The Fall Guy (1981)

Action · Adventure · Comedy

Hollywood stuntman Colt Seavers picks up some extra pocket money by using his rough-and-tumble skills to track and capture bail jumpers.

IMDb rating: 7.1 (11,016 votes)
Episode average: 7.1 matches the IMDb rating
Seasons: 5
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 5 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1981)

7.06 avg 22 episodes 7.5 → 7.4 56 min avg

U-shaped

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Fall Guy	7.5	322
2	The Meek Shall Inherit Rhonda	7.0	196
3	The Rich Get Richer	7.2	176
4	That's Right, We're Bad	7.3	163
5	Colt's Angels	7.1	168
6	The Human Torch	7.1	154
7	Japanese Connection	6.6	142
8	No Way Out	6.5	148
9	License to Kill: Part 1	7.3	156
10	License to Kill: Part 2	7.3	144
11	Goin' for It!	6.9	141
12	The Adventures of Ozzie and Harold	7.1	145
13	Soldiers of Misfortune	6.7	138
14	Ready, Aim... Die!	7.2	135
15	Ladies on the Ropes	7.2	147
16	The Snow Job	7.2	137
17	Guess Who's Coming to Town?	6.9	127
18	Child's Play	6.8	139
19	Charlie	7.1	134
20	Three for the Road	7.3	125
21	The Silent Partner	6.6	124
22	Scavenger Hunt	7.4	136

Season 2 (1982)

7.17 avg 23 episodes 6.9 → 7.1 53 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Bail and Bond	6.9	137
2	The Ives Have It	7.1	106
3	Colt's Outlaws	7.3	104
4	Colt Breaks Out	7.2	108
5	Mighty Myron	7.2	112
6	Reluctant Traveling Companion	7.9	187
7	A Piece of Cake	7.3	106
8	Hell on Wheels	7.5	119
9	How Do I Kill Thee... Let Me Count the Ways	6.6	101
10	Win One for the Gipper???	7.0	102
11	Happy Trails	7.6	143
12	Manhunter	7.3	104
13	The Further Adventures of Ozzie and Harold	7.0	103
14	Death Boat	7.3	109
15	Eight Ball	7.2	109
16	Spaced Out	7.4	105
17	Strange Bedfellows	7.3	93
18	The Molly Sue	7.1	90
19	One Hundred Miles a Gallon	7.1	101
20	P.S. I Love You	6.4	102
21	The Chameleon	6.8	100
22	The Chase	7.2	102
23	Just a Small Circle of Friends	7.1	105

Season 3 (1983)

7.10 avg 22 episodes 7.6 → 6.6 52 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Devil's Island	7.6	98
2	Trauma	7.2	85
3	Pleasure Isle	7.2	94
4	Baker's Dozen	7.6	91
5	The Last Drive	7.2	79
6	TKO	7.0	79
7	Dirty Laundry	6.9	84
8	Inside, Outside	7.5	79
9	Pirates of Nashville	7.6	86
10	Hollywood Shorties	6.7	93
11	To the Finish	7.1	83
12	Wheels	6.9	82
13	Cool Hand Colt	7.2	80
14	The Huntress	7.1	82
15	Bite of the Wasp	7.2	77
16	Rabbit's Feet	6.5	79
17	Olympic Quest	6.6	78
18	Always Say Always	6.9	84
19	King of the Cowboys	7.4	106
20	Boom	7.2	73
21	Undersea Odyssey	6.9	73
22	Old Heroes Never Die	6.6	70

Season 4 (1984)

7.19 avg 23 episodes 7.9 → 7.2 60 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Losers Weepers: Part 1	7.9	73
2	Losers Weepers: Part 2	7.1	59
3	Stranger Than Fiction	7.1	73
4	Prisoner	7.5	70
5	Terror U.	7.2	53
6	Private Eyes	7.5	72
7	October the 31st	7.5	86
8	Sandcastles	7.2	65
9	Dead Bounty	7.2	65
10	San Francisco Caper	7.5	63
11	Baja 1000	7.3	62
12	The Winner	4.7	226
13	Semi-Catastrophe	7.2	60
14	Her Bodyguard	6.8	60
15	I Love Paris	7.0	57
16	Sheriff Seavers	7.3	65
17	Tailspin	7.3	66
18	High Orbit	7.4	64
19	Rockabye Baby	7.5	66
20	Spring Break	7.4	79
21	Split Image	7.3	62
22	The Skip Family Robinson	7.2	58
23	Reel Trouble	7.2	56

Season 5 (1985)

7.20 avg 22 episodes 7.3 → 7.5 60 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Dead Ringer	7.3	58
2	The King of the Stuntmen	7.0	59
3	Femme Fatale	7.5	63
4	A Fistful of Lire	7.0	64
5	The Life of Riley	7.6	58
6	October the 32nd	6.6	58
7	Seavers: Dead or Alive	7.7	63
8	Escape Claus	7.3	66
9	No Rms Ocean Vu	7.3	60
10	Miami's Nice	7.4	71
11	Reunion	7.1	64
12	Trial by Fire	7.2	47
13	In His Shadow	7.0	48
14	The Lucky Stiff	7.4	65
15	Beach Blanket Bounty	7.1	59
16	The Last Chance Platoon	7.0	56
17	I Now Pronounce You... Dead	7.5	50
18	Two on a Skip	7.1	57
19	Lady in Green	6.7	55
20	Tag Team	7.0	58
21	War on Wheels	7.0	58
22	The Bigger They Are	7.5	67

The Fall Guy (1981)

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