Robert Loggia

Salvatore Loggia (January 3, 1930 – December 4, 2015), known as Robert Loggia, was an American actor and director. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Jagged Edge.
==Early life==
Loggia, an Italian American, was born on Staten Island on January 3, 1930, the son of Beniamino Loggia, a shoemaker born in Palma di Montechiaro, Agrigento, Sicily, and Elena Blandino, a homemaker born in Vittoria, Ragusa, Sicily.Biography at FilmReference.Columbia (MO) Daily Tribune.Profile, Yahoo!Movies; accessed April 12, 2015. He graduated from New Dorp High School. After studying at Wagner College and journalism at the University of Missouri (class of 1951) and serving in the U.S. Army, he began a long career as a supporting player.
==Career==
Loggia was a radio and TV anchor on the Southern Command Network in the Panama Canal Zone. Loggia first came to prominence playing the real-life American lawman Elfego Baca in a series of Walt Disney TV shows in 1958. He starred as the proverbial cat-burglar-turned-good in a short-lived series called T.H.E. Cat. In 1972, he played Frank Carver on the CBS soap opera The Secret Storm.
His many television credits included appearances on Overland Trail, Target: The Corruptors!, The Untouchables, The Eleventh Hour, Breaking Point, Combat!, Custer, Columbo, Ellery Queen, High Chaparral, Gunsmoke, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Big Valley, Rawhide, Little House on the Prairie, Starsky and Hutch, Charlie's Angels, The Rockford Files (three times as three different characters), Magnum, P.I., Quincy, M.E., Kojak, Hawaii Five-0, The Bionic Woman, Falcon Crest, Frasier, The Sopranos, Monk and Oliver Stone's miniseries Wild Palms.
His film roles included Revenge of the Pink Panther, An Officer and a Gentleman, Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771, based on the Air New Zealand Flight 103 incident, Psycho II, Scarface, Prizzi's Honor, Over The Top, Independence Day, Necessary Roughness, Return to Me, Armed and Dangerous and Big (for which he won a Saturn Award).
In 1985, Loggia was nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal of crusty private detective Sam Ransom in the thriller Jagged Edge. He was nominated for an Emmy in 1989 for his portrayal of FBI agent Nick Mancuso in the TV series Mancuso, FBI, a follow up to the previous year's miniseries Favorite Son. Loggia appeared as a mobster in multiple films, including; Sykes in Disney's Oliver & Company (1988), Salvatore "The Shark" Macelli in John Landis's Innocent Blood, Mr. Eddy in David Lynch's Lost Highway (1997) and Don Vito Leoni in David Jablin's The Don's Analyst (1997).
In 1998, Loggia appeared in a television commercial lampooning obscure celebrity endorsements. In it, a young boy names Loggia as someone he would trust to recommend Minute Maid orange-tangerine blend. Loggia instantly appears and endorses the drink, to which the boy exclaims, "Whoa, Robert Loggia!" The commercial was later referenced in an episode of Malcolm in the Middle in which Loggia made a guest appearance as "Grandpa Victor" (for which he received his second Emmy nomination); Loggia drinks some orange juice, then spits it out and complains about the pulp.
Loggia also played a violent mobster named Feech La Manna on a few episodes of the series The Sopranos. In addition to his role in Oliver & Company (1988), Loggia had several other voice acting roles. A recurring role on the Adult Swim animated comedy Tom Goes to the Mayor, as crooked cop Ray Machowski in the video game Grand Theft Auto III, as Admiral Petrarch in FreeSpace 2, as the narrator of the Scarface: The World is Yours game adaptation and in the anime movie A Dog of Flanders (1997).Justin Sevakis (March 6, 2008) The Dog of Flanders – Buried Treasure, animenewsnetwork.com; accessed April 12, 2015.
In August 2009, Loggia appeared in one of Apple's Get a Mac advertisements. The advertisement features Loggia as a personal trainer hired by PC to get him back on top of his game. On October 26, 2009, TVGuide.com announced Loggia joined the cast of the TNT series Men of a Certain Age. In 2012, Loggia portrayed Saint Peter during his final imprisonment in The 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, and No Depo$it), with a fourth film in production (Sicilian Vampire) at the time of his death.
==Personal life and death==
Loggia was married to Marjorie Sloan from 1954-1981, with whom he had three children: Tracey (an actress), John (a production designer), and Kristina (an actress). They were divorced in 1981.
In 1982, Loggia married Audrey O'Brien, a business executive and the mother of his stepdaughter Cynthia Marlette. They remained married until his death in 2015.
In 2010, Loggia was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, and died on December 4, 2015, of complications from the disease at his home in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles at the age of 85.
==Honors and recognitions==
In 2010, Loggia was awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in recognition of his humanitarian efforts.http://engineering.nyu.edu/news/2010/05/10/president-hultin-receives-ellis-island-medal-honor 
On December 17, 2011, Loggia was honored by his alma mater, the University of Missouri, with an honorary degree for his career and his humanitarian efforts.
