Handsome, imposing former model George Lazenby's iconic role was as James Bond in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969). Although not the best of all the Bond films, the story was arguably the best of all the Bond books.
Lazenby, born in New South Wales, Australia, became Bond upon the retirement from that role of the first and finest of the several Bonds, Sean Connery. When you are number two, you try harder, and, although he had a very tough act to follow, Lazenby looked the part and acted well enough that his backers wanted him to play in future Bond movies.
Lazenby, in an act of remarkable overconfidence, decided that the role would limit him as an actor, and Connery returned for the next Bond film.
Lazenby appeared in a few less than memorable karate movies, and his second biggest success was in Kentucky Fried Movie in 1977. He has appeared in quite a few more recent movies, but none of these roles made much impact on furthering his fame or career.
In 2008, Lazenby and his second wife, tennis star Pam Shriver, divorced.
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