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George Lazenby
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Born: Sep 5, 1939
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George Lazenby was born in Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia. He moved to London, England in 1964, after serving in the Australian Army. Before becoming an actor, he worked as a male model, in London. 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. He 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 'Cubby 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to, to get the role included, spending his money on acquiring a tailor-made suit from Sean Connery's tailor, which was originally made for Connery, along with purchasing a very Bondish-looking Rolex watch, and an Aston Martin DB5 car, the Bond car at the time.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, 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 Emmanuel, several Bond movie spoofs, TV guest appearance...[MORE]
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