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George Segal
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Actor Born: February 13, 1934 in Great Neck, Long Island, NY Biography:"George Segal" kicked off his performing career as a boy magician in his Long Island neighborhood. An accomplished banjoist, Segal played with Bruno Lynch and His Imperial Jazz before enrolling at Columbia University. After three years' military service, Segal resettled in New York in 1959, and that same year was cast in his first off-Broadway play. Entering films with 1961's "The Young Doctors", Segal quickly established himself as one of Hollywood's most accomplished young character actors; in 1967, he received an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Nick in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf". When one compiles a list of favorite films from the late 1960s-early 1970s, one usually spends a great deal of time exclaiming "Hey! Segal was in that, too." He played a hustling POW in "King Rat" (1965), a Cagneyesque hood in "Saint Valentine's Day Massacre" (1967), ulcerated homicide detective Mo Brummel in... Full Biography
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