicts Michael's exploits as he and KITT battle the forces of evil on behalf of the Foundation for Law and Government.Miami Vice
7.441
Overview:
The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership of Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs - who first meet when Tubbs is undercover in a drug cartel.No Hiding Place
3.7
Overview:
No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16 September 1959 and 22 June 1967. It was the sequel to the series Murder Bag and Crime Sheet, all starring Raymond Francis as Detective Superintendent, later Detective Chief Superintendent Tom Lockhart.Spenser: For Hire
6.677
Overview:
Mystery and suspense series based on Robert Parker's "Spenser" novels. Spenser, a private investigator living in Boston, gets involved in a new murder mystery each episode.Tales from the Crypt
8
Overview:
Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow ASAP?The Adventures of William Tell
6.3
Overview:
The Adventures of William Tell is a British swashbuckler adventure series, first broadcast on the ITV network in 1958, and produced by ITC Entertainment.Softly Softly: Task Force
6
Overview:
Softly, Softly: Task Force is a police based drama series which ran on BBC 1 from 1969 to 1976. It was a revamp of Softly, Softly, itself a spin-off from Z-Cars. The change was made partly to coincide with the coming of colour broadcasting to the BBC's main channel BBC1. The programme was due to be called simply Task Force, but reluctant to sacrifice a much-loved brand the BBC compromised this so it became Softly, Softly: Task Force.Sunday Night Theatre
3.5
Overview:
Sunday Night Theatre was a long-running series of televised live television plays screened by BBC Television from early 1950 until 1959. The productions for the first five years or so of the run were re-staged live the following Thursday, partly because of technical limitations in this era, and the theatrical basis of early television drama. Some of the earliest collaborations between Rudolph Cartier and Nigel Neale were produced for this series, including Arrow to the Heart and Nineteen Eighty-Four. The Sunday night drama slot was subsequently renamed The Sunday-Night Play which ran for four seasons between 1960 and 1963. ITV transmitted its own unrelated run of Sunday Night Theatre between 1971 and 1974.Interpol Calling
6.7
Overview:
The adventures of Interpol policemen Duval and Mornay as they fought against international drug-running, homicide, robbery and forgery.The Professionals
7.43
Overview:
The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their controller, George Cowley. The mandate of CI5 was to fight terrorism and similar high-profile crimes. Cowley, a hard ex-MI5 operative, hand-picked each of his men. Bodie is a cynical ex-SAS paratrooper and mercenary whose nature ran to controlled violence, while his partner, Doyle, comes to CI5 from the regular police force, and is more of an open minded liberal. Their relationship is often contentious, but they are the top men in their field, and the ones to whom Cowley always assigned to the toughest cases.The Human Jungle
8.2
Overview:
The Human Jungle is a British TV series about a psychiatrist, made for ABC Television by the small production company Independent Artists for transmission on ITV. Starring Herbert Lom, it ran for two series which were first transmitted during 1963 and 1965.Masquerade
5
Overview:
Masquerade is an American espionage television series that aired for a few months on ABC in the spring of 1983.The Troubleshooters
5
Overview:
The Troubleshooters is a British television series made by the BBC between 1965 and 1972, created by John Elliot. During its run, the series made the transition from black and white to colour transmissions. The series was based around an international oil company – the "Mogul" of the title. The first series was mostly concerned with the internal politics within the Mogul organisation, with episodes revolving around industrial espionage, internal fraud and negligence almost leading to an accident on a North Sea oil rig.Scarecrow and Mrs. King
6.3
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Scarecrow and Mrs. King is an American television series that aired from October 3, 1983, to May 28, 1987 on CBS. The show stars Kate Jackson and Bruce Boxleitner as divorced housewife Amanda King and top-level "Agency" operative Lee Stetson who begin a strange association, and eventual romance, after encountering one another in a train station.Dixon of Dock Green
5.3
Overview:
Created by Ted Willis. Dixon of Dock Green was a BBC television series following the activities of police officers at a fictional Metropolitan Police station in the East End of London from 1955 to 1976. Some episodes were later remade as a BBC radio series in 2005 and 2006.The Champions
