George Lazenby
Known for: Acting
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get the role included, spending his last pounds on acquiring a tailor-made suit from Sean Connery's tailor, which was originally made for Connery, along with purchasing a very Bondish-looking Rolex watch, and an Aston Martin DB5 car, the Bond car at the time.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
Series
Play for Today
David Adler
1970
Series
Diagnosis: Murder
Vince Thatcher
1993
Series
Hawaii Five-O
John Cossett
1968
Series
Baywatch
1989
Series
Omnibus
Self (archive footage)
1967
Series
The Pretender
Major Charles
1996
Series
Hotel
Emmett Saunders
1982
Series
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Chi'Ru Master
1993
Series
Batman Beyond
King (voice)
1999
Series
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
James
1985
Series
Freddy's Nightmares
Dr. Clark
1988
Series
B. J. and the Bear
1979
Film
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
James Bond
1969
Series
Cover Up
1984
Series
Superboy
Jor-El
1988
Series
The Master
Mallory
1984
Film
Gettysburg
Brig. Gen. J. Johnston Pettigrew
1993
Film
Batman Beyond: The Movie
King (voice)
1999
Film
Emmanuelle Forever
Mario
1993
Series
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Film
The Man from Hong Kong
Wilton
1975
Film
The Kentucky Fried Movie
The Architect (segment "That's Armageddon")
1977
Film
Hell Hunters
Heinrich
1988
Film
Saint Jack
Senator
1979
Film
Twin Sitters
Leland Stromm
1994
Film
Not Quite Hollywood
Self
2008
Film
Death Dimension
Capt. Gallagher
1978
Series
Evening in Byzantium
Roger Tory
1978
Film
Real Men
Himself - Actor
2019
Film
Emmanuelle's Love
Mario
1993
Film
The Order
Peters
2016
Film
Everything or Nothing
Self
2012
Film
Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend
Self
1973
Film
Cover Girls
Michael
1977
Film
Emmanuelle's Magic
Mario
1993
Film
Death Game
General Bullmount
2017
Film
Never Too Young to Die
Drew Stargrove
1986
Film
Emmanuelle's Secret
Mario
1993
Film
Emmanuelle's Perfume
Mario
1993
Film
Spider's Web
Leland De Winter
2002
Film
And the Winner Isn't
Self
2017
Film
Becoming Bond
Himself
2017
Film
Winter Break
Campbell Grady
2003
Film
The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair
J.B.
1983
Film
Emmanuelle's Revenge
Mario
1993
Film
Stoner
Joseph Stoner
1974
Film
Best Ever Bond
Self / James Bond
2002
Film
Emmanuelle in Venice
Mario
1993
Film
The Secrets of 007
Self
1997
Film
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
Self / James Bond
1995
Film
A Queen's Ransom
Morgan
1976
Film
Master Ninja II
Mallory
1984
Film
Four Dogs Playing Poker
Carlo
2000
Film
Kung Fu Killers
Self
1974
Film
Who Saw Her Die?
Franco Serpieri
1972
Film
The Grand Knockout Tournament
Self
1987
Film
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
Self
2012
Film
Hunter
General Bullmount
2015
Film
The Path of the Dragon
Self
1998
Film
The Last Days of Bruce Lee
Himself (archive footage)
1973
Film
Fox Hunt
Chauncy
1996
Film
Last Harem
Prince Almalarik
1981
Film
Gut Feeling
1999
Film
Mundije
US President
2025
Film
A Winter Rose
Henry
2016
Film
Universal Soldier
Ryker
1972
Film
Death by Misadventure: The Mysterious Life of Bruce Lee
Self
1993
Film
Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond
Self (archive footage)
1987
Film
Star of Jaipur
John Steele
1998
Is There Anybody There?
John Hersey
1976
Film
The Evil Inside Me
Grandinetti
1993
Film
Harry Saltzman: Showman
Self
2000
Film
Z Dead End
US President
Film
Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'
2000
Film
Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist
Self
1998
Film
Eyes of the Beholder
Jack Wyman
1992
Film
The Operation
David Adler
1973
Heiße Ware aus Hong Kong
Self
1973
Film
The Newman Shame
John Brandy
1978
Film
Swiss Movement
Self
1969
Film
Legacy of the Dragon
Self
2001
Film
Shot On Ice
Self
1969
Film
Above It All
Self
1969