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.
Acting
Movie
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
as Ronnie Z-Man Barzell
1970
Movie
Supervixens
as Cal MacKinney
1975
Movie
Deathstalker II: Duel of the Titans
as Jarek the Sorcerer
1987
Movie
Night of the Scarecrow
as The Warlock
1995
Movie
Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold
as Dr. Lindstrom
1995
Movie
Rod Steele 0014: You Only Live Until You Die
as Dr. Fez
1997
Movie
Up 'n' Coming
as Paul Fallon
1983
Movie
Stripteaser
as Bar Patron
1995
Movie
The Body Beautiful
as Dr. Fez
1997
Movie
Eddie Presley
as Limousine Driver
1993
Movie
Scorpion
as 2nd Faued
1986
Movie
Legally Exposed
as Dr. Fez
1997
Movie
In the Heat of the Click
as Dr. Fez
1997
Movie
Sex, Lies & Politics
as Dr. Fez
1997
Movie
Alice Jacobs Is Dead
as Ben Jacobs
2009
Movie
Over the Wire
as Assassin
1996
Movie
Erotic Curse of Cairo
as Dr. Fez
1997
Movie
Maximum Security
as Murdock
1997
Movie
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
as Self
2020
Movie
Secrets Revealed
as Dr. Fez
1997
TV
The Click
as Dr. Fez
Movie
Every Girl Should Have One
as Chris
1978
Movie
For the Love of the Click
as Dr. Fez
1997
Movie
Above, Beneath and Beyond the Valley: The Making of a Musical-Horror-Sex-Comedy
as Self
2006