Lee Majors Biography

Lee Majors is an American actor who was born and bought up in Wyandotte, Michigan, United States. He portrayed the characters of Heath Barkley in the American television Western series The Big Valley (1965–1969), Colonel Steve Austin in the American television science fiction action series The Six Million Dollar Man (1973–1978), and Colt Seavers in American television action series The Fall Guy (1981–1986).

10 Quick Facts About Lee Majors

1. Name: Lee Majors
2. Age: 82 years
3. Birthday: 24 April
4. Zodiac Sign: Taurus
5. Height: Not Available
6. Nationality: American
7. Occupation: Actor
8. Marital Status:Married
9. Salary: Under Review
10. Net worth:$15 million

Lee Majors Age

Lee is 82 years old as of 2022. He was born on 24 April 1939, in Wyandotte, Michigan, United States. He celebrates his birthday every 24 of April every year.

Lee Majors Height and Weight

Lee stands at an average height. He appears to be quite tall in stature if his photos, relative to his surroundings, are anything to go by. However, details regarding his actual height and other body measurements are currently not publicly available. We will update this section when the information is available.

Lee Majors Education

He went to Middlesboro High School where he participated in track and football. He graduated in 1957 and earned a scholarship to Indiana University, where he again competed in sports. Majors transferred to Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky,

Lee Majors Family, Parents, Siblings

Lee was born and raised by her parents in Wyandotte, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. His parents, Carl and Alice Yeary were both killed in separate accidents (his father in a work accident 6, months prior to his birth and his mother in a car accident when he was almost 18 months old). At age two, Majors was adopted by his uncle and aunt, Harvey and Mildred Yeary, and moved with them to Middlesboro, Kentucky.

Lee Majors Husband and Children

Kathy Robinson got married in 1961 and divorced in 1964. The two have one child together, named Lee Majors Jr. born April 8, 1962, who later became an actor and appeared alongside his father in the three Six Million Dollar Man/Bionic Woman reunion telefilms, credited as Lee Majors II.

Farrah Fawcett got married to Lee on July 28, 1973, and separated in 1979, divorced on February 16, 1982. During the first six years of their marriage, she went by the name of Farrah Fawcett-Majors. Fawcett died on June 25, 2009. Karen Velez married Majors 1988, divorced 1994  Playboy Playmate; one daughter, Nikki Loren, and twin sons, Dane Luke and Trey Kulley. Faith Cross married on November 1, 2002 actress and model.

Lee Majors Salary

Details pertaining to her annual earnings are currently unavailable. This information is however currently under review and will soon be updated.

Lee Majors Net Worth

Lee Majors has an estimated net worth of $15 million dollars as of 2022. This includes his assets, money, and income. His primary source of income is his career as an actor. Through his various sources of income, he has been able to accumulate good fortune but prefers to lead a modest lifestyle

Lee Majors Measurements and Facts

Here are some interesting facts and body measurements you should know about Lee.

Lee Majors Wiki

• Full Names: Lee Majors
• Popular As: Lee
• Gender: Male
• Occupation / Profession: Actor
• Nationality: American
• Race / Ethnicity: White
• Religion: Not Known
• Sexual Orientation: Straight

Lee Majors Birthday

• Age / How Old?: 82 years old as of 2022
• Zodiac Sign: Taurus
• Date of Birth: 24 April 1939
• Place of Birth: Wyandotte, Michigan, United States
• Birthday: 24 April

Lee Majors Body Measurements

• Body Measurements: Not Available
• Height / How Tall?: Not Known
• Weight: Not Known
• Eye Color: Not Available
• Hair Color: Not Available
• Shoe Size: Not Available
• Biceps Size: Not Available
• Chest Size: Not Available
• Waist Size: Not Available
• Hip Size: Not Available

Lee Majors Family and Relationship

• Father (Dad): Carl
• Mother:  Alice Yeary
• Siblings (Brothers and Sisters): Not Known
• Marital Status: Married
• Dating / Girlfriend: Married to Faith Cross
• Children: 3

Lee Majors Net Worth and Salary

• Net Worth: $15 million
• Salary: Under Review
• Source of Income: Actor

Lee Majors Career

Early roles

At age 25, Majors landed his first, although an uncredited, role in Strait-Jacket (1964), as Joan Crawford’s cheating husband. After appearing in a 1965 episode of Gunsmoke, he starred later that year as Howard White in an episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, “The Monkey’s Paw – A Retelling”, based on the short story by W. W. Jacobs.

Majors got his big break when he was chosen out of over 400 young actors, including Burt Reynolds, for the co-starring role of Heath Barkley in a new ABC western series, The Big Valley, which starred Barbara Stanwyck. Also starring on the show was another newcomer, Linda Evans, who played Heath’s younger sister, Audra.

Richard Long and Peter Breck played his brothers Jarrod and Nick, respectively. One of Heath’s frequently used expressions during the series was “Boy howdy!” Big Valley was an immediate hit. During the series, Majors co-starred in the 1968 Charlton Heston film Will Penny, for which he received an “Introducing” credit, and landed the lead role in The Ballad of Andy Crocker (1969), a made-for-television film which was the first broadcast by ABC.

The film was one of the first films to deal with the subject matter of Vietnam veterans “coming home”. That same year, he was offered the chance to star in Midnight Cowboy (1969), but The Big Valley was renewed for another season and he was forced to decline the role (which later went to Jon Voight).

When The Big Valley was canceled in 1969, he signed a long-term contract with Universal Studios. In 1970, Majors appeared in William Wyler’s final movie The Liberation of L.B. Jones and joined the cast of The Virginian for its final season when the show was restructured as “The Men From Shiloh” featuring four alternating leads. Majors played new ranch hand, Roy Tate.

Majors was called a “blond Elvis Presley” because of his resemblance to Elvis during this period of his career.

1970s: The Six Million Dollar Man

In 1971, he landed the role of Arthur Hill’s partner, Jess Brandon, on Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law, which garnered critical acclaim during its three seasons on ABC.

Majors’s co-starring role on Owen Marshall led him to a starring role as USAF Colonel Steve Austin, an ex-astronaut with bionic implants in The Six Million Dollar Man, a 1973 television movie broadcast on ABC. In 1974, the network decided to turn it into a weekly series. The series became an international success, being screened in over 70 countries, turning Majors into a pop icon. Majors also made his directorial debut in 1975, on an episode called “One of Our Running Backs Is Missing” which co-starred professional football players such as Larry Csonka and Dick Butkus.

In 1977, with The Six Million Dollar Man still a hit series, Majors tried to renegotiate his contract with Universal Television. The studio in turn filed a lawsuit to force him to report to work due to stipulations within his existing contract that had not yet expired. It was rumored that Majors was holding out for more money, but his manager denied this: according to him, Majors was fighting to have his own production company, Fawcett Majors Productions, brought on as an independent producer in association with Universal in order to make the company viable. After Majors did not report to work that June, studio executives ultimately relented. However, ratings began to decline and The Six Million Dollar Man was canceled in 1978 (as was The Bionic Woman). In November 2010, Time-Life released a 40 DVD set featuring every episode and bonus features from the show.

He also appeared in several films during the 1970s. The TV movie Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident (1976, as Francis Gary Powers), the Viking film The Norseman (1978) co-starring Cornel Wilde, the horror thriller Killer Fish (1979), the drama Steel (1979), which he produced, co-starring Jennifer O’Neill and Art Carney, and the political thriller Agency (1980), starring Robert Mitchum.

1980s: The Fall Guy

In 1981, Majors returned to another long-running television series. Producer Glen A. Larson (who had first worked with Majors on Alias Smith and Jones, where Majors guest-starred in one episode, and later on The Six Million Dollar Man) asked him to star in the pilot of The Fall Guy. Majors played Colt Seavers, a Hollywood stuntman who moonlights as a bounty hunter. Majors was also a producer and a director on the show, and even sang its theme song, the self-effacing “Unknown Stuntman.” Majors would invite several longtime friends, Linda Evans, Peter Breck, Lindsay Wagner, and Richard Anderson, to guest-star in various episodes. The series ran for five seasons until it was canceled in 1986.

His 1980s films include the made-for-TV sequel High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane (1980), playing Gary Cooper’s original role, the science fiction film The Last Chase (1981), and the disaster movie Starflight: The Plane That Couldn’t Land (1983). Between 1987 and 1994, Majors and Lindsay Wagner reunited in three The Six Million Dollar Man/The Bionic Woman TV movies. Majors also made cameo appearances in Circle of Two (1980) and as himself in the 1988 holiday comedy Scrooged.

1990s–present

In 1990, he starred in the film Keaton’s Cop and had recurring roles in Tour of Duty and the short-lived 1992 series, Raven. He also had supporting roles in the films Trojan War (1997), Out Cold (2001), Big Fat Liar (2002), and The Brothers Solomon (2007). He voiced the character of “Big” Mitch Baker in the 2002 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. He played Jaret Reddick’s disconnected father in Bowling For Soup’s 2007 video, “When We Die”. That same year, he played Grandpa Max in Ben 10: Race Against Time, and voiced a character on the APTN animated children’s program Wapos Bay: The Series that was named “Steve from Austin”. He also played a minor role in Stephen King’s The Mist.

Majors played Coach Ross on the CW Network television series The Game, which ran from October 1, 2006, to May 20, 2009.

Majors appeared in the role of God in “Jim Almighty” a 2007 episode of According to Jim. He later returned to the role in that show’s 2009 series finale, “Heaven Opposed to Hell”. Also in 2008, Majors played a member of the Minutemen (dedicated to preventing illegal border crossings) in season four of the Showtime series Weeds, where he recruits Kevin Nealon’s character. Majors reprised his role (voice only) as Col. Steve Austin in the “Bionic Woman” segment of the Robot Chicken season four episode “Love, Maurice” (2009).

In March 2010, Majors played the crusty sailing instructor in the Community episode “Beginner Pottery”. In April 2010, he appeared as the mentor of the series lead in “Christopher Chance”, the 12th episode of Human Target. Later that year, he provided the voice of General Abernathy in G.I. Joe: Renegades. He later reprised the role in a 2011 episode. In 2011, he appeared as “Rockwell” in Jerusalem Countdown. From 2011 to 2014 he appeared in three episodes of the Fox comedy Raising Hope, as Burt’s father, Ralph. On February 1, 2013, it was announced that Majors would appear in a two-episode guest spot in season two of TNT’s Dallas as Ken Richards, an old flame of Sue Ellen’s. In 2015, he appeared as J.D. in the faith-based drama Do You Believe? and the hip-hop dance-themed series Avengers of eXtreme Illusions. Majors appeared in the second and third seasons of Ash vs Evil Dead as Brock Williams, the father of Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell). In late 2018, Majors voiced an animated Six Million Dollar Man action figure in an advertisement for Honda’s “Happy Honda Days” sale event. In 2019, Majors voiced Jeff Tracy in Thunderbirds Are Go.

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