Lee Majors

**Lee Majors** (born April 23, 1939) is an American actor.

## Career

Majors began his career in small roles for movie and television. One role was in _Strait-Jacket_ (1964), with Joan Crawford.

In 1965, he got the role of Heath Barkley on the ABC series _The Big Valley_, with Barbara Stanwyck as the owner of the ranch, and mother of three of the Barkleys. Majors played the character for 112 episodes between 1965 and 1969. It was the first hit of his career.

After the success of _Big Valley_. Major starred in the TV movie _The Ballad of Andy Crocker_ (1969). He played a man who, after returning from Vietnam, loses the most precious things in his life.

In 1970, he was invited to join the cast of _The Virginian_, starring James Drury. In _The Virginian_, the role played by Roy Tate, during the 1970-1971 season of the series.

In 1971, he played Jess Brandon, assistant attorney, in _Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law_.

In 1978, starred in the movie about Vikings _The Norseman_. Then came _Killer Fish_ (1979) and _Agency_ (1980) with Robert Mitchum.

In 1980, he starred in the television remake of _High Noon_. In _High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane_ (1980), Majors played Will Kane. In this movie were two big western stars David Carradine and Pernell Roberts.

In 1981, he returned to television. He was successful in a number of television series. In _The Fall Guy_, he played Colt Seavers, a stunt double who worked to solve criminal cases. The series was one of the biggest hits of Majors and remained in the air between 1981 and 1986.

In the 1990s, he co-starred in the series _Tour of Duty_ and _Raven_. He was a guest star on the series _Daytona Beach_ (1996) and  _Walker, Texas Ranger_ (1998). In recent years he was a guest star on _Will & Grace_ (2005), _Cold Case_ (2007), _According to Jim_ (2008), and _Human Target_ (2010).

In 2011, the movie version of _The Big Valley_ started being made. Majors plays Tom Barkley.

## _The Six Million Dollar Man_

One of Majors' most famous roles is that of Col. Steve Austin in the ABC series _The Six Million Dollar Man_ (1974-1977).  In that series, he played an astronaut whose body was rebuilt with bionic parts after a plane crash. His co-star was the actor Richard Anderson.

There were three movies pilots: _The Six Million Dollar Man_ (1973), _The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War_ (1973) and _The Six Million Dollar Man: Solid Gold Kidnapping_ (1973).

Majors was in a reunion movie, _The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman_ (1987), _Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman_ (1989), and _Bionic Ever After?_ (1994).

In 1977, Majors was nominated for a Golden Globe Award as best actor for _The Six Million Dollar Man_.

## Filmography

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1964|_Strait-Jacket_|Frank Harbin|uncredited||
|1965/1969|_The Big Valley_|Heath Barkley|TV series||
|1968|_Will Penny_|Blue|||
|1969|_The Ballad of Andy Crocker_|Andy Crocker|TV movie||
|1970|_The Liberation of L.B. Jones_|Steve Mundine|||
|1970|_Weekend of Terror_|Larry|TV movie||
|1970/1971|_The Virginian_|Roy Tate|TV series||
|1971/1974|_Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law_|Jess Brandon|TV series||
|1973|_The Six Million Dollar Man_|Col. Steve Austin|TV movie||
|1973|_The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War_|Col. Steve Austin|TV movie||
|1973|_The Six Million Dollar Man: Solid Gold Kidnapping_|Col. Steve Austin|TV movie||
|1974/1978|_The Six Million Dollar Man_|Col. Steve Austin|TV series||
|1978|_The Norseman_|Thorvald|||
|1979|_Steel_|Mike Catton|||
|1979|_Killer Fish_|Lasky|||
|1980|_Agency_|Philip Morgan|||
|1980|_High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane_|Will Kane|TV movie||
|1981|_The Last Chase_|Franklyn Hart|||
|1981/1986|_The Fall Guy_|Colt Seavers|TV series||
|1983|_Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land_|Captain Cody Briggs|TV movie||
|1984|_The Cowboy and the Ballerina_|Bob Clayton|TV movie||
|1986|_A Smoky Mountain Christmas_|Mountain Dan|TV movie||
|1987|_The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman_|Col. Steve Austin|TV movie||
|1988|_Keaton's Cop_|Mike Gable|||
|1989|_Danger Down Under_|Reed Harris|TV movie||
|1989|_Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman_|Steve Austin|TV movie||
|1990|_Tour of Duty_|PFC Thomas 'Pop' Scarlet|TV series||
|1992/1993|_Raven_|Herman "Ski" Jablonski|TV series||
|1993|_The Cover Girl Murders_|Rex Kingman|TV movie||
|1994|_Bionic Ever After?_|Steve Austin|TV movie||
|1996|_Daytona Beach_|Owen Travers|TV movie||
|1997|_Lost Treasure of Dos Santos_|Henchman Stone|TV movie||
|1997|_Raven: Return of the Black Dragons_|Ski|||
|1997|_Trojan War_|Officer Austin|||
|1999|_The Protector_|Austin|||
|1999|_Chapter Zero_|Manatee Man|||
|2000|_Primary Suspect_|Lt. Blake|||
|2001|_Hotel!_|President of the U.S.A.|TV movie||
|2001|_Hard Knox_|Darrell Knox|TV movie||
|2001|_Out Cold_|John Majors|||
|2002|_Big Fat Liar_|Vince|||
|2003|_Fate_|Oscar Odgen|||
|2004|_The Trail to Hope Rose_|Marshall Toll|TV movie||
|2004|_Arizona Summer_|Mr. Travers|||
|2005|_Hell to Pay_|Marshall Boone|||
|2006|_When I Find the Ocean_|Thomas|||
|2006|_Lightspeed_|Tanner|TV movie||
|2006|_Waitin' to Live_|Bucko Cassidy|||
|2007|_Guys Choice_|Steve Austin|TV movie||
|2007|_The Brothers Solomon_|Ed Solomon|||
|2007|_Ben 10: Race Against_|Grandpa Max|TV movie||
|2009|_The Adventures of Umbweki_|Police Captain Richard|||
|2010|_Johnny_|Dr. Mike Miller|||
|2010|_Corruption.Gov_|Jim Lawrence|||
|2011|_Spring Break '83_|Carter|||
|2013|_Matt's Chance_|The Figure|||

## References

- (original pilot)
- (series)
- _The Six Million Dollar Man_  at Nostalgia Central
- _The Six Million Dollar Man_ at Jump The Shark

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Lee Majors
- **image**: Lee Majors by Gage Skidmore.jpg
- **caption**: Lee Majors in 2016
- **birth name**: Harvey Lee Yeary
- **birth place**: Wyandotte, Michigan, United States, U.S.
- **nationality**: United States, American
- **years active**: 1964 – present
- **occupation**: Actor, movie producer
- **television**: _The Six Million Dollar Man, The Fall Guy_
- **spouse**: Kathy Robinson
(m. 1961-1964, divorced)
Farrah Fawcett
(m. 1973-1982, divorced)
Karen Velez
(m. 1988-1994, divorced)
Faith Cross
(m. 2002-present)
- **children**: 3 sons, 1 daughter
- **parents**: Carl and Alice Yeary (biological, deceased)
Harvey and Mildred Yeary (adoptive)