Skip to Navigation
TV Video Library: Interviews and Video Clips – Archive of American Television
  • A program of the Television Academy Foundation

Capturing Television History, One Voice At A Time

Home › Shows

Fall Guy, The

Adventure/Espionage Series

About This Show

From Wikipedia:

The Fall Guy is an American action/adventure television program produced for ABC and originally broadcast from November 4, 1981 to May 2, 1986. It stars Lee Majors, Douglas Barr, and Heather Thomas. Majors and Barr are the only two actors to appear in all 112 episodes of the series. Thomas appeared in every episode except one during the 1981-82 season.

Plot

Lee Majors plays Colt Seavers, a Hollywood stunt man who moonlights as a bounty hunter. He uses his physical skills and knowledge of stunt effects (especially stunts involving cars or his large GMC pickup truck) to capture fugitives and criminals. He is accompanied by his cousin and stuntman-in-training Howie Munson, and occasionally by fellow stunt performer Jody Banks (played by Heather Thomas).

Typically, an episode starts with Seavers' crew performing a stunt for a film or TV series. They are then assigned to finding, for example, a man who has skipped bail. His case turns out to be more complicated than it first seemed. In the course of dealing with the villains, Seavers performs a stunt similar to the one shown at the beginning of the show.

The series is known for its frequent cameos by Hollywood celebrities and the occasional in-joke referring to Majors' previous series, The Six Million Dollar Man.

more...

People Who Talked About This Show

  • Bruce Bilson
  • Gene LeBell
  • Glen A. Larson

Featured Content

Video: Opening titles/theme for The Fall Guy as posted on You Tube

Video: The Fall Guy Pilot as posted on Hulu

Resources

Links:

DVD: The Fall Guy: The Complete First Season

IMDb page for The Fall Guy

Wikipedia page for The Fall Guy

You need Flash player 8+ and JavaScript enabled to view this video.

People Talking About This Show

  • Bruce Bilson
    • Director Bruce Bilson on The Fall Guy; working on stunts
  • Glen A. Larson
    • Producer Glen A. Larson on  The Fall Guy
      (06m 54s)
  • Gene LeBell
    • Stuntman Gene LeBell on working with stunt coordinator Mickey Gilbert on The Fall Guy (04m 19s)
SHARE THIS PAGE Bookmark and Share
Tweet

Be the first to comment!

Post new comment

  • Home
  • Interviews
    • People
    • Shows
    • Topics
    • Professions
    • All Interviewees
    • Featured Playlists
  • About The Archive
  • Resources
  • Blog
  • Search
Academy of American Television
  • Home
  • The Interviews
  • Advanced Search
  • Blog
  • License Our Clips
  • Terms of Service
  • Transcripts
  • Copyright Policy
  • Emmys.com
  • Emmysfoundation.org
  • About The Archive
© 1995-2012 Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation All Rights Reserved Emmy and The Emmy Statuette are the trademark property of ATAS/NATAS
Site developed by FivePaths