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 rocknroll music producer Ronnie ZMan Barzell in Russ Meyers delightfully outrageous camp cult classic Beyond the Valley of the Dolls Johns wonderfully wild and eccentric performance as ZMan should have led to bigger and better things but alas did not A majority of La Zars subsequent roles have been decidedly minor funny as sleazy pimp Carl McKinney in Meyers typically offthewall 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 hes especially memorable as evil sorcerer Jarek in the enjoyably silly tongueincheek sword and sorcery fantasy hoot Deathstalker II La Zar had a recurring role as scientist Dr Fez on the softcore 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