Cast
George Lazenby
Acting
Cast
George Lazenby
Known for
Acting
Born
1939-09-05
From
Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Also known as George Robert Lazenby
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get the role included, spending his last pounds on acquiring a tailor-made suit from Sean Connery's tailor, which was originally made for Connery, along with purchasing a very Bondish-looking Rolex watch, and an Aston Martin DB5 car, the Bond car at the time.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.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
as James Bond
Gettysburg
as Brig. Gen. J. Johnston Pettigrew
The Man from Hong Kong
as Wilton
Emmanuelle in Venice
as Mario
The Kentucky Fried Movie
as The Architect (segment "That's Armageddon")
Batman Beyond: The Movie
as King (voice)
Real Men
as Himself - Actor
Twin Sitters
as Leland Stromm
Not Quite Hollywood
as Self
Emmanuelle's Revenge
as Mario
Emmanuelle Forever
as Mario
Emmanuelle's Love
as Mario
Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend
as Self
Everything or Nothing
as Self
Emmanuelle's Magic
as Mario
Emmanuelle's Secret
as Mario
Saint Jack
as Senator
And the Winner Isn't
as Self
Winter Break
as Campbell Grady
The Grand Knockout Tournament
as Self
Never Too Young to Die
as Drew Stargrove
A Winter Rose
as Henry
Stoner
as Joseph Stoner
Evening in Byzantium
as Roger Tory
Last Harem
as Prince Almalarik
The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair
as J.B.
Four Dogs Playing Poker
as Carlo
Spider's Web
as Leland De Winter
The Order
as Peters
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
as Self
Emmanuelle's Perfume
as Mario
A Queen's Ransom
as Morgan
The Path of the Dragon
as Self
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
as Self / James Bond
Best Ever Bond
as Self / James Bond
The Evil Inside Me
as Grandinetti
Becoming Bond
as Himself
Death Dimension
as Capt. Gallagher
Shot On Ice
as Self
Fox Hunt
as Chauncy
Master Ninja II
as Mallory
Who Saw Her Die?
as Franco Serpieri
The Newman Shame
as John Brandy
Eyes of the Beholder
as Jack Wyman
Cover Girls
as Michael
Kung Fu Killers
as Self
The Secrets of 007
as Self
Mundije
as US President
Universal Soldier
as Ryker
Death by Misadventure: The Mysterious Life of Bruce Lee
as Self
Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist
as Self
Legacy of the Dragon
as Self
HeiΓe Ware aus Hong Kong
as Self
Is There Anybody There?
as John Hersey
Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond
as Self (archive footage)
Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'
Gut Feeling
Harry Saltzman: Showman
as Self
Hell Hunters
as Heinrich
Z Dead End
as US President
Death Game
as General Bullmount
Hunter
as General Bullmount
Star of Jaipur
as John Steele
Above It All
as Self
The Operation
as David Adler
Swiss Movement
as Self