Six Million Dollar Man says Universal owes him money

Wednesday January 01, 2003

LOS ANGELES (AP) Lee Majors, known to 1970s television fans as the ``Six Million Dollar Man,'' wants more money.

Majors sued Universal City Studios Tuesday in Superior Court, claiming the studio failed to live up to a 1975 agreement that allegedly guaranteed him 15 percent of the show's net profits.

A late-night call seeking comment from Universal was not immediately returned.

The breach of contract suit contends that the studio's accounting ``incorrectly and improperly'' calculated what he was owed.

Majors sought unspecified damages.

The ``Six Million Dollar Man,'' which ran from 1973-78, starred Majors as a Col. Steve Austin, a NASA test pilot who is rebuilt with artificial parts after a plane crash and gains superhuman strength and speed. The show spawned several spinoffs, including the 1976 series ``The Bionic Woman.''

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