Short Biography

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, and Alice Yeary, who was killed in a car accident. In 1941, when Yeary was only two, he was adopted by his uncle and aunt, Harvey & Mildred Yeary, and moved with them to Middlesboro, Kentucky, where they already had another son, Bill.

Majors has been married four times and divorced three times. His most famous marriage was to actress Farrah Fawcett, another 1970s pop icon. In 1976, Majors and Fawcett made TV history by being a husband and wife who simultaneously starred in separate top-rated shows (The Six Million Dollar Man and Charlie`s Angels). They were married on July 28, 1973, and separated in 1979, but were not formally divorced until February 16, 1982.

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