| Birth Name: | Richard Robert Segal III |
| Birth Date: | 10 March 1969 |
| Birth Place: | Long Island, New York, US |
| Occupation: | 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.
Segall was born on Long Island, New York, 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. 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. Segall won the role after being spotted by Paul Tannen, who mentioned him to executive producer Bob Claver. 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.
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. His most recent credit was from the police procedural television series NCIS.