Alex Segal (July 1, 1915 – August 22, 1977) was an American television director, television producer, and film director.
Early years Segal was born on July 1, 1915, in Trenton, New Jersey.
Career In 1948, Segal became a production assistant at ABC, working for $50 per week. He went on to direct more than 25 different television programs, including The Billy Daniels Show, The United States Steel Hour and Celanese Theater (1951–52), between his debut as a director on Starring Boris Karloff (1949) and his death in 1977. Segal directed some films, including Joy in the Morning in 1965.
Segal resigned from ABC in May 1955. Steps were under way toward his signing a new contract with the network, with an oral agreement in place. Segal never signed the contract because "a disagreement arose on the legal interpretation" of one of the contract's clauses. The resignation took effect after the last ABC episode of The United States Steel Hour was broadcast.
He received several Emmy nominations for his directing in the 1950s and won a Primetime Emmy for his TV directorship of Death of a Salesman in 1966. Segal also served as chairman of the Division of Drama at the University of Southern California from 1971 to 1976. During one of his hiatuses from TV he taught for one year at the University of Montana.
Segal's directing credits on Broadway include Compulsion (1957), Who Was That Lady I Saw You With? (1958), Jolly's Progress (1959), and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1963).
Personal life and death In 1949 Segal married Ruth Storm, a stage manager. They had two children. He died on August 22, 1977, in Los Angeles, California.
Filmography As director Year Title Notes 1949 Volume One 1 episode Starring Boris Karloff 1949–1950 Actors Studio 4 episodes 1950–1951 Pulitzer Prize Playhouse 3 episodes 1951–1952 Celanese Theatre 16 episodes 1952 Columbia University Seminar 1953–1954 The Campbell Playhouse 2 episodes 1953–1958 The United States Steel Hour 11 episodes 1956 Ransom! Producers' Showcase 3 episodes 1958 Kraft Television Theatre 1 episode 1958–1961 The DuPont Show of the Month 6 episodes 1959 Playhouse 90 2 episodes 1960–1961 NBC Sunday Showcase 3 episodes 1961 Alcoa Premiere 1 episode 1963 Hedda Gabler BBC and CBS TV Movie Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre 1 episode All the Way Home 1964 The Nurses 1 episode 1965 Joy in the Morning Harlow Magna version starring Carol Lynley 1966 Death of a Salesman TV movie ABC Stage 67 1 episode 1967 The Crucible TV movie The Diary of Anne Frank TV movie 1968 Certain Honorable Men TV movie 1970 To Confuse the Angel TV movie 1971 Decisions! Decisions! TV movie 1973 The Lie TV movie 1975 My Father's House TV movie 1976 The Story of David TV movie Rich Man, Poor Man Book II TV miniseries
As producer Celanese Theatre (1951–1952; 15 episodes) Producers' Showcase (1956; 3 episodes) No Time for Sergeants (1958)
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