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Date of Birth

23 April 1939, Wyandotte, Michigan, USA

Birth Name

Harvey Lee Yeary

Height

6' (1.83 m)

Spouse

Faith Majors	(9 November 2002 - present)
Karen Velez	(September 1988 - 14 October 1994) (divorced) 3 children
Farrah Fawcett	(28 July 1973 - 16 February 1982) (divorced)
Kathy Robinson	(1961 - 1964) (divorced) 1 son

Trivia

Son, with Robinson, Lee Majors II.

Children, with Velez; daughter Nikki and twin sons Dane and Trey

Turned down the Mac Davis role in North Dallas Forty (1979) in favor of an independent production that never got off the ground.

Suffered three separate whippings in "The Big Valley" (1965). In a Mexican jail in "Legend of a General" shown 9-19-66. In a penal camp in "The Iron Box" shown 11-28-66. At the hands of a religious sect in "Journey into Violence" shown 12-18-67.

Landed the role of Joe Buck in Midnight Cowboy (1969) but "The Big Valley" (1965) was picked up for another year and was contractually obligated to pass on the role, which was then made famous by Jon Voight.

Starred concurrently in two TV shows at the same time - Playing Jess Brandon in "Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law" (1971) and Colonel Steve Austin in The Six Million Dollar Man (1973) (TV) TV movies.

Lee is not related to Johnny Majors, the 1956 Heisman Trophy runner-up at Tennessee, and became a great college football coach at Iowa State, Pitt and Tennessee. Lee adopted Majors' name after meeting him and becoming friends.

Signature exclamation as Heath Barkley in "The Big Valley" (1965) was "Boy, Howdy!".

His hometown is Middlesboro, Kentucky.

In 1976 he and wife Farrah Fawcett made TV history - a husband and wife each starring in separate top-rated shows.

Prior to getting his big break, Lee Majors was the limo driver for producer Jim Barnett, the man who created the TV show "World Championship Wrestling."

Graduated from Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky.

Was one of the judges in 1981 Miss Universe pageant.

Was a star athlete in high school and is a member of the Middlesboro High School sports hall of fame; the school later named their football field Lee Majors Field.

Was played by Ben Browder in Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Charlie's Angels' (2004) (TV).

He entered Indiana University on a football scholarship but was expelled two years later for his involvement in a fraternity fight. After transferring to Eastern Kentucky University, a game injury paralyzed him from the waist down for two weeks. That revealed a condition of congenital spondylolisthesis, an alignment defect of the spine, and he was forced to leave what was beginning to look like a great football career.

Best known by the public for his starring roles as Col. Steve Austin in "The Six Million Dollar Man" (1974) and as Colt Seavers in "The Fall Guy" (1981).

Has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Paul Newman and James Dean are his idols.

Before he was an actor, he did everything from working as a high school teacher to a recreational director.

His ex-wife Farrah Fawcett died in 2009, after a long battle against cancer.

Personal Quotes

I was never into my looks. What's important to me is my health and family.

[On the death of his ex-wife, Farrah Fawcett]: She fought a tremendous battle against a terrible disease. She was an angel on earth and now an angel forever.

Salary

"The Six Million Dollar Man" (1974)

$50,000 per episode

Where Are They Now

(March 2007) Stars as "The Dad" in 'Bowling For Soup''s music video for "When We Die".

(2008) Co-host, with Forbes Riley and Jerry, of an infomercial for his "Bionic Ear" hearing aid.

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