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George Lazenby
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Actor Born: September 5, 1939 in Goulburn, Australia Biography:Poor "George Lazenby" achieved a negative fame for most of his career as The Man Who Would Be James Bond. The son of an Australian railway worker, Lazenby's first paying job was as an auto mechanic. He worked his way up to car salesman before exploiting his good looks as a male model in England. When "Sean Connery" briefly left the James Bond film series in 1967, producers "Harry Saltzman" and "Albert Broccoli" decided to invent a "new" "Connery", and Lazenby was selected to portray 007 in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969). Although his performance was by no means as bad as some critics have claimed -- in fact, time has been kind to his no-nonsense interpretation of the character -- Lazenby invited reams of bad press when he spoke ill of his highly respected leading lady "Diana Rigg". While Secret Service earned nine million dollars (less than its predecessors, but still a success), Lazenby's... Full Biography
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