Rick Segall
Rick Segall | |
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 Segall (right) with Shirley Jones in The Partridge Family, 1973 | |
| Born | Richard Robert Segal III March 10, 1969 |
| Occupations | Film and television actor |
| Years active | 1973–present |
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]
Life and career
[edit]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] He began acting at the age of two.[6] At the age of five, he acted in a Tonka toys television commercial.[8] In 1973, he joined the cast of the ABC musical sitcom television series The Partridge Family,[9] playing Ricky Stevens in its final season.[6] He won the role of Stevens after being spotted by Paul Tannen, a music publisher, who mentioned him to executive producer Bob Claver.[6] In the same year, he recorded an album titled Ricky Segall and the Segalls released by Bell Records.[10]
In 1974, Segall was one of the hosts at the American Music Awards of 1974 along with Donny Osmond, Michael Jackson and Rodney Allen Rippy.[11] He 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] He also appeared in films such as 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
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "Rick Segall". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Leogrande, Ernest (October 4, 1973). "'Weenyboppers' Making It Big". The Miami Herald. p. 68. Retrieved April 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Lane, Jane (December 23, 1973). "New Segall Takes Flight". The Wichita Eagle. p. 90. Retrieved April 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Lane, Jane (November 10, 1973). "Half-Pint Ricky Segall Holds Press Conference". Anchorage Times. Newspaper Enterprise Association. p. 5A.
- 1 2 3 4 Brown, James (August 28, 1973). "Another Potent Partridge". Los Angeles Times. p. 56. Retrieved April 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Ricky Segall & The Segalls". AllMusic. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
- ↑ "American Music Awards". United Press International. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
External links
[edit]- Rick Segall at IMDb
- Rick Segall at the TCM Movie Database (archived)
- Profile at Rotten Tomatoes
- 1969 births
- Living people
- People from Long Island
- Male actors from New York (state)
- American male child actors
- American male film actors
- American male television actors
- American male voice actors
- Bell Records artists
- 20th-century American male singers
- 20th-century American male actors
- 21st-century American male actors