Alex Segal

• Name — Alex Segal • Born — 1 July 1915 • Birthplace — Trenton, New Jersey, U.S. • Died — 22 August 1977 • Place of death — Los Angeles, California, U.S. • Years Active — 1949–76 • Children — Jonathan Segal • Occupation — Director, producer

Segal was born on July 1, 1915, in Trenton, New Jersey.

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).

In 1949 Segal married Ruth Storm, a stage manager. They had two children. He died on August 22, 1977, in Los Angeles, California.

• 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

• Celanese Theatre (1951–1952; 15 episodes) • Producers' Showcase (1956; 3 episodes) • No Time for Sergeants (1958)