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John Lazar

John Lazar

Birthday: 1946-05-22 | Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA

John La Zar was born and raised in San Francisco, California. He trained at the American Conservatory Theatre and has studied acting with Uta Hagen, Bill Ball, Jack Kosslyn, and Paul Shenar. La Zar was portraying the titular role in a University of Hawaii stage production of "Caligula" when he was approached by 20th Century Fox studio casting agent Phil Benjamin to audition for the part of deranged and debauched rock'n'roll music producer Ronnie 'Z-Man' Barzell in Russ Meyer's delightfully outrageous camp cult classic "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls." John's wonderfully wild and eccentric performance as 'Z-Man' should have led to bigger and better things, but alas did not. A majority of La Zar's subsequent roles have been decidedly minor: funny as sleazy pimp Carl McKinney in Meyer's typically off-the-wall "Supervixens," a Palestine general in the "David & Goliath" episode of "Greatest Heroes of the Bible," a limousine driver in "Eddie Presley," a warlock in "Night of the Scarecrow," and a strip club patron in "Stripteaser." However, on occasion John has landed a more substantial part; he's especially memorable as evil sorcerer Jarek in the enjoyably silly tongue-in-cheek sword and sorcery fantasy hoot "Deathstalker II." La Zar had a recurring role as scientist Dr. Fez on the soft-core cable TV series "Click." In addition to his regrettably sparse film and TV credits, John has acted in stage productions of such plays as "The Crucible," "Macbeth," "Carnival," "High Mass," "No Exit," and "Everyman." Outside of acting, La Zar is also a ballet dancer, master swordsman, and expert martial artist. He lives in Los Angeles, California.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1997
Sex, Lies & Politics

as    Dr. Fez

1997
Erotic Curse of Cairo

as    Dr. Fez

1997
In the Heat of the Click

as    Dr. Fez

1997
Secrets Revealed

as    Dr. Fez

1997
The Body Beautiful

as    Dr. Fez

1997
Legally Exposed

as    Dr. Fez

1997
For the Love of the Click

as    Dr. Fez

1997
Maximum Security

as    Murdock

1995
Stripteaser

as    Bar Patron

1995
Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold

as    Dr. Lindstrom

1995
Night of the Scarecrow

as    The Warlock

1987
Deathstalker II

as    Jarek the Sorcerer

1978
Every Girl Should Have One

as    Chris

1975
Supervixens

as    Cal MacKinney

1970
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

as    Ronnie Z-Man Barzell