My Take
Lee Majors is one of those guys who basically defined what a TV action hero looked like for an entire generation of American viewers. I grew up knowing him as the Six Million Dollar Man — that slow-motion running, the bionic sound effect, the absolute confidence that Steve Austin could handle anything — and honestly, that show was appointment television in the 1970s in a way that's hard to explain now. Then he came back with The Fall Guy in the 1980s and proved it wasn't a fluke; the man had genuine, durable screen presence that kept audiences coming back. He started out in Westerns on The Big Valley, so he covered the full range of classic American TV genres. A Hollywood Walk of Fame star feels like the right reward for someone who gave that much of himself to the small screen over so many decades.
Overview
Harvey Lee Yeary (born April 23, 1939), known professionally as Lee Majors, is an American actor. He portrayed the characters of Heath Barkley on the American television Western series The Big Valley (1965–1969), Colonel Steve Austin on the American television science-fiction action series The Six Million Dollar Man (1973–1978), and Colt Seavers on the American television action series The Fall Guy (1981–1986).
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Lee Majors
- Name (Japanese)
- リー・メイジャーズ
- Reading
- りー・めいじゃーず
- Born
- April 23, 1939 (age 87)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Rabbit
- Origin
- Wyandotte, Michigan, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / singer / film actor / television actor / film producer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Middlesboro High School
- University
- Eastern Kentucky University
Awards & achievements
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.