George Segal

George Segal

Birthday: 1934-02-13

Place of Birth: Great Neck, Long Island, New York, USA

Biography: George Segal (February 13, 1934 – March 23, 2021) was an American actor and musician. Segal became popular in the 1960s and 1970s for playing both dramatic and comedic roles. Some of his most acclaimed roles were in films such as Ship of Fools (1965), King Rat (1965), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967), Where's Poppa? (1970), The Hot Rock (1972), Blume in Love (1973), A Touch of Class (1973), California Split (1974), For the Boys (1991), and Flirting with Disaster (1996). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and had won two Golden Globe Awards, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his performance in A Touch of Class. On television, he was best known for his roles as Jack Gallo on Just Shoot Me! (1997–2003) and as Albert "Pops" Solomon on The Goldbergs (2013–present). Segal was also an accomplished banjo player. He had released three albums and had also performed the instrument in several of his acting roles and on late night television.

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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

A history professor and his wife entertain a young couple who are new to the university's faculty. A...

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Flirting with Disaster
Flirting with Disaster

Adopted as a child, new father Mel Colpin decides he cannot name his son until he knows his birth pa...

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Rollercoaster
Rollercoaster

A young terrorist kills and injures patrons of a Norfolk amusement park by placing homemade explosiv...

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The New Interns
The New Interns

Young doctors mix romance with their careers in a big-city hospital....

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Born to Win
Born to Win

A smart-mouthed junkie and a former hairdresser spends his days looking for just "one more fix"....

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Ship of Fools
Ship of Fools

Passengers on a ship traveling from Mexico to Europe in the 1930s represent society at large in that...

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Fun with Dick and Jane
Fun with Dick and Jane

When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in...

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California Split
California Split

Carefree single guy Charlie Waters rooms with two lovely prostitutes, Barbara Miller and Susan Peter...

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The Mirror Has Two Faces
The Mirror Has Two Faces

Rose Morgan, who still lives with her mother, is a professor of Romantic Literature who desperately ...

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For the Boys
For the Boys

Talented USO entertainer Dixie Leonard and comedian Eddie Sparks deal with their relationship over t...

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Stick
Stick

After getting out of jail, car thief Ernest "Stick" Stickley witnesses the murder of his friend Rain...

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Look Who's Talking
Look Who's Talking

After a single, career-minded woman is left on her own to give birth to the child of a married man, ...

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Joshua Tree
Joshua Tree

A Los Angeles police detective tracks a fugitive who heads for the desert with a deputy sheriff as h...

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The Terminal Man
The Terminal Man

As the result of a head injury, brilliant computer scientist Harry Benson begins to experience viole...

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The Cable Guy
The Cable Guy

When recently single Steven moves into his new apartment, cable guy Chip comes to hook him up—and do...

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Lost Command
Lost Command

After being freed from a Vietnamese war prison, French Lt. Col. Pierre Raspeguy is sent to help quel...

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2012
2012

Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of r...

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Heights
Heights

Spanning twenty-four hours, HEIGHTS follows five New Yorkers challenged to choose their destiny befo...

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Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

Mystery abounds when it is discovered that, one by one, the greatest Chefs in Europe are being kille...

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A Touch of Class
A Touch of Class

Steve, a happily married American man living in London meets Vicki, an English divorcée and run off ...

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King Rat
King Rat

When Singapore surrendered to the Japanese in 1942, the Allied POWs, mostly British but including a ...

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Where’s Poppa?
Where’s Poppa?

When New York attorney Gordon Hocheiser meets Louise Callan, the girl of his dreams, he schemes to e...

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The Owl and the Pussycat
The Owl and the Pussycat

Meek, owlish Felix and strident, catty Doris live in the same apartment building. His incessant typi...

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No Way to Treat a Lady
No Way to Treat a Lady

Christopher Gill is a psychotic killer who uses various disguises to trick and strangle his victims....

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The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

Chicago February 14th 1929. Al Capone finally establishes himself as the city's boss of organised cr...

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Love & Other Drugs
Love & Other Drugs

Maggie is an alluring free spirit who won't let anyone – or anything – tie her down. But she meets h...

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The Babysitter
The Babysitter

Jennifer (Alicia Silverstone) is a lovely teen who has been hired to baby-sit the kids of Harry Tuck...

