American actor (1930–2015)
Salvatore "Robert "Loggia (/ˈ l oʊ ʒ ə / LOH -zhə ,Italian: [salvaˈtoːre ˈlɔddʒa] ; January 3, 1930 – December 4, 2015) was an Italian-American actor. He was nominated for theAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actor forJagged Edge (1985) and won theSaturn Award for Best Supporting Actor forBig (1988).
In a career spanning over sixty years, Loggia performed in many films, includingThe Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), threePink Panther films,An Officer and a Gentleman (1982),Scarface (1983),Prizzi's Honor (1985),Oliver & Company (1988),Innocent Blood (1992),Independence Day (1996),Lost Highway (1997),Return to Me (2000), andTim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie (2012).
He also appeared on television series, including the Walt Disney limited seriesThe Nine Lives of Elfego Baca .[ 1] He played T. Hewitt Edward Cat in the NBC martial arts/action drama seriesT.H.E. Cat from 1966-1967,[ 2] and Nick Mancuso inMancuso, FBI from 1989–1990. Loggia also appeared inMalcolm in the Middle in 2001,The Sopranos in 2004, andMen of a Certain Age in 2011.
Early life and education [ edit ] Loggia was born inNew York , New York, on January 3, 1930,[ 3] to Biagio Loggia, a shoemaker born inPalma di Montechiaro ,Province of Agrigento ,Sicily , and Elena Blandino, a homemaker born inVittoria ,Province of Ragusa , Sicily.[ 4] [ 5] He grew up in theLittle Italy neighborhood, where the family spoke Sicilian at home. He graduated fromNew Dorp High School before taking courses atWagner College where he joined theAlpha Sigma Phi fraternity.[ 6] In 1951, he earned a degree in journalism fromUniversity of Missouri .[ 7] He later studied acting withAlvina Krause atNorthwestern University .[citation needed ]
After serving in theUnited States Army as a reporter for theArmed Forces Radio and Television Service in the Caribbean,[ 8] he started his acting career at theActors Studio , studying underStella Adler .[ 9]
Loggia's stage roles include Solyony inThe Three Sisters (1964) and as Al inBoom Boom Room (1973).[ 10]
Although Loggia made his first film,Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956), in an uncredited appearance, it was not until he was cast as a New Mexico lawmanElfego Baca , two years later, that he made a breakthrough in Hollywood. Loggia was a radio and TV anchor on theSouthern Command Network in thePanama Canal Zone , and he came to prominence playing a real-life sheriff inThe Nine Lives of Elfego Baca , a series ofWalt Disney TV shows .
Loggia in 1966 He later starred as the proverbialcat-burglar -turned-good circus artist Thomas Hewitt Edward Cat in a short-lived detective series calledT.H.E. Cat , first broadcast in 1966. At first,T.H.E. Cat appeared to be a success, Loggia said: "We're drawing about a 30 per cent share of the audience, which NBC considers fine for a new show with a new star."[ 11] After NBC cancelled the series when viewing figures failed to deliver, Loggia went into a mid-life crisis—a "Dante-esque descent into the inferno", as he called it later. For six years his career foundered, and his marriage fell apart. Restless and unnerved, constantly riddled with self-doubt, a chance meeting withAudrey O'Brien was his saving grace. She helped him out of the crisis, and they later married. Despite playing Frank Carver on theCBS soap operaThe Secret Storm [ 12] in 1972, he took a new course when he decided to begin a career in directing.
The directorBlake Edwards often cast Loggia in his films in minor or supporting roles. These includedRevenge of the Pink Panther (1978) and other Pink Panther sequels, andS.O.B. (1981), which was a satire about Hollywood.
In 1983, Loggia played Frank Lopez,[ 13] a drug dealer who was one of the main supporting characters and antagonists in the filmScarface , which is often considered a classic Hollywood film.[ 14]
Loggia also acted in several widely acclaimed films such asAn Officer and a Gentleman (1982),Prizzi's Honor (1985), andIndependence Day (1996). Other films starring Loggia includeOver The Top (1987),Necessary Roughness (1991), andReturn to Me (2000).
