Lee Majors

Lee Majors: Biography in Details

Who is Lee Majors?

Lee Majors is an American film actor, television, and voice actor.

He is well known for portraying the characters of Heath Barkley in the American television Western series, The Big Valley (1965–1969), as well as in Colonel Steve Austin and as well as in Colt Seavers in the American television action series, The Fall Guy (1981–1986).

Age, Parents, Siblings, and Family

Majors was born in Wyandotte, Michigan, the United States on April 23, 1939 aged (82). He is the son of Carl Yeary(father) and Alice Yeary (mother).

His father was a manual laborer who died on the job before he was born. Whereas, his mother was a homemaker; she passed away in an auto accident before his second birthday.

Likewise, he also participated in track and football at Middlesboro High School.

Then, Lee Majors played his first football game in the following year but suffered a severe back injury which left him paralyzed for two weeks and ended his college athletic career.

Then, after of schooling, he also picked up the stage name Lee Majors as a tribute to childhood hero Johnny Majors who was a player and future coach for the University of Tennessee.

He has a sibling namely, Bill Yeary. He belongs to American nationality and English ethnicity. His birth sign is Taurus.

Lee Majors: Education, School/ College University

On talking about his education, he attended Middlesboro High School. Then, he attended Indiana University Bloomington. Likewise, he attended Eastern Kentucky University.

Lee Majors: Professional Life Career

On talking about his profession, in 1964, he appeared in his first, although an uncredited, role in the horror film ‘Strait-Jacket’. In 1965, his first credited role came in an episode of ‘Gunsmoke’.

Eventually, Lee Majors also appeared in an installment of ‘The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: The Monkey’s Paw – A Retelling’.

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