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Podcast: The Collection with Brad Gilmore
Episode: George Lazenby, "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"
Description: George Robert Lazenby (/ΛleΙͺzΙnbi/; born 5 September 1939)[1] is an Australian actor and former model. He was the second actor to portray fictional British secret agent James Bond in the Eon Productions film series, playing the character in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969). Having appeared in only one film, Lazenby's tenure as Bond was the shortest among the actors in the series. Beginning his professional career as a model, Lazenby had only acted in commercials when he was cast to replace original Bond actor Sean Connery.[2] He declined to return in subsequent Bond films and instead pursued roles in films thr...