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Harry Segall

Harry Segall

Known For Writing
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Updated Aug 09, 2025
Entry Date Aug 09, 2025
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Biography

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-Goldwy ... n-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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Harry Segall, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

Agatha

Agatha

1979

as Hotel Trio

Angel on My Shoulder

Angel on My Shoulder

1980

Original Film Writer

Xanadu

Xanadu

1980

Theatre Play

Heaven Can Wait

Heaven Can Wait

1978

Theatre Play

Monkey Business

Monkey Business

1952

Story

For Heaven's Sake

For Heaven's Sake

1950

Theatre Play

Down to Earth

Down to Earth

1947

Theatre Play

The Bride Wore Boots

The Bride Wore Boots

1946

Theatre Play

Angel on My Shoulder

Angel on My Shoulder

1946

Original Story, Screenplay

The Powers Girl

The Powers Girl

1943

Screenplay

The Wife Takes a Flyer

The Wife Takes a Flyer

1942

Additional Dialogue

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

1941

Story, Theatre Play

The Lone Wolf Strikes

The Lone Wolf Strikes

1940

Screenplay

Coast Guard

Coast Guard

1939

Screenplay

Blond Cheat

Blond Cheat

1938

Screenplay

Everybody's Doing It

Everybody's Doing It

1938

Screenplay

Blind Alibi

Blind Alibi

1938

Screenplay

Fight for Your Lady

Fight for Your Lady

1937

Screenplay

The Outcasts of Poker Flat

The Outcasts of Poker Flat

1937

Screenplay

She's Got Everything

She's Got Everything

1937

Screenplay

Breakfast for Two

Breakfast for Two

1937

Additional Writing

There Goes My Girl

There Goes My Girl

1937

Screenplay

Super-Sleuth

Super-Sleuth

1937

Theatre Play

Don't Turn 'em Loose

Don't Turn 'em Loose

1936

Screenplay

Fatal Lady

Fatal Lady

1936

Story

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