Lee Majors (born April 23, 1939) is an American actor, primarily known for several high profile roles on television in the 1960s, '70s and '80s.
Majors is known for his roles as Barbara Stanwyck's husband's illegitimate son, Heath Barkley, on The Big Valley (1965-1969), as Arthur Hill's law partner/friend, Jess Brandon, on Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (1971-1974), as Colonel Steve Austin, on The Six Million Dollar Man (1974-1978), and as Colt ...
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Lee Majors (born April 23, 1939) is an American actor, primarily known for several high profile roles on television in the 1960s, '70s and '80s.
Majors is known for his roles as Barbara Stanwyck's husband's illegitimate son, Heath Barkley, on The Big Valley (1965-1969), as Arthur Hill's law partner/friend, Jess Brandon, on Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (1971-1974), as Colonel Steve Austin, on The Six Million Dollar Man (1974-1978), and as Colt Seavers on The Fall Guy (1981-1986). He also had a recurring role as Col. Seymour Kooze in Son of the Beach.
Majors was born on April 23, 1939, as Harvey Lee Yeary in the Detroit suburb of Wyandotte, Michigan. He was the only child of Carl Yeary, who was killed in a work-related accident before Majors was born, and Alice Yeary, who was killed in a car accident when Majors was a year old. In 1941, when Yeary was two, he was adopted by an uncle and aunt, Harvey & Mildred Yeary, and moved with them to Middlesboro, Kentucky, where they already had...
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