Lee Majors

Born: 23 April 1939
Where: Wyandotte, Michigan

After turning down an offer to play professional baseball to pursue an acting career, Lee relocated to Hollywood in the early 1960s armed with an education degree and a boyhood adoration of James Dean.

While working as a recreation director for the Los Angeles parks department, he met numerous people involved with show business and was able to secure a shot at studying acting at MGM.

Dick Clayton, who had been James Dean's agent, took Lee on and got him his 'big break'. The role was Heath on TV series, The Big Valley, resulting in Lee becoming a rising TV star.

By the 70s, he was appearing in several series including, The Six Million Dollar Man and The Fall Guy.

On the big screen, Lee made his feature debut in 1964 in Straight-Jacket, but subsequent work has been sporadic. He co-starred with Charlton Heston in Will Penny and appeared in The Liberation of L.B. Jones as well as numerous low-budget action films in the 80s.

His marriage to actress Farrah Fawcett in the 70s made them one of Hollywood's most watched couples until their 1981 divorce.

He continued to appear in several movies towards the end of the 90s and into the new millennium in a range of films including the comedies Out Cold, Big Fat Liar, and thriller Fate.