Robert Loggia

Salvatore "Robert" Loggia ( , ; January 3, 1930 – December 4, 2015) was an American actor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Jagged Edge and won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor for Big (1988). In a career spanning over 60 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 numerous television series, including Malcolm in the Middle (2001), The Sopranos (2004), and Men of a Certain Age (2011), and played lead roles, such as Thomas Hewitt Edward Cat in T.H.E. Cat (1966–1967), Nick Mancuso in Mancuso, F.B.I. (1989–1990), and Elfego Baca in the Walt Disney limited series The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca (1958–1960).

Early life and education Loggia was born in Staten Island, New York on January 3, 1930, to Biagio Loggia, a shoemaker born in Palma di Montechiaro, Sicily and Elena Blandino, a homemaker born in Vittoria, Sicily. He grew up in the Little Italy neighborhood, where the family spoke Italian at home. He graduated from New Dorp High School in Staten Island before taking courses at Wagner College in the city, where he joined the Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity.

In 1951, Robert Loggia earned a degree in journalism from the University of Missouri in Columbia. He later studied acting with Alvina Krause at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. After serving as a reporter in the United States Army for the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service in the Caribbean, Loggia started his acting career at the Actors Studio, studying under Stella Adler.

Career Loggia's stage roles include Solyony in The Three Sisters (1964) and as Al in Boom Boom Room (1973). He had an uncredited appearance in Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956); when he was cast as a New Mexico lawman Elfego Baca in 1958 his career began. He was a radio and TV anchor on the Southern Command Network in the Panama Canal Zone, and Loggia garnered attention by playing a real life sheriff in The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca, a series of Walt Disney TV shows.thumb Loggia later starred as the proverbial cat-burglar-turned-good circus artist Thomas Hewitt Edward Cat in a short-lived detective series called T.H.E. Cat, first broadcast in 1966. T.H.E. Cat initially appeared to be a success, and 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." After NBC canceled the series when viewing figures failed to deliver, he went into a mid-life crisis—a "Dante-esque descent into the inferno", as he called it later. For six years, Loggia's career foundered, and his marriage fell apart. Restless and unnerved, constantly riddled with self-doubt, a chance meeting with Audrey O'Brien was his saving grace. She helped Loggia out of the crisis, and they later married. Despite playing Frank Carver on the CBS soap opera The Secret Storm in 1972, he took a new course when he decided to begin a career in directing.

Director Blake Edwards often cast Loggia in his films in minor or supporting roles including Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978), other Pink Panther sequels, and S.O.B. (1981), a satire about Hollywood. In 1983, Loggia played Frank Lopez, a drug dealer who was one of the main supporting characters and antagonists in the film Scarface, which is often considered a classic Hollywood film. Loggia also acted in several widely acclaimed films such as An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), Prizzi's Honor (1985), and Independence Day (1996). Other films starring Loggia include Over The Top (1987), Necessary Roughness (1991), and Return to Me (2000).

Loggia was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of crusty private detective Sam Ransom in the crime thriller Jagged Edge (1985). He was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, his first such honor, for portraying FBI agent Nick Mancuso in the TV series Mancuso, FBI (1989–1990), a follow-up to the previous year's miniseries Favorite Son (1988). Loggia appeared as a mobster in multiple films, including Bill Sykes, the immoral loanshark and shipyard agent in Disney's animated film Oliver & Company (1988), Salvatore "The Shark" Macelli in John Landis' Innocent Blood (1992), Mr. Eddy in David Lynch's Lost Highway (1997), and Don Vito Leoni in David Jablin's The Don's Analyst (1997). He also played violent mobster Feech La Manna in several episodes of The Sopranos.

