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The Fall Guy’s Heather Thomas Ultimately Left Hollywood in the '90s Because of Stalkers — One of Whom She Even Shot

Heather Thomas, who starred in the 1980s TV series 'The Fall Guy,' left Hollywood because of her experiences with stalkers.

The Fall Guy — in which Thomas and Lee Majors played Hollywood stunt people who end up solving crimes — ran from 1981 to 1986. Thomas continued to work after the show ended, appearing on TV and in movies like 1990’s Red Blooded American Girl and 1997’s Against the Law. But in one particularly harrowing incident, “I had one guy one night cut my screen in my bedroom and got in, and I shot him,” she said, noting that she had rock salt in her gun.

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