Walter Gotell
- a.k.a. Walter Jack Gotell
- Walter Jacques Goettel
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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.
German (Deutsch)
Walter Jack Gotell wurde 1924 als Walter Jacques Goettel in Bonn als Sohn jüdischer Eltern geboren. Er wuchs hauptsächlich in Berlin auf. Aufgrund des zunehmenden Einflusses des Nationalsozialismus wanderte die Familie 1938 nach Großbritannien aus, wo Walter 1948 die britische Staatsbürgerschaft erhielt. Aufgrund des Mangels an Nachwuchsschauspielern während des Zweiten Weltkriegs begann Gotell ab 1942 in Filmen zu arbeiten. Dank seiner Zweisprachigkeit spielte er Nazi-deutsche Bösewichte und Militärs, beispielsweise in „We Dive at Dawn“ (1943). Anfang der 1950er Jahre übernahm er zunehmend etablierte Rollen und trat in „African Queen“ (1951), „The Red Beret“ (1953 für Albert R. Broccoli), „Eiskalt in Alexandrien“ (1958), „Die Kanonen von Navarone“ (1961), „Der Weg nach Hongkong“ (1962), „Lord Jim“ (1965), „Schwarzer Sonntag“ (1977), „Boys from Brazil“ (1978) und „Explosion in Kuba“ (1979) auf. Seine erste Rolle in der James-Bond-Filmreihe spielte er 1963 in „Liebesgrüße aus Moskau“. Ab den späten 1970er Jahren spielte er in der Serie immer wieder die Rolle des KGB-Generals Anatol Gogol, beginnend mit „Der Spion, der mich liebte“ (1977). Gotell bekam die Rolle des Gogol aufgrund seiner Ähnlichkeit mit dem ehemaligen Chef der sowjetischen Geheimpolizei Lawrentij Beria. Die Figur kehrte zurück in „Moonraker – Im tödlichen Kampf“ (1979), „In tödlicher Mission“ (1981), „Octopussy“ (1983), „Im Angesicht des Todes“ (1985) und „Der Hauch des Todes“ (1987). Im Laufe seiner Karriere hatte Gotell auch zahlreiche Gastauftritte in Fernsehserien, darunter Knight Rider, Das A-Team, Airwolf, Akte X, Agentin mit Herz, MacGyver, Raumschiff Enterprise - Das nächste Jahrhundert, Miami Vice, Cagney & Lacey und The Saint.
- Gender
- male
- Date of Birth
- Place of Birth
- Bonn, Germany
- Date of Death
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Credits
Cast
| Character | Movie / TV Show | Genres | Release | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Klemper | The X-FilesTV | 84% · 3,348 | ||
| Kurt Mandl | Star Trek: The Next GenerationTV | 84% · 1,635 | ||
| General Anatol Gogol | The Living Daylights | 65% · 1,902 | ||
| General Gogol | A View to a Kill | 62% · 2,087 | ||
| Gogol | Octopussy | 64% · 2,095 | ||
| Ramon DeJarro | The A-TeamTV | 75% · 1,016 | ||
| General Anatol Gogol | For Your Eyes Only | 65% · 1,961 | ||
| General Gogol | Moonraker | 62% · 2,093 | ||
| General Anatol Gogol | The Spy Who Loved Me | 68% · 2,111 | ||
| Morzeny | From Russia with Love | 71% · 3,183 |