George Lazenby
Acting
Born: September 5, 1939 (age 86) · Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Highest Rated
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get the role included, spending his last pounds on acquiring a tailor-made suit from Sean Connery's tailor, which was originally made for Connery, along with purchasing a very Bondish-looking Rolex watch, and an Aston Martin DB5 car, the Bond car at the time.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.
Known for
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969
Batman Beyond
1999
Baywatch
1989
The Kentucky Fried Movie
1977
Gettysburg
1993
The Pretender
1996
Freddy's Nightmares
1988
Batman Beyond: The Movie
1999
Hawaii Five-O
1968
Twin Sitters
1994
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
Not Quite Hollywood
2008
Photos (3)
Movies (41)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
James Bond
Gettysburg
Brig. Gen. J. Johnston Pettigrew
Emmanuelle Forever
Mario
Batman Beyond: The Movie
King (voice)
The Kentucky Fried Movie
The Architect (segment "That's Armageddon")
The Man from Hong Kong
Wilton
Twin Sitters
Leland Stromm
Never Too Young to Die
Drew Stargrove
Death Dimension
Capt. Gallagher
Emmanuelle's Love
Mario
Mundije
US President
Saint Jack
Senator
Emmanuelle's Revenge
Mario
Emmanuelle's Perfume
Mario
The Order
Peters
Stoner
Joseph Stoner
Winter Break
Campbell Grady
Hell Hunters
Heinrich
Emmanuelle's Secret
Mario
Cover Girls
Michael
Emmanuelle's Magic
Mario
Spider's Web
Leland De Winter
Hunter
General Bullmount
Who Saw Her Die?
Franco Serpieri
The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair
J.B.
Death Game
General Bullmount
Four Dogs Playing Poker
Carlo
A Queen's Ransom
Morgan
A Winter Rose
Henry
Last Harem
Prince Almalarik
Master Ninja II
Mallory
Universal Soldier
Ryker
Emmanuelle in Venice
Mario
Gut Feeling
1999
Eyes of the Beholder
Jack Wyman
The Evil Inside Me
Grandinetti
The Newman Shame
John Brandy
Fox Hunt
Chauncy
The Operation
David Adler
Star of Jaipur
John Steele
Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'
2000
TV Shows (16)
Play for Today
David Adler · 1 eps
Diagnosis: Murder
Vince Thatcher · 1 eps
Hawaii Five-O
John Cossett · 2 eps
Baywatch
1 eps
Batman Beyond
King (voice) · 3 eps
Hotel
Emmett Saunders · 1 eps
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Chi'Ru Master · 1 eps
The Pretender
Major Charles · 4 eps
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
James · 1 eps
Freddy's Nightmares
Dr. Clark · 1 eps
B. J. and the Bear
1 eps
Cover Up
1 eps
Superboy
Jor-El · 2 eps
The Master
Mallory · 1 eps
E! True Hollywood Story
1 eps
Evening in Byzantium
Roger Tory · 2 eps
Self / Appearances (23)
Omnibus
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Everything or Nothing
Self
And the Winner Isn't
Self
Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend
Self
Not Quite Hollywood
Self
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
Self / James Bond
The Grand Knockout Tournament
Self
Legacy of the Dragon
Self
Kung Fu Killers
Self
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
Self
Death by Misadventure: The Mysterious Life of Bruce Lee
Self
Best Ever Bond
Self / James Bond
Becoming Bond
Himself
Real Men
Himself - Actor
The Secrets of 007
Self
The Path of the Dragon
Self
Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond
Self (archive footage)
Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist
Self
Harry Saltzman: Showman
Self
Shot On Ice
Self
Above It All
Self
The Last Days of Bruce Lee
Himself (archive footage)
Swiss Movement
Self
