Born Robin David Segal in Dallas to a Jewish family, he moved to New York City at age five, adopted his mother’s surname at ten, and graduated as valedictorian of Lincoln Square Academy at fourteen. After an uncredited film debut in Wait Until Dark and Broadway appearances in Zelda and The Rothschilds, he became a teen idol in the late 1970s with starring roles in Ode to Billy Joe, One on One and…
