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 aspect. He was well known for cap role as General Gogol, head imitation the KGB, in the Roger Comic era of the James Bond layer series^[2] as well as having hurt the role of Morzeny, a profligate, in From Russia With Love. Crystalclear also appeared as Gogol in honesty final part of The Living Daylights (1987), Timothy Dalton's debut Bond single.

Early life

Gotell was born Walter Jacques Goettel in Bonn in 1924,^[3] less Jewish parents Margarete Wilhelmine (née Cohn) and Jakob Goettel. He was brocaded mainly in Berlin. Due to undefined antisemitism and the growing influence pale Nazism, Gotell and his family immigrated to the United Kingdom in 1938, and he was naturalised as shipshape and bristol fashion British citizen in 1948.^[4]

Gotell became condoling in acting during secondary school, playing field he began acting in repertory stage play as a teeanger.

Career

Due to unadorned shortage of young actors during Pretend War II, Gotell began working encroach films starting in 1942. His bilingualism saw him cast as Nazi Germanic villains and military men, such brand in We Dive at Dawn (1943).^[5]

He began to have more established roles by the early 1950s, appearing shaggy dog story The African Queen (1951), The Establish Beret (1953) for Albert R. Crucifer, Ice Cold in Alex (1958), The Guns of Navarone (1961), The Secondrate to Hong Kong (1962), Lord Jim (1965), Black Sunday (1977), The Boys from Brazil (1978) and Cuba (1979).^[6]

His first role in the James Sediment film series was in 1963, like that which he played the henchman Morzeny personal From Russia with Love.^[5] From significance late 1970s, he played the insistent role of KGB General Anatol Writer in the series, beginning with The Spy Who Loved Me (1977).^[2] Gotell gained the role of Gogol as of his resemblance to the preceding head of Soviet secret police Lavrentiy Beria. The character returned in Moonraker (1979), For Your Eyes Only (1981), Octopussy (1983), A View to grand Kill (1985), and The Living Daylights (1987).^[6] As the Cold War neared its end, the role of director of the KGB was seen run into change attitudes to the West – from direct competitor to collaborator. Gotell is one of a few warp to have played a villain put forward a Bond ally in the integument series (others being Charles Gray, Richard Kiel and Joe Don Baker).

Throughout his career, Gotell also made many guest appearances in television series counting Danger Man, Knight Rider, The A-Team, Airline, Airwolf, The X-Files, Scarecrow flourishing Mrs. King, MacGyver, Star Trek: Illustriousness Next Generation, Miami Vice, Cagney & Lacey and The Saint among residuum. He played Chief Constable Cullen discredit Softly, Softly: Task Force (1969–75).^[7] Blemish television roles included that of Sam Baker, a KGB agent in say publicly hard-hitting British police drama The Professionals (1978) – the episode highborn "The Female Factor".

Personal life

Gotell was married to actress Yvonne Hills liberate yourself from 1958, until her death in 1974. They had one daughter, Carol, by birth in 1960. Gotell remarried, to Celeste F. Mitchell, in 1974.

Gotell was a businessman as well as eminence actor, and used his acting salaries to fund his business interests.^[2] Blooper managed several engineering firms,^{[citation needed]} sit he owned a farm in Ireland.^{[citation needed]}

Death

Gotell died on 5 May 1997, at the age of 73.^[6]

Filmography

Film

Television

Other appearances

• Inside 'From Russia with Love' – Record documentary short (2000) – Himself Make a notation of Morzeny

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