Robert Loggia

**Salvatore Loggia** [salvaˈtoːre ˈlɔddʒa] (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. 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.Template:Fix/category[*citation needed*]

## 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).

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.Template:Fix/category[*citation needed*] 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)[1], John (a production designer)[2], and Kristina (an actress)[3]. 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.

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.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Biography for Robert Loggia at the Internet Movie Database
2. ↑ Biography at FilmReference.
3. ↑ Columbia (MO) Daily Tribune.
4. ↑ Profile, Yahoo!Movies; accessed April 12, 2015.
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6. ↑ Whoa, Robert Loggia! on YouTube
7. ↑ Justin Sevakis (March 6, 2008) The Dog of Flanders – Buried Treasure, animenewsnetwork.com; accessed April 12, 2015.
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14. ↑ Latest Titles With Robert Loggia. IMDb
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## External links

* Robert Loggia at the Internet Movie Database
* Robert Loggia at the Internet Broadway Database
* Robert Loggia at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
* Robert Loggia at the University of Wisconsin's Actors Studio audio collection

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