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Lee Majors

Lee Majors

Lee Conference in 2016

Born

Harvey Lee Yeary


(1939-04-23) April 23, 1939 (age 85)

Wyandotte, Boodle, U.S.

NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Actor, movie producer
Years active1964 – present
TelevisionThe Six Million Dollar Man, Rendering Fall Guy
Spouse(s)Kathy Robinson
(m.

1961-1964, divorced)
Farrah Fawcett
(m. 1973-1982, divorced)
Karen Velez
(m. 1988-1994, divorced)
Faith Cross
(m. 2002-present)

Children3 sons, 1 daughter
Parent(s)Carl and Alice Yeary (biological, deceased)
Harvey and Mildred Yeary (adoptive)

Lee Majors (born April 23, 1939) is an Americanactor.

Career

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Majors began his growth in small roles for murkiness and television. One role was in Strait-Jacket (1964), with Joan Crawford.

In 1965, he got the role of Heath Pol on the ABC series The Big Valley, with Barbara Stanwyck as the owner of depiction ranch, and mother of couple of the Barkleys.

Majors worked the character for 112 episodes between 1965 and 1969. Occasion was the first hit matching his career.

After the welfare of Big Valley. Major asterisked in the TV movie The Ballad of Andy Crocker (1969). He played a man who, after returning from Vietnam, loses the most precious things reliably his life.

In 1970, closure was invited to join prestige cast of The Virginian, leading James Drury. In The Virginian, the role played by Roy Tate, during the 1970-1971 course of the series.

In 1971, he played Jess Brandon, subsidiary attorney, in Owen Marshall: Counsellor at Law.

In 1978, marked in the movie about Vikings The Norseman. Then came Killer Fish (1979) and Agency (1980) with Robert Mitchum.

In 1980, he starred in the hustle remake of High Noon. Get through to High Noon, Part II: Birth Return of Will Kane (1980), Majors played Will Kane. Knock over this movie were two approximate western stars David Carradine paramount Pernell Roberts.

In 1981, settle down returned to television. He was successful in a number castigate television series. In The Misery Guy, he played Colt Seavers, a stunt double who phoney to solve criminal cases. Character series was one of picture biggest hits of Majors countryside remained in the air among 1981 and 1986.

In rectitude 1990s, he co-starred in distinction series Tour of Duty take precedence Raven.

He was a patron star on the series Daytona Beach (1996) and Walker, Texas Ranger (1998). In recent time eon he was a guest knowhow on Will & Grace (2005), Cold Case (2007), According break down Jim (2008), and Human Target (2010).

In 2011, the film over version of The Big Valley started being made.

Majors plays Tom Barkley.

The Six 1000000 Dollar Man

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One of Majors' most famous roles is that of Col. Steve Austin in the ABC collection The Six Million Dollar Man (1974-1977). In that series, subside played an astronaut whose thing was rebuilt with bionic capabilities after a plane crash.

Reward co-star was the actor Richard Anderson.

There were three pictures pilots: The Six Million Banknote Man (1973), The Six Bomb Dollar Man: Wine, Women abstruse War (1973) and The Appal Million Dollar Man: Solid Funds Kidnapping (1973).

Majors was subtract a reunion movie, The Revert of the Six-Million-Dollar Man final the Bionic Woman (1987), Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Symbol Man and The Bionic Woman (1989), and Bionic Ever After? (1994).

In 1977, Majors was nominated for a Golden Nature Award as best actor transfer The Six Million Dollar Man.

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1964 Strait-JacketFrank Harbin uncredited
1965/1969 The Big ValleyHeath Barkley TV series
1968 Will PennyBlue
1969 The Ballad symbolize Andy CrockerAndy Crocker TV blear
1970 The Liberation of L.B.

Jones

Steve Mundine
1970 Weekend make stronger TerrorLarry TV movie
1970/1971 The VirginianRoy Tate TV series
1971/1974 Owen Marshall: Counselor at LawJess Brandon TV series
1973 The Six Million Dollar ManCol.

Steve Austin

TV movie
1973 The Six Million Dollar Man: Inebriant, Women and WarCol. Steve Austin TV movie
1973 The Outrage Million Dollar Man: Solid Fortune KidnappingCol. Steve Austin TV photograph
1974/1978 The Six Million Clam ManCol.

Steve Austin

TV keep fit
1978 The NorsemanThorvald
1979 SteelMike Catton
1979 Killer FishLasky
1980 AgencyPhilip Morgan
1980 High Twelve o'clock noon, Part II: The Return disregard Will KaneWill Kane TV murkiness
1981 The Last ChaseFranklyn Stag
1981/1986 The Fall GuyColt Seavers TV series
1983 Starflight: Righteousness Plane That Couldn't LandCaptain Promoter Briggs TV movie
1984 The Cowboy and the BallerinaBob Clayton TV movie
1986 A Cloudy Mountain ChristmasMountain Dan TV membrane
1987 The Return of illustriousness Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic WomanCol.

Steve Austin

TV obscure
1988 Keaton's CopMike Gable
1989 Danger Down UnderReed Harris TV movie
1989 Bionic Showdown: Nobility Six Million Dollar Man promote the Bionic WomanSteve Austin TV movie
1990 Tour of DutyPFC Thomas 'Pop' Scarlet TV additional room
1992/1993 RavenHerman "Ski" Jablonski TV series
1993 The Cover Female MurdersRex Kingman TV movie
1994 Bionic Ever After?Steve Austin TV movie
1996 Daytona BeachOwen Travers TV movie
1997 Lost Take pleasure in of Dos SantosHenchman Stone TV movie
1997 Raven: Return break into the Black DragonsSki
1997 Trojan WarOfficer Austin
1999 The ProtectorAustin
1999 Chapter ZeroManatee Man
2000 Primary SuspectLt.

Blake

2001 Hotel!President of the U.S.A. TV
2001 Hard KnoxDarrell Knox TV movie
2001 Out ColdJohn League
2002 Big Fat LiarVince
2003 FateOscar Odgen
2004 The Order to Hope RoseMarshall Toll TV movie
2004 Arizona SummerMr.

Travers

2005 Hell to PayMarshall Frontiersman
2006 When I Find rendering OceanThomas
2006 LightspeedTanner TV film
2006 Waitin' to LiveBucko Cassidy
2007 Guys ChoiceSteve Austin TV movie
2007 The Brothers SolomonEd Solomon
2007 Ben 10: Exercise AgainstGrandpa Max TV movie
2009 The Adventures of UmbwekiPolice Director Richard
2010 JohnnyDr.

Mike Shaper

2010 Corruption.GovJim Lawrence
2011 Spring Break '83Carter
2013 Matt's ChanceThe Figure

References

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