Emil Jannings

Very proficient in money matters, Jannings was one of the highest paid actors of his time. As a former commando, expert skier, expert martial artist with multiple black belts, accomplished horseman, motorcycle racer, and having the ability to act many still consider him the quintessential James Bond. Because of his involvement in Nazi propaganda, Jannings was prohibited to work after the war, and retired to his farm in Austria. Today Lazenby enjoys motorcycle racing and playing golf. Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels named him "Artist of the State" in 1941. The couple had their first baby on 12 July 2004. He made several pro-Nazi films, ending any chance he may have had for a comeback in the United States. In 2002 he married his second wife, the former tennis player Pam Shriver.

He returned to Europe, where he starred opposite Marlene Dietrich in the classic The Blue Angel, filmed in English simultaneously with its German version Der Blaue Engel. In the 1970s he worked in Hong Kong with Bruce Lee, and had a lunch appointment with Lee and Raymond Chow to discuss a major movie project when Lee suddenly died. Born Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz in Rorschach, Switzerland, of a German mother and an American father, Jannings, as a theater actor, had a promising Hollywood career come to an end when talkies made his thick German accent difficult to understand. After the movie, Lazenby's agent talked him into refusing a seven movie contract on the grounds that the Bond character was passé; unsurprisingly, he describes this as the biggest mistake of his life. He won the 1927/1928 Oscar for two films -- The Way of All Flesh and The Last Command. Although it performed relatively poorly on release, in part thanks to a poor publicity campaign, the movie is now considered among the best of the series by many, but not all, fans of the Bond movie series; it is one of the best regarded by fans of Ian Fleming's novels. Emil Jannings (July 23, 1884 - January 3, 1950) was the first winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor. Hunt refusing to talk directly to him—and this in turn was caused by Lazenby (unaware of studio politics or Hunt's sensibilities) simply being too brusque in passing on a request for Hunt's friends to clear a set before filming.

According to Lazenby however, the difficulties were caused by director Peter R. It was later rumoured that he had been "difficult to work with" in this project. His first serious acting role was as James Bond in the film On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969). By 1968, he was the highest paid model in the world (it is said that in 1967, he made £40,000 directly from modelling, and £60,000 from commercials and product endorsements—equivalent to over a million pounds in 2004).

He moved to London in 1964, working as a car salesman and as a model, then as an actor in advertising. He was born in Queanbeyan City (or Goulburn), New South Wales, and served in the Australian Army Special forces and as a military unarmed combat instructor. George Lazenby (born September 5, 1939) is an Australian actor. Espionage in Tangiers (1965).

On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969). Universal Soldier (1971). The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977). The Newman Shame (1977).

Death Dimension (1978). Saint Jack (1979). Last Harem (1981). General Hospital (1982) (TV Series).

The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1983) (TV series) (in which Lazenby plays a very Bond-like character called "JB".). Rituals (1984) (TV Series). Master Ninja VII (1984). Master Ninja VI (1984).

Master Ninja V (1984). Master Ninja II (1984). Never Too Young to Die (1986). Hell Hunters (1986).

Superboy (1988) (TV Series). Eyes of the Beholder (1992). Emmanuelle's Secret (1992). Emmanuelle's Revenge (1992).

Emmanuelle's Perfume (1992). Emmanuelle's Magic (1992). Gettysburg (1993). Emmanuelle's Love (1993).

Emmanuelle in Venice (1993). Emmanuelle Forever (1993). Twin Sitters (1994). Fox Hunt (1996).

Star of Jaipur (1998). Gut Feeling (1999). The Pretender (1999-2000) (TV Series). Four Dogs Playing Poker (2000).

Spider's Web (2001). Sheer Bliss (2002).