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George Lazenby
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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…
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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get the role included, spending his last pounds on acquiring a tailor-made suit from Sean Connery's tailor, which was originally made for Connery, along with purchasing a very Bondish-looking Rolex watch, and an Aston Martin DB5 car, the Bond car at the time.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.
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BODY OF WORK
George Lazenby's Filmography
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Mundije
as US President
Real Men
as Himself - Actor
And the Winner Isn't
as Self
Becoming Bond
as Himself
Death Game
as General Bullmount
A Winter Rose
as Henry
The Order
as Peters
Hunter
as General Bullmount
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
as Self
Everything or Nothing
as Self
Not Quite Hollywood
as Self
Winter Break
as Campbell Grady
Best Ever Bond
as Self / James Bond
Spider's Web
as Leland De Winter
Legacy of the Dragon
as Self
Four Dogs Playing Poker
as Carlo
Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'
Harry Saltzman: Showman
as Self
Batman Beyond: The Movie
as King (voice)
Gut Feeling
Star of Jaipur
as John Steele
The Path of the Dragon
as Self
Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist
as Self
The Secrets of 007
as Self
Fox Hunt
as Chauncy
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
as Self / James Bond
Twin Sitters
as Leland Stromm
Death by Misadventure: The Mysterious Life of Bruce Lee
as Self
Gettysburg
as Brig. Gen. J. Johnston Pettigrew
Emmanuelle's Secret
as Mario
Emmanuelle's Perfume
as Mario
Emmanuelle's Magic
as Mario
Emmanuelle's Love
as Mario
Emmanuelle in Venice
as Mario
Emmanuelle's Revenge
as Mario
Emmanuelle Forever
as Mario
The Evil Inside Me
as Grandinetti
Eyes of the Beholder
as Jack Wyman
Hell Hunters
as Heinrich
The Grand Knockout Tournament
as Self
Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond
as Self (archive footage)
Never Too Young to Die
as Drew Stargrove
Master Ninja II
as Mallory
The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair
as J.B.
Last Harem
as Prince Almalarik
Saint Jack
as Senator
Death Dimension
as Capt. Gallagher
The Newman Shame
as John Brandy
The Kentucky Fried Movie
as The Architect (segment "That's Armageddon")
Cover Girls
as Michael
A Queen's Ransom
as Morgan
Is There Anybody There?
as John Hersey
The Man from Hong Kong
as Wilton
Stoner
as Joseph Stoner
Kung Fu Killers
as Self
Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend
as Self
The Last Days of Bruce Lee
as Himself (archive footage)
The Operation
as David Adler
No Poster
Heiße Ware aus Hong Kong
as Self
Who Saw Her Die?
as Franco Serpieri
Universal Soldier
as Ryker
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
as James Bond
Above It All
as Self
Shot On Ice
as Self
Swiss Movement
as Self
Z Dead End
as US President