Rick Segall

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

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

(1969-03-10) March 10, 1969
Long Island, New York, U.S.
OccupationFilm and television actor
Years active1973–present

Life and career

Segal was born in Long Island, New York,[1] the son of Rick Sr. and Barbara Segall.[5] He and his family moved to Nashville, Tennessee.[6] Segall began his career in 1973, first appearing in the sitcom television series The Partridge Family,[7] where he joined the final season as a regular cast member.[5] At the age of two, he began to perform.[5] Segall won the role after being sighted by Paul Tannen for which Segal was then sighted by Bob Claver, in which he performed in the television series.[5]

Segall only appeared in ten episodes in The Partridge Family for which he had an album in The Partridge Family, in which it was Ricky Segall and the Segalls being released by Bell Records and having ten tracks.[8] 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.[9] Segall 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] According to The Tampa Tribune, he first acted on a Tonka commercial for which Segall was just five.[10]

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

References
  1. "Rick Segall". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  2. Sharbctt, Jay (September 13, 1973). "New TV Star 3-Foot-3, 40 Pounds". The Charlotte News. Charlotte, North Carolina. p. 15. Retrieved April 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Leogrande, Ernest (October 4, 1973). "'Weenyboppers' Making It Big". The Miami Herald. Miami, Florida. p. 68. Retrieved April 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Lane, Jane (December 23, 1973). "New Segall Takes Flight". The Wichita Eagle. Wichita, Kansas. p. 90. Retrieved April 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Brown, James (August 28, 1973). "Another Potent Partridge". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. 56. Retrieved April 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "'Partridge Family' Gets A New Addition". Northwest Arkansas Times. Fayetteville, Arkansas. September 13, 1973. p. 22. Retrieved April 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "The rising star of Ricky Segall". The Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. September 13, 1973. p. 39. Retrieved April 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Ricky Segall & The Segalls". AllMusic. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  9. "American Music Awards". United Press International. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  10. Anderson, Porter (August 5, 1986). "Rick Segall: The act of growing up". The Tampa Tribune. Tampa, Florida. p. 43. Retrieved April 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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