Andre the Giant as Bigfoot

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The Six Million Dollar Man The Secret Of Bigfoot

The star of The Big Valley and The Six Million Dollar Man shared fond memories at 17th annual Fan Expo in Toronto. On August 27, 2011, Lee Majors entertained devoted fans in a half-hour question-and-answer session at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.

Lee Majors said that probably the most popular Six Million Dollar Man episode with fans is Steve's meeting with Bigfoot, the seven-foot robot alien whose arm gets ripped off by our bionic hero during their scrap.

Majors had nothing but praise for Bigfoot's portrayer - wrestler Andre the Giant.

Majors said Andre would be sitting waiting in the hot sun in his hairy Bigfoot costume, guzzle six beers at once, crush the cans, get up and do a scene without even being fazed.

"It was different. And it was a lot of fun," Majors said.

He said he was somewhat concerned when the scene called for Andre to take a flying leap onto him.

"He was such a wonderful wrestler and his athletic ability was amazing – I said, 'God, I'm going to be crushed' – but he didn't touch me. He was such a gentle man."

Andre the Giant (May 19 1946 - January 27 1993) was a wrestler and actor, born André René Roussimoff in Coulommiers, France. He was at least 6'10" tall, and was usually billed at over 7' tall. His great size was a result of excessive growth hormone, a condition known as pituitary gigantism, and led to him being dubbed "The Eighth Wonder of the World".

Source: www.cbc.ca

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