1946-05-22 ( 78 years old ) in 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.
Movies
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
2020-06-23
Alice Jacobs Is Dead
2009-07-23
Legally Exposed
1997-01-22
Secrets Revealed
1997-01-07
For the Love of the Click
1997-01-06
Rod Steele 0014: You Only Live Until You Die
1997-01-05
Erotic Curse of Cairo
1997-01-04
In the Heat of the Click
1997-01-03
Sex, Lies & Politics
1997-01-02
Maximum Security
1997-01-01
The Body Beautiful
1997-01-01
Over the Wire
1996-05-21
Night of the Scarecrow
1995-08-08
Stripteaser
1995-06-23
Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold
1995-06-02
Eddie Presley
1993-05-20
Deathstalker II
1987-06-03
Up 'n' Coming
1983-01-07
Every Girl Should Have One
1978-01-01
Supervixens
1975-04-02
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
1970-07-17
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