Career
He made his first screen appearance, as an extra, in the film Jud Süß (1934). From the early 1960s onwards he appeared in many British television series, notably Callan, Z-Cars, The Protectors, Terry and June, The Pallisers, lieutenant Ain"t Half Hot Mum, and Dad"s Army. He appeared in The Sweeney and Minder.
In the mid-1980s he appeared in the mini-series of Oliver Twist and Vanity Fair, and most recently in an episode of Jonathan Creek.
Segal also appeared in two episodes of the British Broadcasting Corporation"s department store sitcom Are You Being Served. Segal"s stage work has been various over the years, including a great deal in London especially at the old Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, and also in the West End, such as "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.
Segal died on 5 February 2015, aged 94.
