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Harry Segall

Overview

Harry Segall (April 10, 1892 – November 25, 1975) was an American playwright, screenwriter and television writer.

Segall was born in Chicago.

Harry Segall's writing career spans from 1933 to 1959. Segall's plays, including Lost Horizons, appeared on Broadway in the mid-1930s. In 1933, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer brought Segall to Hollywood as a contract writer. In 1936, he moved to RKO Pictures, where he wrote and co-wrote screenplays for films such as The Outcasts of Poker Flat, based on a story by Bret Harte, and Blind Alibi, starring Richard Dix. During this time, Paramount Pictures and Universal Studios also produced his screenplays.

In 1941, Segall won an Academy Award for Best Original Story for the film Here Comes Mr. Jordan, starring Robert Montgomery and Evelyn Keyes, based on Segall's play Heaven Can Wait. The play was later revived under Wonderful Journey, but the revival lasted only nine performances.

A Technicolor sequel to Here Comes Mr. Jordan, Down to Earth, was released in 1947, starring Rita Hayworth and Larry Parks. 

A 1978 film version of Heaven Can Wait starred Warren Beatty and Julie Christie. The play was then filmed again as Down to Earth, a 2001 vehicle for Chris Rock, with Segall credited as the writer of the original story.

With the advent of television, Segall turned his writing talents to this medium, writing plots for TV series and Playhouse 90. He retired from screenwriting in 1959 and died November 25, 1975, in Woodland Hills, California. Segall was interred in Roosevelt Cemetery in Gardena, California.

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Known for

Acting
1979 Agatha Actor Hotel Trio 59
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Writing
2001 Down to Earth Writing Original Film Writer 57
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1980 Xanadu Writing Theatre Play 58
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1980 Angel on My Shoulder Writing Original Film Writer 59
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1978 Heaven Can Wait Writing Original Film Writer 62
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1952 Monkey Business Writing Story 61
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1950 For Heaven's Sake Writing Theatre Play 59
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1947 Down to Earth Writing Original Film Writer 58
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1946 Angel on My Shoulder Writing Original Story 59
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1946 Angel on My Shoulder Writing Screenplay 59
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1946 The Bride Wore Boots Writing Theatre Play 59
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1943 The Powers Girl Writing Screenplay 59
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1942 Two Yanks in Trinidad Writing Screenplay 58
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1941 Here Comes Mr. Jordan Writing Original Film Writer 60
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1941 She Knew All the Answers Writing Story 59
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1940 The Lone Wolf Strikes Writing Screenplay 59
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1939 Coast Guard Writing Screenplay 58
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1938 Blond Cheat Writing Screenplay 58
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1938 Blind Alibi Writing Screenplay 59
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1938 Everybody's Doing It Writing Screenplay 59
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1937 She's Got Everything Writing Screenplay 59
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1937 Fight for Your Lady Writing Screenplay 58
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1937 Super-Sleuth Writing Theatre Play 58
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1937 There Goes My Girl Writing Screenplay N/A
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1937 The Outcasts of Poker Flat Writing Screenplay 59
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1936 Don't Turn 'em Loose Writing Screenplay 58
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1936 Fatal Lady Writing Story N/A
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Heaven Can Wait Writing Theatre Play N/A
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Crew
1942 The Wife Takes a Flyer Crew Additional Dialogue 59
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1937 Breakfast for Two Crew Additional Writing 58
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