Rick Segall | |
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Born | Richard Robert Segal III March 10, 1969
Long Island,
New York, US |
Occupation(s) | 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]
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]
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]