---
name: "Don Seigel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/don-seigel"
fi1m_id: "don-seigel"
imdb_id: "nm0782539"
tmdb_id: 1482664
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:39:35.107438+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Don Seigel

## Identity

Don Seigel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/don-seigel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** don-seigel
- **IMDb ID:** nm0782539
- **TMDB ID:** 1482664
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0782539/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1482664

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0782539/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1482664

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Frasier*](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md) (88)

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## Biography

Don Seigel is an American television writer, producer and creator. He wrote episodes of *The Jeffersons* (1975) and served as executive producer on the series from 1982 to 1985, also working as story editor and executive story editor earlier in its run.

Seigel wrote multiple episodes of *The Golden Girls* (1985) and was supervising producer from 1990 to 1992. He created the series *Here and Now* (1992) and *Trial and Error* (1988), on both of which he also served as executive producer. He wrote two episodes of *Frasier* (1993). Seigel received a Primetime Emmy nomination for his work on *The Golden Girls*.

*Sources: imdb.com, tvmaze.com, tvguide.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Frasier* (1993), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Frasier* (1993), series, Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)
- *Morton's by the Bay* (1989), series, Executive Producer, Writer
- *Trial and Error* (1988), series, Creator
- *The Golden Girls* (1985), series, as Davey Cricket — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-golden-girls.md)
- *The Jeffersons* (1975), series, Teleplay

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