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 56)
Plainview, New York, US
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 in Plainview, New York, [5] the son of Rick and Barbara Segall. [6] He and his family moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1973. [7]

Career

Segall began performing at age two. [6] He first acted at age five in a Tonka toys television commercial. [8] In 1973, he joined the television series The Partridge Family [9] as a regular cast member for its final season. [6] Segall won the role after being spotted by Paul Tannen, who mentioned him to executive producer Bob Claver. [6] Segall appeared in ten episodes of The Partridge Family. In 1973, while with the show Segall recorded an album titled Ricky Segall and the Segalls released by Bell Records. [10]

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. [11]

Segall has guest-starred and provided voices in television programs including Police Woman , Trollkins (voices), Shirt Tales (voices), 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 ]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Rick Segall". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  2. ↑ Sharbutt, Jay (September 13, 1973). "New TV Star 3-Foot-3, 40 Pounds". The Charlotte News . p. 15. Retrieved April 23, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Leogrande, Ernest (October 4, 1973). "'Weenyboppers' Making It Big". The Miami Herald . p. 68. Retrieved April 23, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Lane, Jane (December 23, 1973). "New Segall Takes Flight". The Wichita Eagle . p. 90. Retrieved April 23, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Lane, Jane (November 10, 1973). "Half-Pint Ricky Segall Holds Press Conference". Anchorage Times . Newspaper Enterprise Association. p. 5A.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Brown, James (August 28, 1973). "Another Potent Partridge". Los Angeles Times . p. 56. Retrieved April 23, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Sharbutt, Jay (September 13, 1973). "'Partridge Family' Gets A New Addition". Northwest Arkansas Times . Fayetteville, Arkansas. Associated Press. p. 22. Retrieved April 23, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ Anderson, Porter (August 5, 1986). "Rick Segall: The act of growing up". The Tampa Tribune . pp.  1D-2D . Retrieved April 23, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ Sharbutt, Jay (September 13, 1973). "The rising star of Ricky Segall". The Record . Hackensack, New Jersey. Associated Press. p. 39. Retrieved April 23, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Ricky Segall & The Segalls". AllMusic . Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  11. ↑ "American Music Awards". United Press International . Retrieved April 23, 2022.
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