Cast & creator
George Lazenby
Best known for Diagnosis: Murder, Hawaii Five-O, Play for Today
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get the role included, spending his last pounds on acquiring a tailor-made suit from Sean Connery's tailor, which was originally made for Connery, along with purchasing a very Bondish-looking Rolex watch, and an Aston Martin DB5 car, the Bond car at the time.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 as: George Robert Lazenby
66
film credits
17
television credits
83
1967–2025 · acting roles
6.1
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (83)
Showing 83 of 83 credits
Diagnosis: Murder
Vince Thatcher
1993
Hawaii Five-O
John Cossett
1969
Play for Today
David Adler
1970
Baywatch
1989
Hotel
Emmett Saunders
1982
The Pretender
Major Charles
1996
Batman Beyond
King (voice)
1999
Omnibus
Self (archive footage)
1967
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
James
1985
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Chi'Ru Master
1993
Freddy's Nightmares
Dr. Clark
1988
B. J. and the Bear
1979
Cover Up
1984
Superboy
Jor-El
1988
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
James Bond
1969
The Master
Mallory
1984
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Batman Beyond: The Movie
King (voice)
1999
Gettysburg
Brig. Gen. J. Johnston Pettigrew
1993
The Kentucky Fried Movie
The Architect (segment "That's Armageddon")
1977
Evening in Byzantium
Roger Tory
1978
The Man from Hong Kong
Wilton
1975
Saint Jack
Senator
1979
Emmanuelle Forever
Mario
1993
Twin Sitters
Leland Stromm
1994
Everything or Nothing
Self
2012
And the Winner Isn't
Self
2017
Four Dogs Playing Poker
Carlo
2000
Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend
Self
1973
Emmanuelle's Perfume
Mario
1993
Death Dimension
Capt. Gallagher
1978
Never Too Young to Die
Drew Stargrove
1986
Who Saw Her Die?
Franco Serpieri
1972
Not Quite Hollywood
Self
2008
The Grand Knockout Tournament
Self
1987
The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair
J.B.
1983
Emmanuelle's Love
Mario
1993
Spider's Web
Leland De Winter
2002
Emmanuelle's Revenge
Mario
1993
The Path of the Dragon
Self
1998
The Secrets of 007
Self
1997
Emmanuelle's Secret
Mario
1993
The Order
Peters
2016
Becoming Bond
Himself
2017
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
Self
2012
Best Ever Bond
Self / James Bond
2002
Death by Misadventure: The Mysterious Life of Bruce Lee
Self
1993
Stoner
Joseph Stoner
1974
Cover Girls
Michael
1977
Mundije
US President
2025
The Evil Inside Me
Grandinetti
1993
Emmanuelle in Venice
Mario
1993
Eyes of the Beholder
Jack Wyman
1992
Hell Hunters
Heinrich
1988
A Queen's Ransom
Morgan
1976
Winter Break
Campbell Grady
2003
Real Men
Himself - Actor
2019
Master Ninja II
Mallory
1984
Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond
Self (archive footage)
1987Heiße Ware aus Hong Kong
Self
1973
Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist
Self
1998
Death Game
General Bullmount
2017
Emmanuelle's Magic
Mario
1993
A Winter Rose
Henry
2016
Hunter
General Bullmount
2015
Legacy of the Dragon
Self
2001
Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'
2000
Last Harem
Prince Almalarik
1981
Gut Feeling
1999
Kung Fu Killers
Self
1974
The Last Days of Bruce Lee
Himself (archive footage)
1973
Is There Anybody There?
John Hersey
1976
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
Self / James Bond
1995
Universal Soldier
Ryker
1972
Z Dead End
US President
Fox Hunt
Chauncy
1996
Star of Jaipur
John Steele
1998
Harry Saltzman: Showman
Self
2000
Above It All
Self
1969
The Operation
David Adler
1973
Shot On Ice
Self
1969
The Newman Shame
John Brandy
1978
Swiss Movement
Self
1969