R.I.P.: George Segal

[erik]

Hollywood just lost another really good member of their acting community. George Segal, whose many credits included films such as the 1966 Mike Nichols classic WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?, has passed away at the age of 87:

www.radio.com/kearth101/news/george-segal-star-of-the-goldbergs-dies-at-87

[rick]

NY Times:George Segal, Durable Veteran of Drama and TV Comedy, Is Dead at 87 Best remembered for his role in “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” but later memorable for his comedic work.

[erik]

One of his most recent big-screen appearances was in the 2009 apocalyptic sci-fi film 2012, in which he is a musician onboard a ship at sea when the world literally starts coming to an end.

But another film appearance of Segal's that I like was his role as a conscientious civic inspector investigating a series of amusement park sabotages in the terribly underrated 1977 suspense film ROLLERCOASTER. This film was wrongly, in my opinion, castigated by critics as just another "disaster" film, when, in truth, it seems more like a precursor to the 1994 blockbuster SPEED.