Rick Segall
American film and television actor (born 1969)
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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]
March 10, 1969
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 |
Life and career
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]