
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get the role included, spending his last pounds on acquiring a tailor-made suit from Sean Connery's tailor, which was originally made for Connery, along with purchasing a very Bondish-looking Rolex watch, and an Aston Martin DB5 car, the Bond car at the time.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