The Six Million Dollar Man: The Deadly Test
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm, Monday, June 8 on Legend (41)
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About this Broadcast
The Deadly Test
Season 3, Episode 6
Steve and a female pilot take to the air to investigate a plot to kill a prince. Erik Estrada guest stars
Movie/Drama
Science Fiction
Cast & Crew
Lee Majors
(Actor)
.. Steve Austin
Richard Anderson
(Actor)
.. Oscar Goldman
Erik Estrada
(Actor)
.. Prince Aram Sakari
More Information
Did You Know..
Lee Majors
(Actor)
.. Steve Austin
Born:
April 23, 1939
in
Michigan
Best Known For:
The Six Million Dollar Man.
Early-life:
Born Harvey Lee Yeary on April 23, 1939, in Michigan, USA. Both his parents had been killed in separate accidents by the time he was two. Lee moved to Kentucky after being adopted by his uncle and aunt, and at school became a star athlete in track, basketball, and American football. He then won an athletic scholarship to Indiana University, but a back injury sustained while playing American football prompted him to try acting. He made his stage debut in the play Seven Husbands with then-wife, Kathy.
Career:
Majors made a string of appearances in TV shows and films such as Will Penny, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour and The Virginian. He spent four years in Western show The Big Valley, but it was The Six Million Dollar Man that made him a star in 1973. The series ran until 1978, and spawned spin-off The Bionic Woman, as well as a range of merchandise. Majors reprised the role of Steve Austin in 1987 for the first of three bionic-themed TV movies. He scored another small-screen hit in 1981 as crime-busting stuntman Colt Seavers in The Fall Guy and has since appeared in such movies as Scrooged and Big Fat Liar, and sitcom The Game.
Quote:
'I was never into my looks. What's important to me is my health and family.'
Trivia:
In 2003, Majors had heart bypass surgery.
Richard Anderson
(Actor)
.. Oscar Goldman
Erik Estrada
(Actor)
.. Prince Aram Sakari
Born:
March 16, 1949
in
Spanish Harlem
Best Known For:
Playing Officer Frank 'Ponch' Poncherello in CHiPs.
Early-life:
Born Henry Enrique Estrada on March 16, 1949, in Spanish Harlem. His parents divorced when he was 2 years old and he was raised by his grandfather, until he died and Erik became the man of the house aged just 10. He enrolled in his high school drama club to spend time with a girl he liked, but was hooked on acting from then on. In 1970 he got his big break in the movie The Cross and the Switchblade, opposite Pat Boone.
Career:
Estrada enjoyed a series of big-screen roles throughout the 1970s, featuring in the likes of Airport 75 and Midway. At the same time, he landed guest appearances on several TV shows such as The Six Million Dollar Man. In 1977, he was given the role which would make him a household name in the crime drama CHiPs, oposite Larry Wilcox. After quitting the series, Estrada appeared off-Broadway in True West. He continued to star in a succession of TV movies, and formed his own production company.
Quote:
'You can't take yourself too seriously for too long, or you'll lose it.'
Trivia:
Away from acting, he enjoys working out in the gym and is the face of DARE - an organization for a drug-free America.