Loggia was nominated for theAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of crusty private detective Sam Ransom in the crime thrillerJagged Edge (1985). He was nominated for thePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series , his first such honor, for portraying FBI agent Nick Mancuso in the TV seriesMancuso, FBI (1989–1990), a follow-up to the previous year's miniseriesFavorite Son (1988). Loggia appeared as a mobster in multiple films, including BillSykes , the immoral loanshark and shipyard agent in Disney's animated filmOliver & Company (1988), Salvatore "The Shark" Macelli inJohn Landis 'Innocent Blood (1992), Mr. Eddy inDavid Lynch 'sLost Highway (1997), and Don Vito Leoni inDavid Jablin 'sThe Don's Analyst (1997). Additionally, he played violent mobsterFeech La Manna in several episodes ofThe Sopranos .
In 1998, Loggia appeared in a television commerciallampooning obscure celebrity endorsements. In it, a young boy names Loggia as someone he would trust to recommendMinute Maid orange-tangerine blend. Loggia instantly appears and endorses the drink, to which the boy exclaims, "Whoa, Robert Loggia!"[ 15] The commercial was later referenced in aMalcolm in the Middle episode in which Loggia made a guest appearance as "Grandpa Victor" (for which he received his secondEmmy nomination); in it, Loggia drinks some orange juice, then spits it out and complains about the presence of pulp.
In addition to voicing Sykes in Disney'sOliver & Company , Loggia had several other voice acting roles, in multiple media, including: Admiral Petrarch in the computer gameFreeSpace 2 (1999) and the anime movieThe Dog of Flanders (1997), crooked copRay Machowski in the video gameGrand Theft Auto III (2001), and a recurring role on theAdult Swim animated TV comedy seriesTom Goes to the Mayor (2004–2006).[ 16]
In August 2009, Loggia appeared in one ofApple 'sGet a Mac advertisements. The advertisement features Loggia as a personal trainer hired by PC to get him back on top of his game.[citation needed ] On October 26, 2009,TVGuide.com announced Loggia had joined the cast of theTNT seriesMen of a Certain Age .[ 17]
Loggia also appeared in two episodes of the animated seriesFamily Guy as himself; in the episode"Brothers and Sisters " , afterMayor West tells his fiancé Carol he has "aides" (which Carol mistakes forAIDS ), before he clarifies that he is referring to his assistants; West then remarks that they both have AIDS, and the scene cuts to Loggia, angrily responding "NOT OKAY!". In the episode"Call Girl " , he is seen twice denoting the passage of time in boring events. The script would cut away to Loggia saying "Eight f***ing hours later", then back to the story, further along in the plot. An earlier episode showed Peter stuck behind Loggia at the airport, where he was not voiced by Loggia himself. In 2012, Loggia portrayedSaint Peter during his final imprisonment inThe Apostle Peter and the Last Supper . Loggia partnered with Canadian entrepreneur Frank D'Angelo from 2013, appearing in three films (Real Gangsters ,The Big Fat Stone , andNo Depo$it ), with a fourth film in production (Sicilian Vampire ) at the time of Loggia's death.[citation needed ]
Loggia served as a director for episodes ofQuincy M.E. ,Magnum, P.I. , andHart to Hart .
Loggia reprised his role fromIndependence Day , General William Grey, in a cameo appearance alongside his wife, Audrey, in the 2016 sequelIndependence Day: Resurgence , filmed shortly before his death. The film was released posthumously and dedicated to him.
