Career
Originally from Hazelton, Pennsylvania, Gothie played guest roles in television series such as Sugarfoot, Sea Hunt, My Three Sons and The Virginian. He got a chance at a regular role as Private Sam Hanson in the short-lived World World War II series The Gallant Men. Gothie also appeared in the movies Sanctuary (1961) and Palm Springs Weekend (1963).
On Broadway he was a stage manager and performer in Everybody Loves Opal (1961), and he acted in A Visit to a Small Planet (1957).