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 a Malcolm in the Middle episode in which Loggia made a guest appearance as "Grandpa Victor" (for which he received a second Emmy nomination); in it, Loggia drinks orange juice, spits it out, and complains about the presence of pulp. In addition to voicing Sykes in Disney's Oliver & Company, Loggia had several more voice acting roles in multiple media, including: Admiral Petrarch in the computer game FreeSpace 2 (1999) and the anime movie The Dog of Flanders (1997), crooked cop Ray Machowski in Grand Theft Auto III, a 2001 video game, and a recurring role on the Adult Swim animated TV comedy series Tom Goes to the Mayor (2004–2006).

In August 2009, Loggia appeared in one of Apple's Get a Mac advertisements. The advertisement features him as a personal trainer hired by PC to get him back on top of his game. On October 26, 2009, TVGuide.com announced Loggia had joined the cast of the TNT series Men of a Certain Age.

Loggia appeared in two episodes of the animated series Family Guy as himself; in the episode "Brothers and Sisters", after Mayor West tells his fiancé Carol he has "aides" (which Carol mistakes for AIDS), 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 cuts away to Loggia saying "Eight __ 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 portrayed Saint Peter during his final imprisonment in The Apostle Peter and the Last Supper. He partnered with Frank D'Angelo, an entrepreneur from Toronto in 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 Loggia's death. Loggia served as a director for episodes of Quincy M.E., Magnum, P.I., and Hart to Hart.

Loggia reprised his role from Independence Day, General William Grey, in a cameo appearance alongside his wife, Audrey, in the 2016 sequel Independence Day: Resurgence, filmed shortly before he died. The film was released posthumously and dedicated to him.

Personal life

Loggia was married to Della Marjorie Sloan, from 1954 until they divorced in 1981. They had three children. In 1982, he and Audrey O'Brien married; they were married until his death in 2015.

In 2010, Loggia was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. He died on December 4, 2015, due to complications from the disease, at his home in the Brentwood, Los Angeles, at age 85. He was interred at Westwood Memorial Park.

Honors and recognitions In 2010, Loggia was awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in recognition of his humanitarian efforts. On December 17, 2011, he was honored by his alma mater, the University of Missouri, with an honorary degree for his career and his humanitarian efforts.