He gained recognition in The Big Valley (1965–1969) as Heath Barkley, then became a pop culture icon as Colonel Steve Austin in The Six Million Dollar Man (1973–1978).

The closest some of us ever came to seeing Bigfoot was when Steve Austin met Sasquatch in the hit 1970s TV show "The Six Million Dollar Man." But Rob Viars, who lives near Wilkes Barre, says he ...