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Lee Majors

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Biography

Recent Role:
Burt's Dad on Raising Hope
Gender:
Male
Born:
4-23-1939
Birthplace:
Wyandotte, Michigan, USA
Birth Name:
Harvey Lee Yeary
AKA:
Lee Yeary
Lee Majors (Harvey Lee Yeary) was born in Wyandotte, Michigan, on April 23, 1939. His birth parents were killed in an auto accident when Majors was less than a year old and he was adopted by his biological uncle and aunt (Harvey and Mildred Yeary) and reared as their own son. Majors also has a brother William "Bill" Yeary.
Growing up in the small Kentucky town of Middlesboro, Majors attended Middlesboro High School and played for the varsity football team. After graduation,Majors attended Indiana University and Eastern Kentucky University. It was while in college that Majors
… More discovered a love of acting and decided to make a career of it.
Majors first role of note was on the 1960's western series, The Big Valley, starring Barbara Stanwyck. He played Heath Barkley, the illegitimate son of Ms. Stanwyck's (Victoria Barkley) deceased husband. This supporting role lasted for four years. Majors's next role of note, as Steve Austin on The Six Million Dollar Man series, would be the defining character creation of his career and the role he is best remembered for. The Six Million Dollar Man spawned a second series (The Bionic Woman) and four made for television movies. Next came Majors's long-running series, The Fall Guy. In this one, Majors played Colt Seavers, a movie stuntman and bounty hunter. Majors has also starred or co-starred in several big screen films, the most notable being The Vikings and Straight Jacket. Lee Majors has also appeared in a number of television commercials. The most famous being for "Diet Rite Cola" in 1986 and for "ING" in 2003.
On the personal front, Lee Majors has been married four times (Kathy Robinson, Farrah Fawcett, Karen Velez and Faith Noelle). Mr. Majors is the father of four children, Lee Majors II, twin sons- Dane and Trey, and daughter Nikki. Lee Majors continues to act, guest starring in many popular series of the day and a number of feature films.

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    8.6 Great
    A very talented actor! hide show

    Lee Majors has the distinction along with ex-wife Farrah Fawcett of being the first married couple in small screen history to both have shows in the top ten at the same time. Granted, Majors and Fawcett are no longer married, and granted, it was a long time ago, but that is doing pretty well for an actor from rural Kentucky. Majors, has starred in a number of well-received series over the years (The Six Million Dollar Man and The Fall Guy being the most memorable) and has appeared in a number of television and feature films. Majors has always come across as a very solid actor and human being. No headlines in the tabloids for Mr. Majors (well,at least not since the Farrah and Ryan O'Neal situation, and that was almost thirty years ago) and considering he has been married four times, that is a clean record by Hollywood standards.

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