Walter Jack Gotell (March 15, 1924 – May 5, 1997) was a German actor.
A refugee from Nazi Germany, Gotell went into acting soon after his arrival in England in the 1940s, beginning a long and prolific career as a character actor.
Fake Russian par excellence with many such roles to his name, most notably his role as General Anatol Gogol in the James Bond films from The Spy Who Loved Me to The Living Daylightsnote . He had already appeared in the film series before that, playing SPECTRE Mook Lieutenant Morzeny in From Russia with Love. Unsurprisingly, Gotell was also typecast as Nazis and other German villains in period films.
Russian is not his only Fake Nationality; he has been a Fake Brit on occasions too, appearing in 56 episodes of Softly Softly.
Film roles:
- We Dive at Dawn (1943) — An uncredited Luftwaffe captain
- The Red Beret (1953, US title Paratrooper) — German sentry
- The African Queen (1951) — A German naval captain
- Ice Cold in Alex (1958) — 1st German officer
- I Was Monty's Double (1958, aka Hell, Heaven or Hoboken) — German Colonel
- Sink the Bismarck! (1960) — Signals Officer Miller
- The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960) — Heverton
- The Guns of Navarone (1961) — Muesel
- The Road to Hong Kong (1962) — Dr. Zorbb
- The Longest Day (1962) — German soldier
- 55 Days at Peking (1963) — Capt. Hoffman
- James Bond
- From Russia with Love (1963) — Morzeny
- The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) — General Anatol Gogol
- Moonraker (1979) — Gen. Gogol
- For Your Eyes Only (1981) — Gen. Gogol
- Octopussy (1983) — Gen. Gogol
- A View to a Kill (1985) — Gen. Gogol
- The Living Daylights (1987) — Gen. Gogol
- The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965) — Holten
- The Boys from Brazil (1978) — Mundt
- Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988) — Uncle John
- Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge (1991) — Gen. Mueller
- Prince Valiant (1997) — Erik the Old
Television roles:
- Danger Man, "The Leak" (1961) — Colonel Perar
- Danger Man, "Under the Lake" (1961) — Receptionist
- The Saint, "The Hi-jackers" (1964) — Hans Lasser
- Dixon of Dock Green, "The Old Pals Act" (1967) — Gooch
- Z Cars, "Out of the Frying Pan" (1968) — Jack Lane
- The Champions, "Operation Deep-Freeze" (1968) — Captain Jost
- The Professionals, "The Female Factor" (1978) — Sam Baker
- Airwolf, "Fight Like A Dove" (1984) — Oberst Helmut Krüger / Hans Daubert
- Fantasy Island, "Bojangles and the Dancer/Deuces Are Wild" (1984) — Edward C. Bass / Charles Childress
- The A-Team, "Where is the Monster When You Need Him?" (1985) — Ramon DeJarro
- Knight Rider, "Knight Sting" (1985) — Simon Carascas
- Miami Vice, "When Irish Eyes Are Crying" (1986) — Max Klizer
- MacGyver, "GX-1" (1987) — Starkoss
- Star Trek: The Next Generation, "Home Soil" (1988) — Kurt Mandl.
- Freddy's Nightmares, "The End of the World" (1989) — Kemmerling
- MacGyver, "Gold Rush" (1989) — Gen. Barenov
- Tales from the Crypt, "Werewolf Concerto" (1992) — Mr. Hertz
- The X-Files, "Paperclip" (1995) — Victor Klemper