Creator: Harve Bennett / Executive
Producers: Harve Bennett, Glen A. Larson, Allan Balter, Kenneth Johnson / Theme
Music: Oliver Nelson
Scifi drama series. NASA pilot
Steve Austin is nearly killed in a crash, scientists 'rebuild' him using bionic
parts. He then works for the Office of Strategic Studies tackling crime and
fighting evil. A major spin-off called The
Bionic Woman (the two shows had several cross over episodes) later
appeared, the character Jaime Sommers appeared in this as Steve's love interest
before being killed off and then brought back to life in her own show.
Steve had
bionic legs, a bionic arm, a bionic eye and the amazing ability to run in slow
motion. The initial inspiration for the show was the novel Cyborg by Martin
Caidin.
Cast
LEE MAJORS as Colonel
Steve Austin / RICHARD ANDERSON as Oscar Goldman / ALAN OPPENHEIMER as Dr Rudy
Wells (1) / MARTIN E. BROOKS as Dr Rudy Wells (2)
