Robert Loggia | |
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Born | Salvatore Loggia January 3, 1930 Staten Island, New York, U.S. |
Died | December 4, 2015 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 85)
Resting place | Westwood Memorial Park |
Alma mater | University of Missouri (BA) |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1951–2015 |
Spouses | Marjorie Sloan
(m. 1954; div. 1981)Audrey O'Brien (m. 1982) |
Children | 3 |
Awards | Saturn Award (1988) Ellis Island Medal of Honor (2010) |
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Salvatore "Robert" Loggia (/ˈloʊʒə/ LOH-zhə, Italian: [salvaˈtoːre ˈlɔddʒa]; January 3, 1930 – December 4, 2015) was an American actor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Jagged Edge (1985) and won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor for Big (1988).
In a career spanning over sixty years, Loggia performed in many films, including The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), three Pink 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), and Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie (2012).
He also appeared on television series including the Walt Disney limited series, The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca (starring role-1958),[1] he played T. Hewitt Edward Cat in the 1966–1967 NBC martial arts / action series T.H.E. Cat,[2] and was Nick Mancuso in Mancuso, FBI (1989–1990). Loggia appeared in Malcolm in the Middle (2001), The Sopranos (2004), and Men of a Certain Age (2011).