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get the role included, spending his last pounds on acquiring a tailor-made suit from Sean Connery's tailor, which was originally made for Connery, along with purchasing a very Bondish-looking Rolex watch, and an Aston Martin DB5 car, the Bond car at the time.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