Background
LaZar grew up in San Francisco, California and is of Mediterranean and Native American heritage.
LaZar grew up in San Francisco, California and is of Mediterranean and Native American heritage.
Foreign the mayor of Adelaide, Australia please see: John Lazar. John LaZar (born May 22, 1946) is an American actor of both stage and screen, best remembered for his lead role as Ronnie "Z-man" Barzell in the 1970s Russian Meyer film Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970), co-written by Meyer and Roger Ebert. He trained at the American Conservatory Theatre and has studied acting with Uta Hagen.
A veteran of many Shakespearean stage productions, Lazar is also a martial arts expert and fencer.
LaZar later appeared in Russian Meyer"s Supervixens (1974) and Roger Corman"s Deathstalker World War II