"The Fall Guy" (1981)TV series 1981-1986

Creator:

Glen A. Larson

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Release Date:

4 November 1981 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure

Plot:

The adventures of a film stunt performer who moonlights as a bounty hunter when movie work is slow.

Plot Keywords:

Stunt

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Lee Majors	...	Colt Seavers (112 episodes, 1981-1986)
Douglas Barr	...	Howie Munson (112 episodes, 1981-1986)
Heather Thomas	...	Jody Banks (112 episodes, 1981-1986)

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (DeLuxe)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

The opening credits feature a man dangling from a railroad crossing light pole. This stunt is from Silver Streak (1976).

Quotes:

Colt Seavers: This is the story of one of America's great unsung heroes. I mean you've seen him but you never knew who he was. You've cheered for him and cried for him and women have wanted to die for him. But did he ever get any credit or the girl? No! He's what we call the "Stuntman" and the reason I'm talking so fondly about him is...

Movie Connections:

Featured in "I Love the '80s Strikes Back" (2003) (mini)

Soundtrack:

The Ballad of the Unknown Stuntman

#I might roll a brand new car#

I always remember The Fall Guy's invasion on the British TV screens in the 1980s and the typical things added in with the classic opening of "The Unknown Stuntman" song. In fact, this goes to Lee Majors from his earlier stint starring as Steve Austin in Six Million Dollar Man to another Glen A. Larson creation of "The Fall Guy" about the unknown stuntman and so-called bounty hunter Colt (Coltrane?)Seavers. The plots generally worked out fine from starting with Colt's "on screen" stunt work to usually hunting down and tricking criminals whom evade justice being centred mostly in and around Los Angeles with sidekick assistant from a slightly flustered Howie and sparkling Jodie. I like the course of the action scenes, some stunts with the use of a large wheeled pick up and Colt armed with a gun that he normally uses on a film set and fires just blank shots. Some well known guest screen names have appeared on some episodes and quibbles aside, some of the scenes were quite funny when Colt goes knocking on somebody's door usually only to get an edgy and unfriendly welcome along with some of the endings were when Howie outspokenly blew Colt's chances of meeting a girl together with an unplugged food vending machine. Some of the lyrics from The Unknown Stuntman are funny and the most funniest is when it goes; #I might roll a brand new car#. Ha Ha Ha. I wonder how many have rolled about in a brand new car.