Robert Loggia
American actor (1930–2015)
Salvatore Loggia ( LOH-zhə, Italian: [salvaˈtoːre ˈlