Lee Majors (born Harvey Lee Yeary in April 23, 1939 in Wyandotte, Michigan) is an American actor, best known for swimming a a portion of Steve Austin, a previous astronaut with bionic limbs, in the television series The Six Million Dollar Man. Therein top-rated indicate, this role manufactured him the Usa pop culture icon of the 1970s.

Majors' right-known role prior to Steve Austin was in The Big Valley, a Sixties series by having a late screen legend Barbara Stanwyck. Within down the road years, he starred in another popular series, The Fall Guy (1981-86), as "Colt Seavers", the Hollywood stunt- man world health organization works as a bounty hunter when stunt work is slow. One of television's virtually all durable actors, Majors likewise starred inside numerous more TV series including The Big Valley (as Heath Barkley, 1965-69), The Virginian (1970-71), Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (1971-74), Tour of Duty (1990), Raven (1992-93), and As well Great deal Sun (2000). He received critical plaudits for his performance in the 1969 made-for-TV film, The Ballad of Andy Crocker. within the Eighties & Nineties, he reprised his best known role in 3 Six Million Dollar Man/Bionic Woman reunion TV-movies, with actress Lindsay Wagner.

Majors has been married 4 days, however his best known marriage was to actress Farrah Fawcett, another brobdingnagian Seventies popular icon. Inside 1976 Majors & Fawcett manufactured TV history by existence the married man and married woman from each one starring within separate top rated shows, The Six Million Dollar Man (Majors) and ''Charlie's Angels (Fawcett). It were married from either July 28, 1973 to February 16, 1982, but it separated within 1979. It broke higher because Majors wanted his partner to become front yard by owning him in the evenings whenever she typically required to functiin on her indicate. A producers of her indicate manufactured a select few concessions—e.g. she was allowed to leave a placed to develop dinner for Majors each evening—however yet a demands of two their careers proved as well taxing & it parted ways.

Big league has iv tikes from either 2 of his marriages. He has a single boy, actor Lee Majors II (born circa 1962), from either his marriage to Kathy Robinson (1961 - 1964), who would last in to come out as an OSI professional in the 3 Six Million Dollar Man/The Bionic Woman'' reunion movies by owning his father. His marriage to previous Playboy Playmate, Karen Velez (1988 - 1994) produced one girl, Nikki Majors, & twin sons, Dane Majors & Trey Majors. He is presently married to Faith Noelle, whom he wed in November 1, 2002.

Big league continues to play roles around processed for TV pic & makes cameo appearances on more shows, from time to time parodying his Steve Austin image.