George Lazenby
Actor
Born September 5, 1939 in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
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get the role included, spending his last pounds on acquiring a tailor-made suit from Sean Connery's tailor, which was originally made for Connery, along with purchasing a very Bondish-looking Rolex watch, and an Aston Martin DB5 car, the Bond car at the time.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.
Filmography
Z Dead End
US President
Mundije
US President
Real Men
Himself - Actor
And the Winner Isn't
Self
Becoming Bond
Himself
Death Game
General Bullmount
A Winter Rose
Henry
The Order
Peters
Hunter
General Bullmount
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
Self
Everything or Nothing
Self
Not Quite Hollywood
Self
Winter Break
Campbell Grady
Spider's Web
Leland De Winter
Legacy of the Dragon
Self
Four Dogs Playing Poker
Carlo
Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'
Harry Saltzman: Showman
Self
Batman Beyond: The Movie
King (voice)
Batman Beyond
King (voice)
Gut Feeling
Star of Jaipur
John Steele
The Path of the Dragon
Self
Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist
Self
The Secrets of 007
Self
The Pretender
Major Charles
E! True Hollywood Story
Fox Hunt
Chauncy
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
Self / James Bond
Twin Sitters
Leland Stromm
Death by Misadventure: The Mysterious Life of Bruce Lee
Self
Diagnosis: Murder
Vince Thatcher
Gettysburg
Brig. Gen. J. Johnston Pettigrew
Emmanuelle's Secret
Mario
Emmanuelle's Perfume
Mario
Emmanuelle's Magic
Mario
Emmanuelle's Love
Mario
Emmanuelle in Venice
Mario
Emmanuelle's Revenge
Mario
Emmanuelle Forever
Mario
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Chi'Ru Master
The Evil Inside Me
Grandinetti
Eyes of the Beholder
Jack Wyman
Baywatch
Freddy's Nightmares
Dr. Clark
Superboy
Jor-El
Hell Hunters
Heinrich
The Grand Knockout Tournament
Self
Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond
Self (archive footage)
Never Too Young to Die
Drew Stargrove
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
James
Cover Up
Master Ninja II
Mallory
The Master
Mallory
The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair
J.B.
Hotel
Emmett Saunders
Last Harem
Prince Almalarik
Saint Jack
Senator
B. J. and the Bear
Evening in Byzantium
Roger Tory
Evening in Byzantium
Roger Tory
Death Dimension
Capt. Gallagher
The Newman Shame
John Brandy
The Kentucky Fried Movie
The Architect (segment "That's Armageddon")
Cover Girls
Michael
A Queen's Ransom
Morgan
The Man from Hong Kong
Wilton
Stoner
Joseph Stoner
Kung Fu Killers
Self
Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend
Self
The Last Days of Bruce Lee
Himself (archive footage)
The Operation
David Adler
Who Saw Her Die?
Franco Serpieri
Universal Soldier
Ryker
Play for Today
David Adler
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
James Bond
Shot On Ice
Self
Swiss Movement
Self
Above It All
Self
Hawaii Five-O
John Cossett
Omnibus
Self (archive footage)