Lee Majors
Biography
Lee Majors is an American actor who built a long career in television and film after starting with small roles. Born in Wyandotte, Michigan, he studied acting after moving to Los Angeles and made his screen debut in an uncredited part in Strait-Jacket (1964). His breakthrough came as Heath Barkley on the Western series The Big Valley, which ran from 1965 to 1969. He then became a pop icon as Colonel Steve Austin in The Six Million Dollar Man (1973), a role he played in a series and later television movies. From 1981 to 1986 he starred as stuntman and bounty hunter Colt Seavers on The Fall Guy. Later he had supporting roles in Big Fat Liar (2002) and Out Cold (2001), and he appeared in Trojan War (1997), The Brothers Solomon (2007), and Do You Believe? (2015), with a cameo in Scrooged (1988).
87years old
Turns 88 on April 23in 163 days
- Born Wyandotte
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
- Also credited as Harvey Lee Yeary and Ali Pecot
Movie Career
- Films
- 24
- Career span
- 58 years1964 to 2022
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Big break
Lee Majors landed his breakthrough when he beat more than 400 young actors, Burt Reynolds among them, for the part of Heath Barkley on the Western series The Big Valley, which starred Barbara Stanwyck.
A role that slipped away
Majors turned down the chance to appear in Midnight Cowboy, a 1969 film, because The Big Valley was renewed. The role was later taken by Jon Voight.
Behind the camera
Majors directed for the first time in 1975, on an episode titled "One of Our Running Backs Is Missing." Professional football players Larry Csonka and Dick Butkus appeared in that episode.
Lee Majors movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Two actors appear in four of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Martin E. Brooks's page
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Danny Trejo's page
Anthony Zerbe's page
Also two films together1 more actor
- Terry KiserThe Return of the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1987) and Starflight One (1983)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Lee Majors's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$142 million
5 of the 24 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 24 films: 5 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 10 never in cinemas; 8 figure not found.
- 5Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 10Never in cinemas
- 8Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The five biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$60M42.3% of the total
- 2$53M37.2% of the total
- 3$15M10.4% of the total
- 4$14M10.1% of the total
- 5$3090.0% of the total
Awards
One award and honor.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame | Honored | ||
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.