6.1
Overview:
The Champions is a British espionage/science fiction/occult detective fiction adventure series consisting of 30 episodes broadcast on the UK network ITV during 1968–1969, produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment production company. The series was broadcast in the US on NBC, starting in summer 1968.The Count of Monte Cristo
4.4
Overview:
The Count of Monte Cristo was a 1956 ITC Entertainment/TPA television series adapted very loosely from the novel by Alexandre Dumas, adapted by Sidney Marshall. It premiered in the UK in early 1956 and ran for 39 thirty-minute episodes. The first twelve episodes were filmed in the United States, at the Hal Roach studios, with the rest being filmed at ITC's traditional home of Elstree. A 5-disc DVD set containing all thirty-nine episodes was released by Network Studio on 12 April 2010. ITC produced a film based on the same source-material, The Count of Monte-Cristo, in 1975.The Main Chance
7.7
Overview:
The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972 and 1975. A drama, it depicts the sudden transformation in the life of solicitor David Main who relocates from London to Leeds.Airwolf
7.563
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As part of a deal with an intelligence agency to look for his missing brother, a renegade pilot goes on missions with an advanced battle helicopter.The Sentimental Agent
6
Overview:
The Sentimental Agent is a television drama series spin-off from Man of the World. It was produced in the United Kingdom in 1963 by Associated Television and distributed by ITC Entertainment. It stars Carlos Thompson as Argentinian Carlos Varela, a successful import-export agent based in London. The series ran for 13 one-hour monochrome episodes. Some of the episodes were edited into a 1962 feature film Our Man in the Caribbean.Hotel
6.8
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Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May 5, 1988 in the timeslot following Dynasty. Based on Arthur Hailey's 1965 novel of the same name, the series was produced by Aaron Spelling and set in the elegant and fictitious St. Gregory Hotel in San Francisco. Establishing shots of the hotel were filmed in front of The Fairmont San Francisco atop the Nob Hill neighborhood. Episodes followed the activities of passing guests, as well as the personal and professional lives of the hotel staff.Behind Closed Doors
NYR
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Behind Closed Doors is an American drama series set during the Cold War hosted by and occasionally starring Bruce Gordon in the role of Commander Matson. The series, which aired on NBC from October 2, 1958, to April 9, 1959, focuses, among other themes, on how the former Soviet Union stole American missile secrets and proposes steps to prevent further espionage. Behind Closed Doors is based on the files and experiences of Rear Admiral Ellis M. Zacharias, who offers comments at the end of each segment. Behind Closed Doors, a Screen Gems production, replaced Jackie Cooper's sitcom The People's Choice, followed the NBC quiz show, Twenty-One, and preceded the The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show. Its competition was The Pat Boone Chevy Show on ABC and Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater western anthology series on CBS.Acting
2022Carnage Collection - Puppet Master: Trunk Full of Terror as General Mueller (archive footage) (uncredited)
2018Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre as Nazi General (archive footage) (uncredited)
2012Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor as Uncle John (archive footage)
2003Puppet Master: The Legacy as General Mueller (archive footage)
2002Best Ever Bond as General Gogol (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002Bond Girls Are Forever as General Gogol (archive footage) (uncredited)
2000Inside 'From Russia with Love' as Self
1997Prince Valiant as Erik the Old
1993The X-Files (1 Episode) as Victor Klemper
1992Puppet Master III as General Mueller
1991Videozone: The Making of "Puppet Master III" as Himself
1989Tales from the Crypt (1 Episode) as Mr. Hertz
1989She Knows Too Much as Foreigner
1988Freddy's Nightmares (1 Episode) as Unknown
1988Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers as Uncle John
1988Gregory Peck: His Own Man as Self (archive footage)
1987Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 Episode) as Kurt Mandl
1987The Living Daylights as General Anatol Gogol
1986Liberty as Rabbi Goteyel
