Lee Majors (born Harvey Lee Yeary on April 23, 1939 in Wyandotte, Michigan) is an American actor, best known for playing the part of Steve Austin, a former astronaut with bionic limbs, in the television series The Six Million Dollar Man. In this top-rated show, this role made him a US pop culture icon of the 1970s.

Majors' best-known role before Steve Austin was as Heath Barkley in The Big Valley, a 1960s series with the late screen legend Barbara Stanwyck. (According to the book "Lash! The Hundred Great Scenes of Men Being Whipped in the Movies," Heath Barkley ranks as the most-frequently flogged character in TV history, having felt the lash across his back in three separate episodes.) In later years, he starred in another popular series, The Fall Guy (1981-86), as "Colt Seavers", a Hollywood stunt- man who works as a bounty hunter when stunt work is slow. One of television's most durable actors, Majors also starred in many other TV series including The Big Valley (as Heath Barkley, 1965-69), The Virginian (1970-71), Counselor at Law (1971-74), Tour of Duty (1990), Raven (1992-93), and Too Much Sun (2000). He received critical acclaim for his performance in the 1969 made-for-TV film, The Ballad of Andy Crocker. In the 1980s and 1990s, he reprised his most famous role in three The Six Million Dollar Man/The Bionic Woman reunion TV-movies, with actress Lindsay Wagner.

Majors has been married four times, but his most famous marriage was to actress Farrah Fawcett, another huge 1970s pop icon. In 1976 Majors and Fawcett made TV history by being a husband and wife each starring in separate top rated shows, The Six Million Dollar Man (Majors) and Charlie's Angels (Fawcett). They were married from July 28, 1973 to February 16, 1982, but they separated in 1979. They broke up because Majors wanted his spouse to be home with him in the evenings when she often needed to work on her show. The producers of her show made some concessions—for example she was allowed to leave the set to prepare dinner for Majors every evening—but eventually the demands of both their careers proved too onerous and they parted ways.

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@ralvarez_r Me imagino...tipo Lee Majors, el hombre de 6 millones, cuando corria en camara leeeeenta. :)
bihotita (M. Fca Artaza ) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:29:55 -0000
@ralvarez_r Me imagino...tipo Lee Majors, el hombre de 6 millones, cuando corria en camara leeeeenta. :)
Directed by the Fonz and featuring Lee Majors, Odo from DS9, John Ritter, & Dan Akroyd #smokymountainxmas http://twitpic.com/v7az9
ReelDistraction (Reel Distraction) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:43:40 -0000
Directed by the Fonz and featuring Lee Majors, Odo from DS9, John Ritter, & Dan Akroyd #smokymountainxmas http://twitpic.com/v7az9
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RT @BLaCkitaLiaNa7: RT @DzNuttsRadio: #NOWPLAYING On www.DzNuttsRadio.com: The Jacka And Lee Majors - Pour Up (Lean)
Just saw a commercial where the Six Million Dollar Man, (Lee Majors), is hawking his Lee Major's Bionic Ear hearing aid device.
tbrewster (tbrewster) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:07:40 -0000
Just saw a commercial where the Six Million Dollar Man, (Lee Majors), is hawking his Lee Major's Bionic Ear hearing aid device.
@kevinddaly "Lee Majors? The Six Million Dollar Man?"
mreida (Monica Reida) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:52:20 -0000
@kevinddaly "Lee Majors? The Six Million Dollar Man?"
just added: DJ Lee Majors - Christmas Sex (The Sex Tape Part 6) http://bit.ly/4t3bPo
jahkno (jahkno) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:31:34 -0000
just added: DJ Lee Majors - Christmas Sex (The Sex Tape Part 6) http://bit.ly/4t3bPo

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