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Jeffrey Segal

1 Aug 1920Born
5 Feb 2015Died
94Age at death
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Jeffrey Segal (1 August 1920 – 5 February 2015) was an English actor and scriptwriter. He made his first screen appearance, as an extra, in the film Jew Süss (1934). From the early 1960s onwards he appeared in many British TV series, notably Callan,Z-Cars, The Protectors, Terry and June, The Pallisers, It Ain't Half Hot Mum and Dad's Army.

Segal played "Arthur Perkins" in the children's comedy series Rentaghost, in the "Gourmet Night" episode of Fawlty Towers, he played a hotel guest who is a hen-pecked husband and father of a babied spoiled brat; his character name was given, although this is never mentioned in dialogue, as Mr Heath in the credits, and he appeared as a civil servant in an

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episode in Yes Minister. He appeared in The Sweeney and Minder. In the mid-1980s he appeared in the mini-series of Oliver Twist, Vanity Fair, and in an episode of Jonathan Creek.

Segal broadcast on British radio over a long period, with more than one stint as a member of the BBC Drama Repertory Company (now the Radio Drama Company). He played parts as various as Agamemnon in Troilus and Cressida, Yasha in The Cherry Orchard and the Earl of Westmoreland in Henry V. He scripted programmes for BBC Radio, such as the series "Superintendent Pepper Remembers", in which he also acted, and at one time was a member of the scriptwriting team for "The Dales", another programme he sometimes took part in. Segal also appeared in two episodes of the BBC's department store sitcom Are You Being Served.

Segal's stage work was varied over the years, including performing in "The Queen's Highland Servant" at the Savoy Theatre. He was in Love's Labour's Lost at the Open Air Theatre, Regents's Park. At Richmond (Surrey) he played Rosencrantz to Alan Wheatley's Hamlet. Later he performed in numerous productions for the Royal Shakespeare Company, such as Much Ado About Nothing with Ralph Fiennes.

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Filmography

  1. 1997Jonathan CreekSeries: Marco Bergman (1 episode)
  2. 1987BustSeries: Harry (1 episode)
  3. 1987Rest in PiecesFilm: Dr. Anderson
  4. 1985Oliver TwistSeries: Bookseller (2 episodes)
  5. 1985Lytton's DiarySeries: Harold (6 episodes)
  6. 1984FreudSeries: Male Patient (1 episode)
  7. 1981BergeracSeries: Simpson (1 episode)
  8. 1981The UnionFilm: ETU Member
  9. 1980InvasionFilm: Kriegel
  10. 1979Wednesday's ChildFilm: Mr. Burton
  11. 1979MinderSeries: Middle Aged Man (1 episode)
  12. 1979Terry and JuneSeries: White, CB Radio Voice (voice) (1 episode)
  13. 1979ShoestringSeries: Mr Marrick (1 episode)
  14. 1979Spooner's PatchSeries: Bank Manager (1 episode)
  15. 1979The Chief MournerFilm: Freddy Ware
  16. 1978Bless Me FatherSeries: Mr. Conroy (1 episode)
  17. 1977Murder Most English: A Flaxborough ChronicleSeries: Ted House (1 episode)
  18. 1976RentaghostSeries: Arthur Perkins (33 episodes)
  19. 1975Fawlty TowersSeries: Mr. Heath (1 episode)
  20. 1975The SweeneySeries: The Reporter (1 episode)
  21. 1974Armchair CinemaSeries: Reporter (1 episode)
  22. 1974The PrisonFilm: Reporter
  23. 1974Napoleon and LoveSeries: Dr Dubois (1 episode)
  24. 1974It Ain't Half Hot MumSeries (1 episode)
  25. 1973Alice Through the Looking GlassFilm: Frog / Man in White Paper
  26. 1972The Strauss FamilySeries: Amon (5 episodes)
  27. 1972The ProtectorsSeries: Extremist Officer (1 episode)
  28. 1972Are You Being Served?Series (2 episodes)
  29. 1972The ViaductSeries (3 episodes)
  30. 1971Edna: The Inebriate WomanFilm: Counsel at public hearing
  31. 1971JusticeSeries: Mr. Roberts (1 episode)
  32. 1971It's Awfully Bad for Your Eyes, DarlingSeries: Horatio (1 episode)
  33. 1970Play for TodaySeries: Counsel, at Public Hearing (1 episode)
  34. 1970UFOSeries: Monsieur Duval (1 episode)
  35. 1969Softly Softly: Task ForceSeries: Jennings (1 episode)
  36. 1969HadleighSeries: Charles Lancing (1 episode)
  37. 1969The Main ChanceSeries: Magistrate (1 episode)
  38. 1968Dad's ArmySeries: Minister, Brigadier (1 episode)
  39. 1967CallanSeries (1 episode)
  40. 1967The Forsyte SagaSeries: Belby (1 episode)
  41. 1966King of the RiverSeries: Italian Captain (1 episode)
  42. 1965LondonersSeries: Mr. Ramsden (1 episode)
  43. 1965Public EyeSeries: Registrar (1 episode)
  44. 1964The Wednesday PlaySeries: Mr. Dumpton (1 episode)
  45. 1964Theatre 625Series: Didlum (1 episode)
  46. 1964Story ParadeSeries: Mr. Jones (1 episode)
  47. 1962SuspenseSeries: Dr. Wilkinson (1 episode)
  48. 1962The Scales of JusticeSeries: William Abridge (1 episode)
  49. 1962Z-CarsSeries (3 episodes)
  50. 1960Coronation StreetSeries: Mr. Sinclair (1 episode)
  51. 1960Barnaby RudgeSeries: Mr. Akerman (2 episodes)
  52. 1959No Hiding PlaceSeries (1 episode)
  53. 1950Sunday Night TheatreSeries: Corporal Albert Pym (1 episode)

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