Richard Robert Segall III (born March 10, 1969) is an American film and television actor. He is best known for playing the singer Ricky Stevens in the American sitcom television series The Partridge Family.
Personal life, family and education
Segall was born in Plainview, New York,6 the son of Rick and Barbara Segall.7 He and his family moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1973.8
Career
Segall began performing at age two.9 He first acted at age five in a Tonka toys television commercial.10 In 1973, he joined the television series The Partridge Family11 as a regular cast member for its final season.12 Segall won the role after being spotted by Paul Tannen, who mentioned him to executive producer Bob Claver.13 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.14
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.15
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.16
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.17 His most recent credit was from the police procedural television series NCIS.
External links
- Rick Segall at IMDb
- Rick Segall at the TCM Movie Database
- Profile at Rotten Tomatoes
References
"Rick Segall". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved April 23, 2022. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/rick_segall ↩
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. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-news-new-tv-star/170047297/ ↩
Leogrande, Ernest (October 4, 1973). "'Weenyboppers' Making It Big". The Miami Herald. p. 68. Retrieved April 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald-ricky-segall/170046300/ ↩
Lane, Jane (December 23, 1973). "New Segall Takes Flight". The Wichita Eagle. p. 90. Retrieved April 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-wichita-eagle-new-segall/170045959/ ↩
"Rick Segall". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved April 23, 2022. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/rick_segall ↩
Lane, Jane (November 10, 1973). "Half-Pint Ricky Segall Holds Press Conference". Anchorage Times. Newspaper Enterprise Association. p. 5A. https://www.newspapers.com/article/anchorage-times-ricky-segall/170044975/ ↩
Brown, James (August 28, 1973). "Another Potent Partridge". Los Angeles Times. p. 56. Retrieved April 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-potent-partridge/170045518/ ↩
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. https://www.newspapers.com/article/northwest-arkansas-times-partridge-famil/170047416/ ↩
Brown, James (August 28, 1973). "Another Potent Partridge". Los Angeles Times. p. 56. Retrieved April 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-potent-partridge/170045518/ ↩
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. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tampa-tribune-rick-segall/170047031/ ↩
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. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record-ricky-segall/170046599/ ↩
Brown, James (August 28, 1973). "Another Potent Partridge". Los Angeles Times. p. 56. Retrieved April 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-potent-partridge/170045518/ ↩
Brown, James (August 28, 1973). "Another Potent Partridge". Los Angeles Times. p. 56. Retrieved April 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-potent-partridge/170045518/ ↩
"Ricky Segall & The Segalls". AllMusic. Retrieved April 23, 2022. https://www.allmusic.com/album/ricky-segall-the-segalls-mw0002868093 ↩
"American Music Awards". United Press International. Retrieved April 23, 2022. https://www.upi.com/topic/American-Music-Awards/ ↩
"Rick Segall". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved April 23, 2022. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/rick_segall ↩
"Rick Segall". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved April 23, 2022. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/rick_segall ↩