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1956 Somebody Up There Likes Me Frankie Peppo Uncredited 1957 The Garment Jungle Tulio Renata 1958 Cop Hater Detective Steve Carella The Lost Missile Dr. David Loring 1963 Cattle King Johnny Quatro 1965 The Greatest Story Ever Told Joseph 1966 The Three Sisters Solyony Elfego Baca: Six Gun Law Elfego Baca 1969 Che! Faustino Morales 1974 Two Missionaries Marches Gonzaga 1977 Speedtrap Spillano First Love John March 1978 Revenge of the Pink Panther Al Marchione 1980 The Ninth Configuration Lieutenant John Bennish Flatfoot in Egypt Edward Burns 1981 S.O.B. Herb Maskowitz 1982 An Officer and a GentlemanBoatswain's Mate Byron Mayo Trail of the Pink Panther Bruno Langois 1983 Psycho II Dr. Bill Raymond Curse of the Pink Panther Bruno Langois Scarface Frank Lopez 1985 Prizzi's Honor Eduardo Prizzi Jagged Edge Sam Ransom 1986 Armed and Dangerous Michael Carlino That's Life! Father Baragone 1987 Over the Top Jason Cutler Hot Pursuit Captain "Mac" MacClaren The Believers Lieutenant Sean McTaggert Gaby: A True Story Michel Brimmer Amazon Women on the Moon General McCormick Uncreditedsegment "The Unknown Soldier" 1988 Big Mr. Freddie MacMillan Oliver & Company Sykes 1989 Relentless Bill Malloy Triumph of the Spirit Father Arouch 1990 Opportunity Knocks Milt Malkin 1991 The Marrying Man Lew Horner Necessary Roughness Coach Wally "Rigs" Riggendorf 1992 Gladiator Jack "Pappy Jack" Innocent Blood Salvatore "Sal The Shark" Macelli Spies Inc. Mac 1993 Lifepod Director Banks 1994 Bad Girls Frank Jarrett The Last Tattoo Commander Conrad Dart I Love Trouble Matt Greenfield 1995 Coldblooded Gordon Man with a Gun Philip Marquand 1996 Independence Day General William Grey 1997 Lost Highway Dick Laurent / Mr. Eddy Smilla's Sense of Snow Moritz Jasperson The Dog of Flanders Grandpa Jehan English dub The Don's Analyst Don Vito Leoni 1998 Wide Awake Grandpa Beal The Proposition Hannibal Thurman Holy Man John McBainbridge Hard Time "Connie" Martin 1999 The Suburbans Jules Flypaper Marvin American Virgin Ronny 2000 Return to Me Angelo Pardipillo 2001 Dodson's Journey Opti Dodson The Shipment Frank Colucci All Over Again Zack 2005 The Deal Jared Tolson 2006 Funny Money Feldman Rain Jake Marvin Forget About It Carl Campobasso Wild Seven Mackey Willis 2008 The Boneyard Collection The Least Of These Father William Jennings 2009 Shrink Dr. Robert Carter 2010 Harvest "Siv" Obituary of the Sun Samuel Levine 2011 Fake Seamus White The Grand Theft General McAvoy The Great Fight Dr. Salvatore Reno The Life Zone John Lation / Satan 2012 Apostle Peter and the Last Supper Apostle Peter Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie Tommy Schlaaang The Diary of Preston Plummer John Percy Margarine Wars Grandpa Griswold 2013 Real Gangsters Gaitanno "Tanno" 2014 Snapshot Paul Grady Scavenger Killers Dr. Montgomery An Evergreen Christmas Pops The Big Fat Stone Father Walter 2015 Bleeding Hearts Sheriff Wilson No Deposit Sydney Fischer Sicilian Vampire Santino Trafficante Sr. 2016 Independence Day: Resurgence General William Grey CameoPosthumous release The Red Maple Leaf Patrick Adams Senior Posthumous release 2017 Cries of the Unborn Mr. Eric Lation 2019 The Savant Dr. Salvatore Reno