Robert and wife Audrey at the 2012Miami International Film Festival Loggia was married to Della Marjorie Sloan, from 1954 until they divorced in 1981, with whom he had three children. In 1982, Loggia married Audrey O'Brien; they remained married until his death in 2015.[ 18] [citation needed ]
In 2010, Loggia was diagnosed withAlzheimer's disease .[ 19] He died on December 4, 2015, due to complications from the disease, at his home in theBrentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, at the age of 85.[ 19] [ 20] He is interred at theWestwood Memorial Park .[citation needed ]
Honors and recognitions [ edit ] In 2010, Loggia was awarded theEllis Island Medal of Honor in recognition of his humanitarian efforts.[ 21]
On December 17, 2011, Loggia was honored by his alma mater, theUniversity of Missouri , with an honorary degree for his career and his humanitarian efforts.[ 22]
Year Title Role Notes 1956 Studio One Season 9 Episode 1: "A Special Announcement" 1957 Studio One Henry Thomas Season 9 Episode 28: "The Traveling Lady" 1957 Studio One Lieutenant Joe Crane Season 10 Episode 3: "Mutiny on the Shark: Part 1" Season 10 Episode 4: "Mutiny on the Shark: Part 2" 1958 Playhouse 90 Major Woulman Season 2 Episode 32:Rumors of Evening 1958 NBC Matinee Theater Dagnon Season 3 Episode 103: "The Prophet Hosea" 1958-1960 Walt Disney Presents Elfego Baca Season 5 Episode 1: "The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca" (1958) Season 5 Episode 3: "Four Down and Five Lives to Go" (1958) Season 5 Episode 5 Episode 10: "Elfego Baca: Lawman or Gunman" (1958) Season 5 Episode 11: "Law and Order, Incorporated" (1958) Season 5 Episode 17: "Elfego Baca: Attorney at Law" (1959) Season 5 Episode 19: "The Griswold Murder" (1959) Season 6 Episode 7: "Elfego Baca: Move Along, Mustangers" (1959) Season 6 Episode 8: "Elfego Baca: Mustang Man, Mustang Maid" (1959) Season 6 Episode 24: Elfego Baca: Friendly Enemies at Law" (1960) Season 6 Episode 25: Elfego Baca: Gus Tomlin is Dead" (1960) 1959 Wagon Train Jose Maria Moran Season 2 Episode 34: "The Jose Maria Moran Story" 1959 Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond Tom Grant Season 2 Episode 15: "The Hand" 1959 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Patsy Season 2 Episode 5: "Come Back to Sorrento" 1960 The United States Steel Hour Jacques Planchet / Jonathan Plunkett Season 7 Episode 16: "How to Make a Killing" 1960 Overland Trail CaptainPorfirio Diaz Season 1 Episode 11: "Mission into Mexico" 1960 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Larry Chetnik Season 6 Episode 9: "The Money" 1961 Naked City Ben Tourelle Season 3 Episode 4: "The Fingers of Henri Tourelle" 1961 Target: The Corruptors Johnny Praisewater Season 1 Episode 5: "The Poppy Vendor" 1961 The Defenders Joe Manson Season 1 Episode 12: "Perjury" 1961 Alcoa Premiere Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-HungarySeason 1 Episode 9: "The End of a World" 1962 The Untouchables Leo Mencken / Larry Zenko Season 3 Episode 17: "Takeover" 1962 The Dick Powell Show Collin Maese Season 1 Episode 23: "The Hook" 1962 The DuPont Show of the Week Kiki Season 2 Episode 2: "The Interrogator" 1962 Alfred Hitchcock Presents James "Jimmy" French Season 7 Episode 16: "The Case of M.J.H." 1963 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour "Driver" Arthur Season 2 Episode 4: "You'll Be the Death of Me" 1963 The Defenders Jerry Thomas Season 2 Episode 23: "The Eye of Fear" 1963 Rawhide Maria Jose Chappala Season 5 Episode 24: "Incident of the Comanchero" 1963 Ben Casey Dr. Mike Rosario Season 3 Episode 2: "Justice to a Microbe" 1964 Ben Casey John Hanavan Season 4 Episode 13: "This Wild, Wild, Wild Waltzing World" 1964 The Nurses Dr. Juan Cortez Season 3 Episode 13: "The Skill in These Hands" 1964 Route 66 Colonel Zaman Season 4 Episode 23: "I'm Here to Kill a King" 1965 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Richard Schausak Season 3 Episode 25: "The World's Oldest Motive" 1965 Combat! Etienne Season 3 Episode 26: "The Tree of Moray" 1965 Gunsmoke Lieutenant Cal Tripp Season 10 Episode 19: "Chief Joseph" 1965 The Wild Wild West Warren Trevor Season 1 Episode 4: "The Night of Sudden Death" 1966 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Dr. Crandell Ames Season 2 Episode 19: "Graveyard of Fear" 1966–1967 T.H.E. Cat Thomas Hewitt Edward Cat all 26 episodes 1967 The Wild Wild West Colonel Arsenio 'Arsenic' Barbossa Season 3 Episode 3: "The Night of Assassin" 1968 The Big Valley Vern Hickson Season 4 Episode 9: "The Profit and the Lost" 1968 The High Chaparral Chio Season 2 Episode 9: "The Deceivers" 1970 The High Chaparral Grey Wolf Season 4 Episode 9: "The Forge of Hate" 1970 The F.B.I. Alex Poland Season 6 Episode 8: "The Deadly Pact" 1972 The F.B.I. Phillip Derrane Season 7 Episode 20: "Arrangement with Terror" 1974 Cannon Luis Gutierrez Season 4 Episode 6: "The Exchange" 1975 Mannix Inspector Varga Season 8 Episode 20: "Bird of Prey: Part 1" Season 8 Episode 21: "Bird of Prey: Part 2" 1975 Starsky & Hutch Ben Forest Season 1 Episode 5: "The Fix" 1975 Kojak Cassidy York Season 2 Episode 23: "Two-Four-Six for Two Hundred" 1975 McMillan & Wife Dimetrios Anapopulis Season 5 Episode 3: "Aftershock" 1975 Ellery Queen Alexsei Dobrenskov Season 1 Episode 7: "The Adventure of Colonel Nivin's Memoirs" 1975 S.W.A.T. Joe Stevens Season 1 Episode 5: "Hit Men" 1976 S.W.A.T. Lieutenant Johnson Season 2 Episode 22: "Any Second Now" 1976 Cannon Johnny Behr Season 5 Episode 21: "Snapshot" 1976 Columbo Harry Season 5 Episode 5: "Now You See Me" 1976 The Moneychangers Tony "Tony Bear" Season 1 Episode 3: "Part III" Season 1 Episode 4: "Part IV" 1976 The Rockford Files Dominic Marcon Season 3 Episode 5: "Drought at Indianhead River" 1976 Charlie's Angels Paul Terranova Season 1 Episode 6: "The Killing Kind" 1976 Wonder Woman Hans Eichler Season 1 Episode 6: "Wonder Woman vs Gargantua" 1976 Street Killing Louis Spillane Television film 1976 The Six Million Dollar Man Mahmud Majid Season 4 Episode 9: "The Thunderbird Connection" (Television film) 1976 Police Woman Paul Nicastro Season 2 Episode 19: "Wednesday's Child" 1977 Police Woman Sylvester Season 3 Episode 16: "Shadow of a Doubt" 1977 The Rockford Files Manny Arturis Season 4 Episode 1: "Beamer's Last Case" 1977 Raid on Entebbe Yigal Allon Television film 1977 The Six Million Dollar Man Hendricks Season 5 Episode 7: "Rollback" 1977 The Bionic Woman Ali Ben Gazim Season 2 Episode 17: "Jaime and the King" (Television film) 1978 Starsky & Hutch Jack Parker Season 4 Episode 10: "The Groupie" 1978 The Rockford Files Russell Nevitt Season 5 Episode 2: "Rosendahl and Gilda Stern Are Dead" 