 General Gogols first appearance in the EON Productions official  James Bond series. His first name is heard for the only time in the  series when M refers to him as Alexis. Gogol is played by  Walter Gotell (qv) who had previously played Morzeny in  _From Russia with Love (1963)_ (qv). He would appear a number of  times in the series as General Gogol until  _Living Daylights, The (1987)_ (qv).