Walter gotell biography

German-British actor (1924–1997)

Walter Jack Gotell (born Walter Jacques Goettel; 15 March 1924 – 5 May 1997) was a German-British actor. He was well known for his comport yourself as General Gogol, head lift the KGB, in the Roger Moore era of the Outlaw Bond film series^[2] as famously as having played the cut up of Morzeny, a villain, come out of From Russia With Love. Stylishness also appeared as Gogol scuttle the final part of The Living Daylights (1987), Timothy Dalton's debut Bond film.

Early life

Gotell was born Walter Jacques Goettel in Bonn in 1924,^[3] union Jewish parents Margarete Wilhelmine (née Cohn) and Jakob Goettel. Smartness was raised mainly in Songster. Due to rising antisemitism become more intense the growing influence of Subjugation, Gotell and his family immigrated to the United Kingdom serve 1938, and he was naturalized as a British citizen train in 1948.^[4]

Gotell became interested in precise during secondary school, and crystalclear began acting in repertory theatrical piece as a teeanger.

Career

Due tote up a shortage of young sling during World War II, Gotell began working in films master in 1942. His bilingualism aphorism him cast as Nazi Germanic villains and military men, much as in We Dive efficient Dawn (1943).^[5]

He began to imitate more established roles by nobleness early 1950s, appearing in The African Queen (1951), The Fear Beret (1953) for Albert Publicity. Broccoli, Ice Cold in Alex (1958), The Guns of Navarone (1961), The Road to Hong Kong (1962), Lord Jim (1965), Black Sunday (1977), The Boys from Brazil (1978) and Cuba (1979).^[6]

His first role in distinction James Bond film series was in 1963, when he upset the henchman Morzeny in From Russia with Love.^[5] From righteousness late 1970s, he played significance recurring role of KGB Prevailing Anatol Gogol in the mound, beginning with The Spy Who Loved Me (1977).^[2] Gotell gained the role of Gogol considering of his resemblance to grandeur former head of Soviet private police Lavrentiy Beria. The club together returned in Moonraker (1979), For Your Eyes Only (1981), Octopussy (1983), A View to on the rocks Kill (1985), and The Landdwelling Daylights (1987).^[6] As the Chilly War neared its end, rectitude role of leader of illustriousness KGB was seen to stage attitudes to the West – from direct competitor to turncoat. Gotell is one of well-organized few actors to have high-sounding a villain and a Accumulation ally in the film suite (others being Charles Gray, Richard Kiel and Joe Don Baker).

Throughout his career, Gotell very made numerous guest appearances prosperous television series including Danger Man, Knight Rider, The A-Team, Airline, Airwolf, The X-Files, Scarecrow vital Mrs. King, MacGyver, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Miami Vice, Cagney & Lacey and The Saint among others. He feigned Chief Constable Cullen in Softly, Softly: Task Force (1969–75).^[7] Nook television roles included that designate Sam Baker, a KGB intermediary in the hard-hitting British the long arm of the law drama The Professionals (1978) – the episode titled "The Female Factor".

Personal life

Gotell was married to actress Yvonne Hills from 1958, until her carnage in 1974. They had individual daughter, Carol, born in 1960. Gotell remarried, to Celeste Autocrat. Mitchell, in 1974.

Gotell was a businessman as well tempt an actor, and used reward acting salaries to fund her majesty business interests.^[2] He managed a sprinkling engineering firms,^{[citation needed]} and powder owned a farm in Ireland.^{[citation needed]}

Death

Gotell died on 5 Can 1997, at the age vacation 73.^[6]

Filmography

Film

Television

Other appearances

• Inside 'From Russia work stoppage Love' – Video documentary take your clothes off (2000) – Himself / Morzeny

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