Walter Gotell
Although German-born, actor Walter Gotell's most famous role was as a Russian KGB general in the "James Bond" films. His family fled Germany to England when the Nazis came to power, and his early roles were often playing German villains in military films, which he did in the U.K. feature "At Dawn We Die" and in "Secret Mission." He played a World War I officer in the adventure classic "The African Queen" and a Gestapo officer in a 1957 television episode of the show "Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!" He played yet another German military man in the war drama "The Guns of Navarone" in 1961 and had one of his only recurring series roles, on the U.K. sci-fi show "The Andromeda Breakthrough." His first role in a Bond film came in the 1963 entry "From Russia with Love," playing Russian agent Morzeny before returning to playing guest roles on TV and small film parts. He had a role as Chief Constable Cullen on the British crime drama "Softly Softly" and appeared intermittently over several seasons from 1969 until 1975. He could also be seen in the disaster thriller "Black Sunday" in 1977, the same year he made his debut as General Anatol Gogol in "The Spy Who Loved Me." He would reprise his role in five more of the franchise's films, most recently "The Living Daylights" from 1987.
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Walter Gotell
Filmography
Movies
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Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge | General Mueller (Character) | - | 1991 |
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Wings of Fame | Receptionist (Character) | - | 1990 |
58% |
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Sleepaway Camp 2: Unhappy Campers | Uncle John (Character) | - | 1988 |
73% |
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The Living Daylights | General Anatol Gogol (Character) | $51.2M | 1987 |
36% |
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A View to a Kill | General Anatol Gogol (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lace II | General Zedd (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lethal | Nicholai (Character) | - | 1985 |
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Basic Training | Ambassador Gotell (Character) | - | 1985 |
69% |
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For Your Eyes Only | General Anatol Gogol (Character) | - | 1981 |
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Cry of the Innocent | Jack Brewster (Character) | - | 1980 |
45% |
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Cuba | Don Jose Pulido (Character) | - | 1979 |
70% |
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The Boys From Brazil | Mundt (Character) | - | 1978 |
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The Stud | Ben Khaled (Character) | - | 1978 |
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March or Die | Col. Lamont (Character) | - | 1977 |
75% |
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Black Sunday | Colonel Riat (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Our Miss Fred | Schmidt (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The File of the Golden Goose | George Leeds (Character) | - | 1969 |
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Attack on the Iron Coast | Van Horst (Character) | - | 1968 |
97% |
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From Russia With Love | Morzeny (Character) | - | 1963 |
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Sword of Lancelot | Sir Cedric (Character) | - | 1963 |
88% |
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These Are the Damned | Major Holland (Character) | - | 1962 |
60% |
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The Road to Hong Kong | Dr. Zorbb (Character) | - | 1962 |
96% |
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The African Queen | Second Officer (Character) | - | 1951 |
TV
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74% | 86% | The X-Files | Victor Klemper (Guest Star) | 1995 |
82% | 90% | Tales From the Crypt | Unknown (Character) | 1992 |
No Score Yet | 70% | MacGyver | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1989 |
92% | 90% | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Kurt Mandl (Guest Star) | 1988 |
71% | 89% | Miami Vice | Max Klizer (Guest Star) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Spenser: For Hire | Unknown (Character) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | 80% | Knight Rider | Simon Carascas (Guest Star) | 1985 |
No Score Yet | 71% | The A-Team | Ramon DeJarro (Guest Star) | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hotel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fantasy Island | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | 42% | Airwolf |
Oberst Helmut Krüger / |
1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fall Guy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | El Santo | Hans Lasser (Guest Star) | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | H.G. Wells' Invisible Man | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959 |