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 in Plainview, New York,[5] the son of Rick and Barbara Segall.[6] He and his family moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1973.[7]
Segall began performing at age two.[6] He first acted at age five in a Tonka toys television commercial.[8] In 1973, he joined the television series The Partridge Family[9] as a regular cast member for its final season.[6] Segall won the role after being spotted by Paul Tannen, who mentioned him to executive producer Bob Claver.[6] 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.[10]
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.[11]
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.[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]
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