Lee Majors

Trivia

• 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."
• 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.

Quotes

• " She fought a tremendous battle against a terrible disease. She was an angel on earth and now an angel forever."
• "I was never into my looks. What's important to me is my health and family."