Lee Majors is an American actor who portrayed the character of Heath Barkley on the American television western series The Big Valley. We will discuss details of Lee Majors net worth in this article.
Who is Lee Majors?
Born as Harvey Lee Yeary, Lee Majors was born on April 23, 1939, in Wyandotte, Michigan, United States of America his parents, Carl and Alice Yeary who both lost their lives when they were killed in separate accidents. At the age of two, Lee Majors was adopted by his uncle and aunt, Harvey and Mildred Yeary, and he moved with them to Middlesboro, Kentucky.
He participated in track and football at Middlesboro High School. He graduated in 1957 and earned a scholarship to Indiana University, where he again competed in sports. Majors transferred to Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky, in 1959. He played in his first football game the following year but suffered a severe back injury which left him paralyzed for two weeks and ruined his college athletic career.
Following his injury, he turned his attention to acting and performed in plays at the Pioneer Playhouse in Danville, Kentucky. Majors graduated from Eastern Kentucky in 1962 with a degree in history and physical education. He planned to be a football coach.
Lee Majors’ Career explored
Lee Majors landed his first, although uncredited, role in Strait-Jacket (1964), in a flashback sequence as Joan Crawford’s cheating husband. In 1971, he landed the role of Arthur Hill’s partner, Jess Brandon, on Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law, which garnered critical acclaim during its three seasons on ABC.
LeeMajors’ co-starring role on Owen Marshall led him to a starring role as United States Air ForceColonel Steve Austin, an ex-astronaut with bionic implants in The Six Million Dollar Man, a 1973 television film broadcast on ABC. In 1974, the network decided to turn it into a weekly series. The series became an international success, being screened in over 70 countries, turning Majors into a pop icon. Majors also made his directorial debut in 1975, on an episode called “One of Our Running Backs Is Missing” which co-starred professional football players such as Larry Csonka and Dick Butkus.
In 1981, Majors returned in another long-running television series. Producer Glen A. Larson (who had first worked with Majors on Alias Smith and Jones, where Majors guest starred in one episode, and later on The Six Million Dollar Man) asked him to star in the pilot of The Fall Guy. Majors played Colt Seavers, a Hollywood stuntman who moonlights as a bounty hunter. Majors was also a producer and a director on the show, and even sang its theme song, the self-effacing “Unknown Stuntman.” Majors would invite several longtime friends, Linda Evans, Peter Breck, Lindsay Wagner, and Richard Anderson, to guest-star in various episodes. The series ran for five seasons until it was canceled in 1986.
Lee Majors’ Net worth, how much is he worth?
Lee Majors has an estimated net worth of $15 million, making him one of the richest actors currently. His primary source of income was from his career as an actor and some personal investments he made during the peak years of his career.
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