Lee Majors, a popular American actor, primarily for his roles in movies, sitcoms and television who also starred in four long-running ABC TV series over four decades. He is best known for his roles as Barbara Stanwyck's son, Heath Barkley on The Big Valley (1965-1969), as Arthur Hill's law partner/friend, Jess Brandon on Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (1971-1974), as Colonel Steve Austin on The Six Million Dollar Man (1974-1978), and as Colt Seavers on The Fall Guy (1981-1986). He also had a recurring role as Col. Seymour Kooze in Son of the Beach.

The son of Carl Yeary, who was killed in a work accident and Alice Yeary, who was killed in a hit and run accident, Yeary was born in the Detroit suburb of Wyandotte, Michigan. In 1941, when he was only two, he was adopted by his uncle and aunt.

Yeary adopted the stage name Lee Majors from his own middle name and from that of his cousin Johnny Majors.

Majors has been married four times, but his most famous marriage was to actress Farrah Fawcett, another 1970s pop icon. Majors has four children from two of his marriages.

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