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The Bridge at Remagen
The Bridge at Remagen

In March of 1945, as the War in Europe is coming to a close, fighting erupts between German and Amer...

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The Southern Star
The Southern Star

Comedy adventure based on a Jules Verne novel about the ups and downs of jewel thieves in the wilds ...

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Pablo
Pablo

Pablo blends documentary and animation elements to tell the saga of "famous unknown" Pablo Ferro, a ...

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My Wife Is Retarded
My Wife Is Retarded

A man learns the secret behind his perfect marriage....

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Direct Hit
Direct Hit

After informing his CIA handlers that his next hit will be his last, John Hatch discovers that his t...

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Ollie Klublershturf vs. the Nazis
Ollie Klublershturf vs. the Nazis

An off-the-wall comedy set around the dinner table. What at first glance seems like an awkward 'meet...

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The Hot Rock
The Hot Rock

Dortmunder and his pals plan to steal a huge diamond from a museum. But this turns out to be only th...

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The Quiller Memorandum
The Quiller Memorandum

After two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic neo-Nazi...

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Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure
Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure

When the Boogey Man causes Grim to lose his powers, rank, and title in the Underworld Court for misu...

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Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men

Two ranch workers, one of them simple-minded, look for work and happiness during the Great Depressio...

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Bye Bye Braverman
Bye Bye Braverman

One day, Morroe Rieff learns that his friend and fellow writer, Leslie Braverman, has died. After me...

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The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox
The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox

A female hustler is chasing after rich men, but becomes repeatedly mixed up with a suave con man and...

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Carbon Copy
Carbon Copy

A middle-aged married wealthy white corporate executive is surprised to discover that he has a worki...

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Invitation to a Gunfighter
Invitation to a Gunfighter

In New Mexico, a Confederate veteran returns home to find his fiancée married to a Union soldier, hi...

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Loving
Loving

Brooks Wilson is in crisis. He is torn between his wife Selma and two daughters and his mistress Gra...

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The Black Bird
The Black Bird

The son of famous detective Sam Spade carries on the family tradition of getting involved with the M...

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The Last Married Couple in America
The Last Married Couple in America

Jeff and Mari Thompson are contently married, but they are stunned to see many of their friends and ...

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On Board the Ship of Fools
On Board the Ship of Fools

A documentary about the making of Ship of Fools....

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Time of Darkness
Time of Darkness

In Middle-Age Russia, a christian preacher arrives, proposing a new order. He threatens those who ta...

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Fielder's Choice
Fielder's Choice

Phillip Fielder is a man who is struggling to rise up in his competitive career. Then his sister pas...

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Blume in Love
Blume in Love

Lawyer Stephen Blume, who specializes in divorces, lives a paradoxical situation when, having his ow...

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The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood

The evil brother of Richard the Lionheart is holding the king for ransom, and only Robin Hood and hi...

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Seasons of the Heart
Seasons of the Heart

After her own daughter abandons her child, an ambitious and orderly publisher has little choice but ...

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The Cold Room
The Cold Room

A girl visiting modern day East Germany with her estranged father begins reliving the horrifying eve...

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The Young Doctors
The Young Doctors

An aging doctor's resentment of his young assistant could lead to tragedy....

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The Lie
The Lie

From an Ingmar Bergman script. Previously produced for Swedish Television as "Reservatet" and for th...

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Many Happy Returns
Many Happy Returns

In this satire of the I.R.S., George Segal plays an Average Joe targeted for the Audit from Hell. Hi...

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Act One
Act One

This autobiographical story traces the career of playwright Moss Hart. Moss struggles as a dramatic ...

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Lost and Found
Lost and Found

While visiting Switzerland, an American college professor, Adam, keeps running into a divorced Briti...

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Not My Kid
Not My Kid

A teenaged drug addict is sent to Dr. Royce's controversial drug intervention program where the addi...

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All's Fair
All's Fair

To relax, a group of stressed-out executives go to the country for a weekend to play war games....

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Russian Roulette
Russian Roulette

An RCMP officer is ordered to discreetly take a Russian immigrant into custody in advance of a state...

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Elsa & Fred
Elsa & Fred

After his daughter persuades him to move into a new apartment, aged widower Fred strikes up a friend...

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Three Days to Vegas
Three Days to Vegas

Four grumpy old men go on a road trip from their retired life in Florida to the excitement of Las Ve...

