In his Hollywood prime, he played a stuffy intellectual opposite Barbra Streisand's freewheeling prostitute in 1970's “The Owl and the Pussycat " a cheating husband opposite Glenda Jackson in 1973's “A Touch of Class ” a hopeless gambler opposite Elliot Gould in director Robert Altman’s 1974 “California Split " and a bank-robbing suburbanite opposite Jane Fonda in 1977's “Fun with Dick and Jane.” Just like my grandfather, George was a kid at heart with a magical spark.” “By pure fate, I ended up casting the perfect person to play Pops. It was a true honor being a small part of George Segal’s amazing legacy," said “Goldbergs” creator Adam Goldberg, who based the show on his 1980s childhood.
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To younger audiences, he was better known for playing magazine publisher Jack Gallo on the long-running NBC series “Just Shoot Me" from 1997 to 2003, and as grandfather Albert “Pops” Solomon on the “The Goldbergs” since 2013. He was the last surviving credited member of the tiny cast, all four of whom were nominated for Academy Awards: Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton for starring roles, Sandy Dennis and Segal for supporting performances. George Segal was always best known as a comic actor, becoming one of the screen's biggest stars in the 1970s when lighthearted adult comedies thrived.īut his most famous role was in a harrowing drama, “Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", based on Edward Albee's acclaimed play.
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