Television Year Title Role Notes 1956–1957 Studio One - Season 9 Episode 1: "A Special Announcement" Henry Thomas Season 9 Episode 28: "The Traveling Lady" 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 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" Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond Tom Grant Season 2 Episode 15: "The Hand" 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" Overland Trail Captain Porfirio Diaz Season 1 Episode 11: "Mission into Mexico" 1960–1962 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Larry Chetnik Season 6 Episode 9: "The Money"James "Jimmy" FrenchSeason 7 Episode 16: "The Case of M.J.H." 1961 Naked City Ben Tourelle Season 3 Episode 4: "The Fingers of Henri Tourelle" Target: The Corruptors Johnny Praisewater Season 1 Episode 5: "The Poppy Vendor" The Defenders Joe Manson Season 1 Episode 12: "Perjury" Alcoa Premiere Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary Season 1 Episode 9: "The End of a World" 1962 The Untouchables Leo Mencken / Larry Zenko Season 3 Episode 17: "Takeover" The Dick Powell Show Collin Maese Season 1 Episode 23: "The Hook" The DuPont Show of the Week Kiki Season 2 Episode 2: "The Interrogator" 1963 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour "Driver" Arthur Season 2 Episode 4: "You'll Be the Death of Me" The Defenders Jerry Thomas Season 2 Episode 23: "The Eye of Fear" Rawhide Maria Jose Chappala Season 5 Episode 24: "Incident of the Comanchero" 1963–1964 Ben Casey Dr. Mike Rosario Season 3 Episode 2: "Justice to a Microbe" John Hanavan Season 4 Episode 13: "This Wild, Wild, Wild Waltzing World" 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" Combat! Etienne Season 3 Episode 26: "The Tree of Moray" Gunsmoke Lieutenant Cal Tripp Season 10 Episode 19: "Chief Joseph" 1965–1967 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 26 episodes 1968 The Big Valley Vern Hickson Season 4 Episode 9: "The Profit and the Lost" 1968–1970 The High Chaparral Chio Season 2 Episode 9: "The Deceivers" Grey Wolf Season 4 Episode 9: "The Forge of Hate" 1970–1972 The F.B.I. Alex Poland Season 6 Episode 8: "The Deadly Pact" 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" 1975–1978 Starsky & Hutch Ben Forest Season 1 Episode 5: "The Fix"Jack ParkerSeason 4 Episode 10: "The Groupie" 1975 Kojak Cassidy York Season 2 Episode 23: "Two-Four-Six for Two Hundred" McMillan & Wife Dimetrios Anapopulis Season 5 Episode 3: "Aftershock" Ellery Queen Alexsei Dobrenskov Season 1 Episode 7: "The Adventure of Colonel Nivin's Memoirs" 1975–1976 S.W.A.T. Joe Stevens Season 1 Episode 5: "Hit Men" Lieutenant Johnson Season 2 Episode 22: "Any Second Now" 1976 Cannon Johnny Behr Season 5 Episode 21: "Snapshot" Columbo Harry Season 5 Episode 5: "Now You See Me" The Moneychangers Tony ("Tony Bear") Season 1 Episode 3: "Part III"Season 1 Episode 4: "Part IV" 1976–1978 The Rockford Files Dominic Marcon Season 3 Episode 5: "Drought at Indianhead River"Manny ArturisSeason 4 Episode 1: "Beamer's Last Case"Russell NevittSeason 5 Episode 2: "Rosendahl and Gilda Stern Are Dead" 1976 Charlie's Angels Paul Terranova Season 1 Episode 6: "The Killing Kind" Wonder Woman Hans Eichler Season 1 Episode 6: "Wonder Woman vs Gargantua" Street Killing Louis Spillane Television film 1976–1977 The Six Million Dollar Man Mahmud Majid Season 4 Episode 9: "The Thunderbird Connection" (Television film)HendricksSeason 5 Episode 7: "Rollback" Police Woman Paul Nicastro Season 2 Episode 19: "Wednesday's Child" Sylvester Season 3 Episode 16: "Shadow of a Doubt" 1977 Raid on Entebbe Yigal Allon Television film The Bionic Woman Ali Ben Gazim Season 2 Episode 17: "Jaime and the King" (Television film) 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" 1979–1980 Vega$ Lou Volt Season 1 Episode 13: "The Eleventh Event" Simon Webster Season 2 Episode 18: "The Hunter Hunted" 1980 Charlie's Angels Michael Durano Season 4 Episode 23: "Toni's Boys" 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 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" 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" 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") 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. 20 episodes 1991 Sunday Dinner Ben Benedict 6 episodes 1993 Wild Palms Senator Anton Kreutzer 5 episodes 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 Mistrial Captain Lou Unger 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" Frasier Stefano Season 7 Episode 21: "The Three Faces of Frasier" The Outer Limits Justice Earl Clayton Season 6 Episode 21: "Final Appeal" 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 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)" 2010–2011 Men of a Certain Age Artie Season 1 Episode 7: "Father's Fraternity" Season 2 Episode 6: "Let the Sunshine In"Season 2 Episode 9: "A League of Their Owen" 2011–2013 Family Guy Himself Season 9 Episode 15: "Brothers and Sisters" Season 11 Episode 14: "Call Girl"

Video games Year Title Roles Notes 1999 Freespace 2 Admiral Petrarch 2001 Grand Theft Auto III Ray Machowski 2006 Scarface: The World Is Yours Frank Lopez, The Narrator, Civilian 2021 Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition Ray Machowski Archival recordingsRemaster of Grand Theft Auto III only

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result ref 1985 Academy Award Best Supporting Actor Jagged Edge 1990 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Mancuso, F.B.I. 1992 Fangoria Chainsaw Award Best Actor Innocent Blood 2001 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Malcolm in the Middle