==Filmography==
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Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1956 	Somebody Up There Likes Me 	Frankie Peppo 	Uncredited
1957 	The Garment Jungle 	Tulio Renata 	
1958 	Cop Hater 	Detective Steve Carelli 	
1958 	The Lost Missile 	Dr. David Loring 	
1965 	The Greatest Story Ever Told 	Joseph 	
1966 	The Three Sisters 	Solyony 	
1966 	Elfego Baca: Six Gun Law 	Elfego Baca 	
1969 	Che! 	Faustino Morales 	
1974 	Two Missionaries 	Marches Gonzaga 	Billed as Roberto Loggia
1977 	First Love 	John March 	
1977 	Raid on Entebbe 	Yigal Allon 	
1977 	Speedtrap 	Spillano 	
1978 	Revenge of the Pink Panther 	Al Marchione 	
1980 	The Ninth Configuration 	Lt. Bennish 	
1980 	Flatfoot in Egypt 	Barns 	
1981 	S.O.B. 	Herb Maskowitz 	
1982 	An Officer and a Gentleman 	Byron Mayo 	
1982 	Trail of the Pink Panther 	Bruno Langois 	
1983 	Psycho II 	Dr. Bill Raymond 	
1983 	Curse of the Pink Panther 	Bruno Langois 	
1983 	Scarface 	Frank Lopez 	
1985 	Prizzi's Honor 	Eduardo Prizzi 	
1985 	Jagged Edge 	Sam Ransom 	Nominated — Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
1986 	Armed and Dangerous 	Michael Carlino 	
1986 	That's Life! 	Father Baragone 	
1987 	Over the Top 	Jason Cutler 	
1987 	Hot Pursuit 	Mac MacClaren 	
1987 	Echoes in the Darkness 	 	TV mini-series
1987 	The Believers 	Lt. Sean McTaggert 	
1987 	Gaby: A True Story 	Michel 	Golden Precolumbian Circle Award for Best Actor
1987 	Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 	Wiliam M. Kunstler 	TVNominated — Cable ACE Award for Best Actor in a Theatrical or Dramatic Special
1987 	Amazon Women on the Moon 	Gen. McCormick 	Segment: The Unknown SoldierUncredited
1988 	Big 	Mr. MacMillan 	Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
1988 	Oliver and Company 	Sykes 	Voice Only
1989 	Relentless 	Bill Malloy 	
1989 	Triumph of the Spirit 	Father Arouch 	
1989 	Mancuso, F.B.I. 	Nick Mancuso 	TVNominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
1990 	Opportunity Knocks 	Milt 	
1991 	The Marrying Man 	Lew Horner 	
1991 	Necessary Roughness 	Coach Wally Rig 	
1992 	Gladiator 	Pappy Jack 	
1992 	Spies Inc. 	Mac 	
1992 	Innocent Blood 	Sallie "The Shark" Macelli 	Nominated — Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Actor
1993 	Flight from Hell 	Gordon 	
1994 	Bad Girls 	Frank Jarrett 	
1994 	The Last Tattoo 	Cmdr. Conrad Dart 	
1994 	I Love Trouble 	Matt, Chronicle Editor 	
1994 	Picture Windows 	Merce 	TV
1995 	Coldblooded 	Gordon 	
1995 	Man With a Gun 	Philip Marquand 	
1996 	Independence Day 	General William Grey 	
1997 	Lost Highway 	Mr. Eddy/Dick Laurent 	
1997 	Smilla's Sense of Snow 	Moritz Jasperson 	
1997 	The Dog of Flanders 	Grandpa Jehan 	Voice OnlyEnglish Version
1998 	Holy Man 	John McBainbridge 	
1998 	Hard Time 	Connie Martin 	
1999 	Joan Of Arc 	Father Monet 	TV
2000 	Return to Me 	Angelo Pardipillo 	
2000 	Malcolm in the Middle 	Victor (Lois' Dad) 	TVNominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
2004 	The Sopranos 	Feech La Manna 	TV
2009 	Shrink 	Dr. Robert Carter 	
2010 	Harvest 	Siv 	Charlotte Film Festival Award for Best Actor
2011 	The Life Zone 	John Lation/Satan 	
2012 	Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie 	Tommy Schlaaang 	
2012 	Apostle Peter and the Last Supper 	Apostle Peter 	
2015 	Sicilian Vampire 	Santino Trafficante Sr. 	
==Awards and nominations==
Year	Award 	Category 	Work 	Result	ref
1985	Academy Award	Best Supporting Actor 	Jagged Edge	 	
1988	Saturn Award 	Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor	Big 	 	
==References==
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* Robert Loggia at the University of Wisconsin's Actors Studio audio collection
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