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He calmly explained to interviewers that, despite advice from agents, he would never change his name or fix his nose.

He struggled through the usual ordeals of a neophyte actor, working with The Premise improv group then landing small roles in The Young Doctors and The Longest Day. He was a good student but, other than grooving on his banjo, never gave a glint of his theatrical ambitions. I first got to know Segal when he was a student at Haverford, a Quaker college. George Segal Remembered By ‘The Goldbergs’ Creator, Cast, More: “Today We Lost A Legend” “Always listen, but never really listen,” he advised. He would offer smart comedic ideas reflecting his years in improv and also patiently coached Ted Kotcheff, a Canadian making his first Hollywood film, on the realities of working at a big studio. I recruited Segal for Fun with Dick and Jane, as its producer, and vividly recall his calm and tactful handling of a hyper Jane Fonda. He then went on to films including Bye Bye Braverman, co-starring Jessica Walter - who also died this week - and directed by Sidney Lumet (1968) Where’s Poppa? (1970) for Carl Reiner and The Owl and the Pussycat, in which he played a nerdy writer opposite Streisand in 1970. He won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for the film. Segal first received wide attention as Nick, the edgy young husband in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), adapted from the Edward Albee play. “I always sensed I would end up playing a grandfather named Goldberg,” he said. It began with Segal cast as a conniving American prisoner of war in King Rat and ended with The Goldbergs. “I always sensed my career would be surreal,” Segal once told me.

‘Just Shoot Me!’ Creator Steve Levitan Remembers George Segal, “One Of The Greats” “He looks real,” the dour Kramer once commented. His remarkable range was reflected in the list of directors who hired him, from Stanley Kramer to Carl Reiner, from Robert Altman to Mike Nichols. Segal, who died this week at age 87, was a gracious, thoughtful man, who, while a star for over 60 years, never resorted to bluster or name-dropping.