General Gogol (Walter Gotell)
Profile
Character: General Gogol
Actor: Walter Gotell
Movie: The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy,
A View To A Kill, The Living Daylights.
Age: 50
Appearence: Bald, with remaining black/grey hair, his looks are
that of a highly intelligent and dignified man, he wears frameless
glasses, and is often wearing a business suit.
Status: Retired from the KGB
Personality
General Gogol is the head of the KGB, he appears to be highly
intelligent. He is fluent in English, but speaks with a heavy
Russian accent, unlike MI6's M, Gogol actually possesses somewhat
of a sense of humour. He is a very respected man among colleagues
in the field of espionage. Like Bond, General Gogol has a deep
attraction for beautiful women, as is displayed with
Involvement
General Gogol has been involved in the missions since The Spy
Who Loved Me assignment, in which he ordered Anya Amosova to work
with James Bond. In the Moonraker mission, General Gogol suspected
that Drax's secret space station was an American military threat,
but the US government reassured Gogol they were not involved.
In the For Your Eyes Only mission, Gogol although not particularly
an ally, and was after the ATAC, stopped his men from killing
Bond when he threw the ATAC over a cliff to keep it out of Gogol's
willing hands.