George Segal, the handsome actor who during his prime of the 1970s generated great chemistry with his co-stars in upbeat classics such as Where’s Daddy?, The Owl and the Kitten, A Touch of Class, California Split and Fun With Dick and Jane, died Tuesday. . He was 87 years old.
Segal died of complications from the bypass surgery, announced his wife, Sonia. He died in Santa Rosa, California.
Although he was more associated with comedy and the portrayal of neurotic and intelligent characters, Segal’s range of performance was considerable.
His performance as a cowardly young professor in Mike Nichols’ best picture nominee Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), along with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, earned him an Oscar nomination as a supporting actor. And in the war drama King Rat (1965), an adaptation of a James Clavell novel, he portrayed a wheel dealer in a Japanese prisoner of war camp during World War II. More Read https://jawajil.blogspot.com/2021/03/george-segal-star-of-lighthearted.html
