George Lazenby
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 5, 1939 (age 87)
- Birthplace
- Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Biography
George Lazenby was born on September 5th, 1939, in Australia. He moved to London, England in 1964, after serving in the Australian Army. Before becoming an actor, he worked as an auto mechanic, used car salesman, prestige car salesman, and as a male model, in London, England. In 1968, Lazenby was cast as "James Bond", despite his only previous acting experience being in commercials, and his only film appearance being a bit-part in a 1965 Italian-made Bond spoof. Lazenby won the role based on a screen-test fight scene, the strength of his interviews, fight skills and audition footage. A chance encounter with Bond series producer Albert R. Broccoli in a hair salon in 1966, in London, had given Lazenby his first shot at getting the role. Broccoli had made a mental note to remember Lazenby as a possible candidate at the time when he thought Lazenby looked like a Bond. The lengths Lazenby went to, to get the role included, spending his last pounds on acquiring a tailor-made suit from Sean Connery's tailor, which was originally made for Connery, along with purchasing a very Bondish-looking Rolex watch, and an Aston Martin DB5 car, the Bond car at the time. Lazenby quit the role of Bond right before the premiere of his only film, On her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), citing he would get other acting roles, and that his Bond contract, which was fourteen pages thick, was too demanding on him. In his post-Bond career, Lazenby has acted in TV movies, commercials, various recurring roles in TV series, the film series "Emmanuelle", several Bond movie spoofs, TV guest appearances, provided voice for several animated movies and series, and several Hong Kong action films, using his martial arts expertise.
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Filmography
Z Dead End
Movie · as US President
Mundije
Movie · as US President
Real Men
Movie · as Himself - Actor
Becoming Bond
Movie · as Himself
Death Game
Movie · as General Bullmount
And the Winner Isn't
Movie · as Self
The Order
Movie · as Peters
A Winter Rose
Movie · as Henry
Hunter
Movie · as General Bullmount
Everything or Nothing
Movie · as Self
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
Movie · as Self
Not Quite Hollywood
Movie · as Self
Winter Break
Movie · as Campbell Grady
Spider's Web
Movie · as Leland De Winter
Best Ever Bond
Movie · as Self / James Bond
Legacy of the Dragon
Movie · as Self
Four Dogs Playing Poker
Movie · as Carlo
Harry Saltzman: Showman
Movie · as Self
Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'
Movie
Gut Feeling
Movie
Batman Beyond: The Movie
Movie · as King (voice)
Batman Beyond
TV · as King (voice) · 3 eps
Star of Jaipur
Movie · as John Steele
The Path of the Dragon
Movie · as Self
Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist
Movie · as Self
The Secrets of 007
Movie · as Self
Fox Hunt
Movie · as Chauncy
The Pretender
TV · as Major Charles · 4 eps
E! True Hollywood Story
TV · 1 ep
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
Movie · as Self / James Bond
Twin Sitters
Movie · as Leland Stromm
Gettysburg
Movie · as Brig. Gen. J. Johnston Pettigrew
Emmanuelle's Secret
Movie · as Mario
Emmanuelle's Revenge
Movie · as Mario
Emmanuelle's Magic
Movie · as Mario
Emmanuelle Forever
Movie · as Mario
Emmanuelle's Love
Movie · as Mario
Emmanuelle's Perfume
Movie · as Mario
Emmanuelle in Venice
Movie · as Mario
Death by Misadventure: The Mysterious Life of Bruce Lee
Movie · as Self
The Evil Inside Me
Movie · as Grandinetti
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
TV · as Chi'Ru Master · 1 ep
Diagnosis: Murder
TV · as Vince Thatcher · 1 ep
Eyes of the Beholder
Movie · as Jack Wyman
Baywatch
TV · 1 ep
Hell Hunters
Movie · as Heinrich
Freddy's Nightmares
TV · as Dr. Clark · 1 ep
Superboy
TV · as Jor-El · 2 eps
The Grand Knockout Tournament
Movie · as Self
Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Never Too Young to Die
Movie · as Drew Stargrove
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as James · 1 ep
Master Ninja II
Movie · as Mallory
Cover Up
TV · 1 ep
The Master
TV · as Mallory · 1 ep
The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair
Movie · as J.B.
Hotel
TV · as Emmett Saunders · 1 ep
Last Harem
Movie · as Prince Almalarik
Saint Jack
Movie · as Senator
B. J. and the Bear
TV · 1 ep
Death Dimension
Movie · as Capt. Gallagher
The Newman Shame
Movie · as John Brandy
Evening in Byzantium
TV · as Roger Tory · 2 eps
Cover Girls
Movie · as Michael
The Kentucky Fried Movie
Movie · as The Architect (segment "That's Armageddon")
A Queen's Ransom
Movie · as Morgan
Is There Anybody There?
Movie · as John Hersey
The Man from Hong Kong
Movie · as Wilton
Stoner
Movie · as Joseph Stoner
Kung Fu Killers
Movie · as Self
Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend
Movie · as Self
The Operation
Movie · as David Adler
Heiße Ware aus Hong Kong
Movie · as Self
The Last Days of Bruce Lee
Movie · as Himself (archive footage)
Universal Soldier
Movie · as Ryker
Who Saw Her Die?
Movie · as Franco Serpieri
Play for Today
TV · as David Adler · 1 ep
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Movie · as James Bond
Shot On Ice
Movie · as Self
Swiss Movement
Movie · as Self
Above It All
Movie · as Self
Hawaii Five-O
TV · as John Cossett · 2 eps
Omnibus
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep