George Lazenby
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1939-09-05
Place of Birth
Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
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get the role included, spending his last pounds on acquiring a tailor-made suit from Sean Connery's tailor, which was originally made for Connery, along with purchasing a very Bondish-looking Rolex watch, and an Aston Martin DB5 car, the Bond car at the time.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.
Also Known For
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Dec 18, 1969
Four Dogs Playing Poker
Jun 06, 2000
Gettysburg
Oct 08, 1993
The Man from Hong Kong
Jul 31, 1975
Shot On Ice
Jan 01, 1969
Death Dimension
Jul 01, 1978
Never Too Young to Die
Jun 13, 1986
Bruce Lee: The Legend
Jan 01, 1984
Twin Sitters
Oct 01, 1994
Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend
Oct 14, 1973
Emmanuelle's Secret
Sep 10, 1993
Spider's Web
Nov 12, 2002
The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair
Apr 05, 1983
Stoner
Aug 02, 1974
Emmanuelle's Revenge
Feb 14, 1993
Emmanuelle's Magic
May 02, 1993
Eyes of the Beholder
Jan 01, 1992
Gut Feeling
Jan 01, 1999
Everything or Nothing
Oct 05, 2012
Hell Hunters
Feb 15, 1988
Fox Hunt
Jan 01, 1996
Emmanuelle Forever
Feb 07, 1993
Star of Jaipur
Dec 31, 1998
Emmanuelle's Love
Apr 03, 1993
Universal Soldier
May 01, 1972
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
Dec 10, 1995
Cover Girls
May 18, 1977
Mundije
Jan 02, 2025
Saint Jack
Apr 27, 1979
Emmanuelle's Perfume
Jun 06, 1993
Emmanuelle in Venice
Mar 07, 1993
Kung Fu Killers
Jan 01, 1974
A Queen's Ransom
Sep 16, 1976
Bond Girls Are Forever
Nov 06, 2002
Last Harem
Aug 12, 1981
Best Ever Bond
Nov 22, 2002
The Grand Knockout Tournament
Jun 19, 1987
Is There Anybody There?
Jun 24, 1976
The Newman Shame
Jan 01, 1978
The Kentucky Fried Movie
Aug 10, 1977
The Order
Jul 12, 2016
Becoming Bond
Mar 11, 2017
Death Game
Feb 22, 2017
Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond
May 13, 1987
Death by Misadventure: The Mysterious Life of Bruce Lee
Dec 31, 1993
And the Winner Isn't
Dec 08, 2017
Winter Break
Mar 22, 2003
A Winter Rose
Dec 02, 2016
Master Ninja II
Jan 20, 1984
The Path of the Dragon
Jan 01, 1998
The Operation
Feb 26, 1973
Hunter
Sep 29, 2015
Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist
Jan 01, 1998
Not Quite Hollywood
Aug 28, 2008
Real Men
Jul 18, 2019
Harry Saltzman: Showman
Jan 01, 2000
Who Saw Her Die?
May 12, 1972
Swiss Movement
Jan 01, 1969
Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'
May 16, 2000
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
Oct 29, 2012
Above It All
Jan 01, 1969
Evening in Byzantium
Aug 14, 1978
Z Dead End
The Secrets of 007
Dec 04, 1997
Heiße Ware aus Hong Kong
Jan 01, 1973
The Evil Inside Me
Jan 01, 1993
Legacy of the Dragon
Jan 01, 2001
Batman Beyond: The Movie
Jan 10, 1999
Batman Beyond
Jan 10, 1999
B. J. and the Bear
Feb 10, 1979
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Jan 27, 1993
The Pretender
Sep 19, 1996
Hawaii Five-O
Sep 20, 1968
E! True Hollywood Story
Aug 21, 1996
Hotel
Aug 21, 1982
Freddy's Nightmares
Oct 09, 1988
Superboy
Oct 08, 1988
Baywatch
Apr 23, 1989
Cover Up
Sep 22, 1984
Play for Today
Oct 15, 1970
Diagnosis: Murder
Oct 29, 1993
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Sep 29, 1985
