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David A. Siegel (born May 3, 1935, in Chicago, Illinois; died April 5, 2025) was an American actor, producer, and businessman of Jewish descent who grew up in Miami after his family moved there in 1945. He graduated from Miami Senior High School in 1953 and studied marketing at the University of Miami before dropping out. He founded Mystery Fun House in Orlando in 1976 and became the founder of Westgate Resorts, owning the largest single-family home in the United States (86,000 sq ft) in Southern Florida. He was married three times — to Geraldine Florence Sanstrom (1961–1968), Betty Tucker (1970–1997), and Jackie Siegel (2000–2025) — and had twelve children. He died of cancer at age 89. His acting credits are limited: a Crime Scene Detective in Held for Ransom (2000, with Dennis Hopper and Randy Spelling), a Policeman in Night Terror (2002, which he also produced), and an appearance...
The Friend
Bee Season
Let Them All Talk
What Maisie Knew
Montana Story
The Deep End
Uncertainty
Suture