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Walter Gotell(1924-1997)

  • Actor
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Walter Gotell
The African Queen: DVD/Blu-ray Trailer
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The African Queen (1951)
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Walter Gotell was born on 15 March 1924 in Bonn, Germany. He was an actor, known for Moonraker (1979), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and A View to a Kill (1985). He was previously married to Celeste F. Mitchell and Yvonne Hills. He died on 5 May 1997 in London, England, UK.
BornMarch 15, 1924
DiedMay 5, 1997(73)
BornMarch 15, 1924
DiedMay 5, 1997(73)
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Walter Gotell in Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983)
Walter Gotell in The Invisible Man (1958)
William B. Davis, Peter Donat, Walter Gotell, Jerry Hardin, and John Neville in The X-Files (1993)
Walter Gotell in The X-Files (1993)
Charlton Heston, Walter Gotell, Jûzô Itami, Massimo Serato, Jacques Sernas, and Jerome Thor in 55 Days at Peking (1963)
Walter Gotell in MacGyver (1985)
Walter Gotell, Denis Shaw, and Edward Woodward in The File of the Golden Goose (1969)
Peter Brayham, Walter Gotell, and Lotte Lenya in From Russia with Love (1963)
Walter Gotell
Walter Gotell, Jim Brady, Denis Shaw, and Edward Woodward at an event for The File of the Golden Goose (1969)

Known for

Roger Moore, Lois Chiles, and Richard Kiel in Moonraker (1979)
Moonraker
6.2
  • General Gogol
  • 1979
Roger Moore and Barbara Bach in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
The Spy Who Loved Me
7.0
  • General Gogol
  • 1977
Roger Moore, Tanya Roberts, and Christopher Walken in A View to a Kill (1985)
A View to a Kill
6.3
  • General Gogol
  • 1985
Roger Moore and Maud Adams in Octopussy (1983)
Octopussy
6.5
  • Gogol
  • 1983

Credits

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Actor

  • Katherine Heigl and Stephen Moyer in Prince Valiant (1997)
    Prince Valiant
    • Erik the Old
    • 1997
  • Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny in The X-Files (1993)
    The X-Files
    • Victor Klemper
    • TV Series
    • 1995
  • Tales from the Crypt (1989)
    Tales from the Crypt
    • Mr. Hertz
    • TV Series
    • 1992
  • The Nose
    • Short
    • 1991
  • Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge (1991)
    Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge
    • General Mueller
    • Video
    • 1991
  • Wings of Fame (1990)
    Wings of Fame
    • Receptionist
    • 1990
  • The Nightmare Years (1989)
    The Nightmare Years
    • Gen. Von Fritsch
    • TV Mini Series
    • 1989
  • Richard Dean Anderson in MacGyver (1985)
    MacGyver
    • General Barenov
    • Starkoss
    • TV Series
    • 1987–1989
  • She Knows Too Much (1989)
    She Knows Too Much
    • Foreigner
    • TV Movie
    • 1989
  • Freddy's Nightmares (1988)
    Freddy's Nightmares
    • Kemmerling
    • TV Series
    • 1989
  • Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless in Cagney & Lacey (1981)
    Cagney & Lacey
    • J.F. Blackwell
    • TV Series
    • 1988
  • Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988)
    Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers
    • Uncle John
    • 1988
  • Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, and Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
    Star Trek: The Next Generation
    • Kurt Mandl
    • TV Series
    • 1988
  • Timothy Dalton and Maryam d'Abo in The Living Daylights (1987)
    The Living Daylights
    • General Anatol Gogol
    • 1987
  • Kristen Alderson, Kassie Wesley DePaiva, Erika Slezak, Trevor St. John, and John-Paul Lavoisier in One Life to Live (1968)
    One Life to Live
    • Dirk Keller
    • TV Series
    • 1986–1987

Videos7

The Spy Who Loved Me
Clip 2:29
The Spy Who Loved Me
The African Queen
Clip 0:44
The African Queen
The African Queen
Clip 0:42
The African Queen
The African Queen
Clip 0:52
The African Queen
The African Queen: DVD/Blu-ray Trailer
Trailer 0:31
The African Queen: DVD/Blu-ray Trailer
The African Queen
Featurette 4:29
The African Queen
The African Queen
Featurette 3:29
The African Queen

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Walter Cotell
  • Height
    • 6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
  • Born
    • March 15, 1924
    • Bonn, Germany
  • Died
    • May 5, 1997
    • London, England, UK(cancer)
  • Spouses
      Celeste F. MitchellDecember 21, 1974 - ?
  • Other works
    He acted in Terence Rattigan's play, "Adventure Story," at the St. James's Theatre in London, England with Paul Scofield, Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Joy Parker, Veronica Turleigh, Robert Flemyng, Noel Willman, William Devlin, Terence Longdon, Frederick Treves, Stanley Baker, Nicholas Hannen, and Cecil Trouncer in the cast.

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  • Trivia
    Chosen for the role of General Gogol in the James Bond movies of the 1970s and 80s because he was a look-alike of the former head of Soviet secret police, Lavrenti Beria.

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