Rick Segall

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Rick Segall
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Segall (right) with Shirley Jones in The Partridge Family, 1973
Born
Richard Robert Segal III

(1969-03-10) March 10, 1969 (age 55)
Occupation(s)Film and television actor
Years active1973–present
SpouseIndrani

Richard Robert Segall III (born March 10, 1969) [1] is an American film and television actor. [2] [3] [4] He is best known for playing the singer Ricky Stevens in the American sitcom television series The Partridge Family . [1]

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Personal life, family and education

Segall was born on Long Island, New York, [1] the son of Rick and Barbara Segall. [5] He and his family moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1973. [6]

Career

Segall began performing at age two. [5] He first acted at age five in a Tonka toys television commercial. [7] In 1973, he joined the television series The Partridge Family [8] as a regular cast member for its final season. [5] Segall won the role after being spotted by Paul Tannen, who mentioned him to executive producer Bob Claver. [5] Segall appeared in ten episodes of The Partridge Family. While with the show Segall recorded an album titled Ricky Segall and the Segalls released by Bell Records. [9]

In 1974, he was one of the hosts at the American Music Awards of 1974 along with Donny Osmond, Michael Jackson and Rodney Allen Rippy. [10]

Segall has guest-starred and provided voices in television programs including Police Woman , Trollkins (voices; 13 episodes), Shirt Tales (voices; 13 episodes), Richie Rich (voices) and Little House on the Prairie . [1]

Segall appeared in the films The Last Married Couple in America and Oh, God! Book II , among others. He was an executive producer for the 2015 film Selected. [1] His most recent credit was from the police procedural television series NCIS .[ citation needed ]

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