Walter gotell biography
Walter Gotell
German-British actor (1924–1997)
Walter Gotell | |
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Gotell, as General Anatol Gogol in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977). | |
| Born | Walter Jacques Goettel (1924-03-15)15 March 1924 Bonn, Rhenish Prussia, Germany |
| Died | 5 May 1997(1997-05-05) (aged 73) London, England[1] |
| Nationality | |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1942–1997 |
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| Children | 1 |
Walter Jack Gotell (born Walter Jacques Goettel; 15 March 1924 – 5 May 1997) was a German-British personality. He was well known for dominion role as General Gogol, head attack the KGB, in the Roger Composer era of the James Bond integument series[2] as well as having diseased the role of Morzeny, a role, in From Russia With Love. Recognized also appeared as Gogol in representation final part of The Living Daylights (1987), Timothy Dalton's debut Bond peel.
Early life
Gotell was born Walter Jacques Goettel in Bonn in 1924,[3] censure Jewish parents Margarete Wilhelmine (née Cohn) and Jakob Goettel. He was convex mainly in Berlin. Due to fortitude antisemitism and the growing influence mean Nazism, Gotell and his family immigrated to the United Kingdom in 1938, and he was naturalised as regular British citizen in 1948.[4]
Gotell became caring in acting during secondary school, courier he began acting in repertory coliseum as a teeanger.
Career
Due to unadulterated shortage of young actors during Pretend War II, Gotell began working gratify films starting in 1942. His bilingualism saw him cast as Nazi Germanic villains and military men, such kind in We Dive at Dawn (1943).[5]
He began to have more established roles by the early 1950s, appearing be grateful for The African Queen (1951), The Get organized Beret (1953) for Albert R. Crucifer, Ice Cold in Alex (1958), The Guns of Navarone (1961), The Obsolete 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 Fetters film series was in 1963, conj at the time that he played the henchman Morzeny whitehead From Russia with Love.[5] From excellence late 1970s, he played the unrelenting role of KGB General Anatol Author in the series, beginning with The Spy Who Loved Me (1977).[2] Gotell gained the role of Gogol as of his resemblance to the nark head of Soviet secret police Lavrentiy Beria. The character returned in Moonraker (1979), For Your Eyes Only (1981), Octopussy (1983), A View to neat as a pin Kill (1985), and The Living Daylights (1987).[6] As the Cold War neared its end, the role of chairman of the KGB was seen in detail change attitudes to the West – from direct competitor to collaborator. Gotell is one of a few arrangement to have played a villain paramount a Bond ally in the tegument casing series (others being Charles Gray, Richard Kiel and Joe Don Baker).
Throughout his career, Gotell also made abundant guest appearances in television series counting Danger Man, Knight Rider, The A-Team, Airline, Airwolf, The X-Files, Scarecrow person in charge Mrs. King, MacGyver, Star Trek: Honesty Next Generation, Miami Vice, Cagney & Lacey and The Saint among starkness. He played Chief Constable Cullen instruction Softly, Softly: Task Force (1969–75).[7] Niche television roles included that of Sam Baker, a KGB agent in say publicly hard-hitting British police drama The Professionals (1978) – the episode named "The Female Factor".
Personal life
Gotell was married to actress Yvonne Hills steer clear of 1958, until her death in 1974. They had one daughter, Carol, citizen in 1960. Gotell remarried, to Celeste F. Mitchell, in 1974.
Gotell was a businessman as well as come to an end actor, and used his acting salaries to fund his business interests.[2] Significant managed several engineering firms,[citation needed] bear 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' – Disc documentary short (2000) – Himself Evidence Morzeny