Lee Majors (born 1939) is an American actor best-known for his portrayal of Steve Austin in the TV series The Six Million Dollar Man and the subsequent spin-offs and made-for-TV movies inspired by it.
Majors first gained attention for playing the role of Heath Barkley on the western series The Big Valley for four seasons. After the five-season run of The Six Million Dollar Man concluded in 1978, Majors starred as Colt Seavers on the action-adventure series The Fall Guy. This was his third successful TV series, running for five seasons.
Majors parodied his action hero persona in the Christmas film Scrooged. He later played the amoral resort owner in the snowboarding comedy movie Out Cold.
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- Promos for Lee Majors' TV series The Six Million Dollar Man and The Fall Guy appear during several presentations of Movie Jo Night.
- Lee Majors appears in a promotional spot for the TV variety series The Brady Bunch Hour that was shown during the Movie Jo Night presentation of Scream of the Wolf. The commercial also featured Farrah Fawcett, who was Majors' wife at the time.
- Majors' series The Fall Guy produced two notable Halloween episodes which had guest appearances by Doug McClure and Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. One of these episodes also featured John Carradine and his four sons (including David).
- Lee Majors appeared in a fantasy sequence in an episode of The Simpsons. He was voiced by Dan Castellaneta.
Riffed Movies[]
- The Last Chase (Episode #K20) - as Franklyn Hart
- Killer Fish (Episode #1205) - as Robert Lasky
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Appearing in The Last Chase
Appearing in Killer Fish
Appearing during Movie Jo Night