1986Henry's Shadow as Efraim Grüner
1985Basic Training as Nabokov
1985MacGyver (1, 1 Episode) as Starkoss, General Barenov
1985Spenser: For Hire (1 Episode) as Unknown
1985Lace 2 as General Zedd
1985KGB: The Secret War as Nicholai
1985A View to a Kill as General Gogol
1984Miami Vice (1 Episode) as Max Klizer
1984Memed My Hawk as Sgt. Asim
1984Airwolf (1 Episode) as Oberst Helmut Krüger / Hans Daubert
1983Masquerade (1 Episode) as Steiner
1983Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1 Episode) as Unknown
1983Kalabaliken i Bender as Storvesiren
1983Octopussy as Gogol
1983The Scarlet and the Black as Gen. Max Helm
1983The A-Team (1 Episode) as Ramon DeJarro
1982Knight Rider (1 Episode) as Simon Carascas
1982Hotel (1 Episode) as Douglas Sloane
1982Cagney & Lacey (1 Episode) as J.F. Blackwell
1982Skulden (4 Episodes) as Misjakov
1982Airline (1 Episode) as Unknown
1981Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (2, 1 Episode) as Lord Swinton, Lord Swinton (uncredited)
1981For Your Eyes Only as General Anatol Gogol
1980Cry of the Innocent as Jack Brewster
1980Flight Level 450 as Anchell
1979The London Connection as Simmons
1979Cuba as Don Jose Pulido
1979Moonraker as General Gogol
1978The Word (4 Episodes) as Hennig
1978The Boys from Brazil as Mundt
1978The Stud as Ben Khaled
1977The Professionals (1 Episode) as Sam Baker
1977March or Die as Col. Lamont
1977The Assignment as Frankenheimer
1977The Spy Who Loved Me as General Anatol Gogol
1977Black Sunday as Colonel Riat
1974The Zoo Gang (1 Episode) as Boucher
1972Our Miss Fred as Schmidt
1972Endless Night as Constantine
1969Softly Softly: Task Force (6, 3 Episode) as Chief Constable Cullen, Chief Constable Arthur Cullen
1969The File of the Golden Goose as George Leeds
1969The Main Chance (1, 1 Episode) as Gilbert Fletcher, Raymond Berry
1968Cry WoIf as Ronan
1968The Champions (1 Episode) as Captain Jost
1968Attack on the Iron Coast as Van Horst
1965The Spy Who Came In from the Cold as Holten (uncredited)
1965The Troubleshooters (1 Episode) as Ian Webster
1965Lord Jim as Captain of Patna
1964The Ballad of Hector the Stowaway Dog as Benton
1963From Russia with Love as Morzeny
1963The Sentimental Agent (1 Episode) as Unknown
1963Sword of Lancelot as Sir Cedric
196355 Days at Peking as Capt. Hoffman
1963The Human Jungle (1 Episode) as Swenson
1962The Damned as Major Holland
1962The Saint (1 Episode) as Hans Lasser
1962The Longest Day as German Soldier (uncredited)
1962Richard the Lionheart (1 Episode) as Prince Otto
1962The Road to Hong Kong as Dr. Zorbb
1962Studio Four (1 Episode) as Gestapo Commissar Kehr
1962Z-Cars (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1961Stryker of the Yard (1 Episode) as Unknown
1961The Devil's Daffodil as Oberinspektor Whiteside
1961The Guns of Navarone as Muesel
1960Circle of Deception as Phoney Ballard
1960The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll as Heverton - Second Gambler (uncredited)
1960Circus of Horrors as Baron Von Gruber
1960Sink the Bismarck! as Signals Officer Mueller on the 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
1959The Third Man (1 Episode) as Rasmussen
1959No Hiding Place (1 Episode) as Unknown
1959Interpol Calling (1, 1 Episode) as Zeist, Fischer
1959The Treasure of San Teresa as Hamburg inspector
1959Shake Hands with the Devil as 'Black & Tans' Sergeant
1959The Bandit Of Zhobe as Azhad Khan
1958I Was Monty's Double as German Colonel
1958Behind Closed Doors (1 Episode) as Unknown
1958The Adventures of William Tell (1 Episode) as Officer
1958The Man Inside as Profuno
1958Ice Cold in Alex as 1st German Officer
1957Overseas Press Club - Exclusive! (1 Episode) as Gestapo officer
1956Armchair Theatre (1 Episode) as First Policeman
1956The Man Who Knew Too Much as Matthews, Scotland Yard Patrol Car (uncredited)
19561984 as Guard (uncredited)
1956The Count of Monte Cristo (2 Episodes) as Le Drue
1955The Mysterious Bullet as Police Constable (uncredited)
1955Dixon of Dock Green (1 Episode) as Gooch
1955Above Us the Waves as German Officer on Tirpitz
1954Duel in the Jungle as Jim
1953Albert R.N. as Feldwebel
1953The Red Beret as German Sentry
1953Desperate Moment as Ravitch's Servant-Henchman
1952The African Queen as Second Officer
1951Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Disappeared as Luzatto
1950Lilli Marlene as Director of Propaganda
1950The Wooden Horse as François - The Follower
1950Cairo Road as Prison Officer
1950Sunday Night Theatre (1 Episode) as Unknown
1948No Orchids for Miss Blandish as uncredited
1943We Dive at Dawn as Luftwaffe Captain
1943Tomorrow We Live as Hans
1942Secret Mission as Lieutenant Langfeld
1942The Goose Steps Out as SS Guard