John Lazar

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: San Francisco, California, USA, 1946-05-22

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1970	Beyond the Valley of the Dolls	Ronnie Z-Man Barzell	62
2	1975	Supervixens	Cal MacKinney	57
3	1978	Every Girl Should Have One	Chris	10
4	1983	Up 'n' Coming	Paul Fallon	60
5	1987	Deathstalker II	Jarek the Sorcerer	57
6	1993	Eddie Presley	Limousine Driver	37
7	1995	Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold	Dr. Lindstrom	37
8	1995	Stripteaser	Bar Patron	45
9	1995	Night of the Scarecrow	The Warlock	48
10	1996	Over the Wire	Assassin	28
11	1997	Maximum Security	Murdock	20
12	1997	The Body Beautiful	Dr. Fez	45
13	1997	Sex, Lies & Politics	Dr. Fez	54
14	1997	In the Heat of the Click	Dr. Fez	44
15	1997	Erotic Curse of Cairo	Dr. Fez	64
16	1997	Rod Steele 0014: You Only Live Until You Die	Dr. Fez	55
17	1997	For the Love of the Click	Dr. Fez	30
18	1997	Secrets Revealed	Dr. Fez	43
19	1997	Legally Exposed	Dr. Fez	43
20	2006	Above, Beneath and Beyond the Valley: The Making of a Musical-Horror-Sex-Comedy	Self	80
21	2009	Alice Jacobs Is Dead	Ben Jacobs	65
22	2020	Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp	Self	68

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1999	Cult Movies TV	Self	0
2	2020	Sado Psychiatrist	John Lazar	0
3		The Click	Dr. Fez	10

John Lazar

Film

Television