George Lazenby

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

83

Gender

Male

Birthday

1939-09-05 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia

Also Known As

  • George Robert Lazenby

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get the role included, spending his last pounds on acquiring a tailor-made suit from Sean Connery's tailor, which was originally made for Connery, along with purchasing a very Bondish-looking Rolex watch, and an Aston Martin DB5 car, the Bond car at the time.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

Known For

Top Gear
7.4%

Top Gear

Oct 20, 2002

Batman Beyond
8.1%

Batman Beyond

Jan 10, 1999

Baywatch
5.9%

Baywatch

Apr 23, 1989

The Kentucky Fried Movie
6.2%

The Kentucky Fried Movie

Aug 10, 1977

Gettysburg
6.9%

Gettysburg

Oct 8, 1993

Freddy's Nightmares
7.1%

Freddy's Nightmares

Oct 9, 1988

The Pretender
7.4%

The Pretender

Sep 19, 1996

Twin Sitters
6.4%

Twin Sitters

Oct 1, 1994

Hawaii Five-O
7.0%

Hawaii Five-O

Sep 20, 1968

Bruce Lee: The Legend
8.0%

Bruce Lee: The Legend

Jan 1, 1984

Diagnosis: Murder
7.1%

Diagnosis: Murder

Oct 29, 1993

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2001
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2000
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2000
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1999
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1998
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1996
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1995
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1994
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1993
Emmanuelle's Perfume as Mario
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Emmanuelle's Magic as Mario
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Emmanuelle's Love as Mario
1993
Emmanuelle in Venice as Mario
1993
Emmanuelle's Revenge as Mario
1993
Emmanuelle Forever as Mario
1993
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1993
The Evil Inside Me as Grandinetti
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1988
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1988
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1988
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1987
The Grand Knockout Tournament as Self
1987
Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond as Self (archive footage)
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1985
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as James
1984
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1984
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1984
Bruce Lee: The Legend as Self (archive footage)
1983
The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair as J.B.
1982
Hotel
1981
Last Harem as Prince Almalarik
1979
Saint Jack as Senator
1979
B. J. and the Bear
1978
Evening in Byzantium as Roger Tory
1978
Death Dimension as Capt. Gallagher
1977
The Kentucky Fried Movie as The Architect (segment "That's Armageddon")
1977
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1977
The Newman Shame as John Brandy
1976
A Queen's Ransom as George
1976
Is There Anybody There? as John Hersey
1975
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1974
The Shrine of Ultimate Bliss as Joseph Stoner
1974
Kung Fu Killers as Himself
1973
Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend as Self
1973
The Operation as David Adler
1973
Heiße Ware aus Hong Kong as Self
1972
Who Saw Her Die? as Franco Serpieri
1972
Universal Soldier as Ryker
1970
Play for Today
1969
On Her Majesty's Secret Service as James Bond
1969
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1969
Shot On Ice as Self
1969
Above It All as Self
1968
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