1978 The Eddie Capra Mysteries George Carroll Season 1 Episode 6: "How Do I Kill Thee?" 1979 Hawaii Five-O Russ Hendrix Season 11 Episode 18: "The Execution File" 1979 Vega$ Lou Volt Season 1 Episode 13: "The Eleventh Event" 1980 Vega$ Simon Webster Season 2 Episode 18: "The Hunter Hunted" 1980 Charlie's Angels Michael Durano Season 4 Episode 23: "Toni's Boys" 1980 Magnum, P.I. Philippe Trusseau Season 1 Episode 1: "Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii" Season 1 Episode 2: "Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii: Part 2" 1981 Fantasy Island Porter Brockhill Season 4 Episode 12: "The Heroine/The Warrior" 1982 A Woman Called Golda Anwar Sadat TV miniseries 1982 Little House on the Prairie Thomas Stark Season 9 Episode 4: "Rage" 1983–1984 Emerald Point N.A.S. Yuri Bukharin 16 episodes 1984 Murder, She Wrote Joe Kellijian Season 1 Episode 9: "Death Casts a Spell" 1984 Matt Houston Decker Season 3 Episode 6: "Return to Nam: Part 1" Season 3 Episode 7: "Escape from Nam: Part 2" 1985 Streets of Justice Detective Christopher Ryan Television film 1986 Magnum, P.I. Philippe Trusseau / 'La Bulle' Season 7 Episode 5: "Death and Taxes" 1986 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Charley Season 1 Episode 14: "A Very Happy Ending" 1987 Echoes in the Darkness Jay Smith 2 episodes ("Part I" and "Part II") 1987 Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 William Kunstler Television film 1988 Favorite Son Nick Mancuso Season 1 Episode 1: "Part One" 1989–1990 Mancuso, F.B.I. Nick Mancuso all 20 episodes 1991 Sunday Dinner Ben Benedict all 6 episodes 1993 Wild Palms SenatorAnton Kreutzer all 5 episodes 1993 Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771 Gordon Vette Television film 1995 Picture Windows Merce Season 1 Episode 6: "Armed Response" 1996 The Right to Remain Silent Lieutenant Mike Brosloe Television film 1996 Mistrial Captain Lou Unger Television film 1999 Joan of Arc Father Monet 2 episodes ("Part I" and "Part II") 2000 Dharma & Greg General Kirby Season 4 Episode 4: "Hell No, Greg Can't Go" 2000 Frasier Stefano Season 7 Episode 21: "The Three Faces of Frasier" 2000 The Outer Limits Justice Earl Clayton Season 6 Episode 21: "Final Appeal" 2000 Touched by an Angel Chandler Crowne Season 7 Episode 4: "Restoration" 2001 Malcolm in the Middle Victor Season 2 Episode 15: "The Grandparents" 2003 Queens Supreme Judge Thomas O'Neill all 13 episodes 2003 Curb Your Enthusiasm Mel Brooks' Business Associate Season 4 (2 episodes uncredited) 2004 The Sopranos Michele "Feech" La Manna Season 5 Episode 1: "Two Tonys" Season 5 Episode 2: "Rat Pack" Season 5 Episode 3: "Where's Johnny?" Season 5 Episode 4: "All Happy Families" 2006 Tom Goes to the Mayor Lew Petersen (voice) Season 2 Episode 6: "Saxman" 2008 Monk Louie Flynn Season 7 Episode 4: "Mr. Monk Takes a Punch" 2010 Hawaii Five-0 Boatswain's Mate 1st Class Ed McKay Season 1 Episode 7: "Ho'apano (Accept)" 2010 Men of a Certain Age Artie Season 1 Episode 7: "Father's Fraternity" 2011 Men of a Certain Age Artie Season 2 Episode 6: "Let the Sunshine In" Season 2 Episode 9: "A League of Their Owen" 2011 Family Guy Himself (live-action cameo) Season 9 Episode 15: "Brothers and Sisters" 2013 Family Guy Himself (voice) Season 11 Episode 14: "Call Girl"
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