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The Longest Day
The Longest Day

The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the...

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Me, Myself and I
Me, Myself and I

Diane is a growling, howling urban nightmare, suffering from paranoia, nymphomania, and a really bad...

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The Girl Who Couldn't Say No
The Girl Who Couldn't Say No

Childhood friends Franco and Jolanda accidentally meet again after 15 years and both know it is love...

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Look Who's Talking Now!
Look Who's Talking Now!

When high-powered executive Samantha LeBon hatches a scheme to spend a romantic Christmas with her n...

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Houdini
Houdini

The life and times of escape artist/magician Harry Houdini....

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The Making of a Hollywood Madam
The Making of a Hollywood Madam

The real-life California family doctor -- facing a jail sentence for money laundering and tax evasio...

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Run for Your Life
Run for Your Life

Major Charles Forsythe is a Vietnam veteran U.S. Army officer stationed near Rome. He is a brutal, i...

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It's My Party
It's My Party

Nick, a gay, HIV-positive architect, begins to display severe symptoms of AIDS and makes preparation...

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Deep Down
Deep Down

A young musician with a talent for all things electrical spies on his sexy neighbor with a penchant ...

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The Deadly Game
The Deadly Game

Several criminal lawyers reunite every year in the Swiss mountains to entertain themselves with fake...

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The Feminine Touch
The Feminine Touch

Jenny Baron is a beautiful investigative reporter swept into a deadly conspiracy that reaches to the...

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A Bear Called Arthur
A Bear Called Arthur

A composer rushing to meet a deadline meets a beautiful woman who says she is his biggest fan. Howev...

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Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman

Willy Loman is an over-the-hill salesman who faces a personal turning point when he loses his job an...

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Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone
Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone

An Orphaned Boy sets out in search of adventure, but when a shipwreck lands him on an island where D...

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The Electric Piper
The Electric Piper

Based on the classic tale of the Pied Piper, this Rock-Opera themed cartoon tells the tale of the 19...

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The Endless Game
The Endless Game

A British agent comes back from retirement after several of his former colleagues, including his for...

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Chutzpah, This Is?
Chutzpah, This Is?

A documentary about the world's first Jewish hip-hop supergroup, Chutzpah....

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Trackdown: Finding the Goodbar Killer
Trackdown: Finding the Goodbar Killer

A New York detective and a victim's colleague hunt a killer who preys on single women....

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Live Aid
Live Aid

Live Aid was held on 13 July 1985, simultaneously in Wembley Stadium in London, England, and the Joh...

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Heroes and Demons
Heroes and Demons

Gripping thriller drama with fantastic all-star cast: Six different stories about crooks, misfits, h...

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The Goldbergs: An '80s Rewind
The Goldbergs: An '80s Rewind

Hilarious behind-the-scenes footage, interviews, and outtakes from the hit comedy....

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The Brothers Warner
The Brothers Warner

An intimate portrait and saga of four film pioneers--Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack who rose from immig...

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Made for Each Other
Made for Each Other

After three months in a sexless marriage, a man cheats on his wife and tries to justify his actions ...

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To Die For
To Die For

Suzanne Stone wants to be a world-famous news anchor and she is willing to do anything to get what s...

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The Desperate Hours
The Desperate Hours

The Hilliards are a middle class family whose lives are put in danger when escaped convict Glenn Gri...

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Taking the Heat
Taking the Heat

When Michael Norell witnesses a murder, he doesn't want to testify but he is forced to by the police...

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Killing 'em Softly
Killing 'em Softly

The girlfriend of a man murdered for a debt falls in love with the killer....

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Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind

Explore the personal and professional triumphs and challenges of actor Natalie Wood, which have ofte...

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SEGAL
SEGAL

From a shy kid on Long Island to Hollywood Leading Man, during its most prolific decades, legendary ...

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Following Her Heart
Following Her Heart

A Swedish woman, married to a domineering man for 35 years, is "set free" upon her husband's death. ...

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Night of 100 Stars
Night of 100 Stars

The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place ...

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Picture Windows: Song of Songs
Picture Windows: Song of Songs

Part of the anthology series "Picture Windows," Peter Bogdanovich’s "Song of Songs" reimagines Botti...

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George Segal: American Still Life
George Segal: American Still Life

Documentary about the life and work of the internationally acclaimed sculptor, whose trademark life-...

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