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 bitpart in a 1965 Italianmade Bond spoof Lazenby won the role based on a screentest 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to to get the role included spending his last pounds on acquiring a tailormade suit from Sean Connerys tailor which was originally made for Connery along with purchasing a very Bondishlooking Rolex watch and an Aston Martin DB5 car the Bond car at the time Lazenby quit the role of Bond right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 Majestys 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 postBond 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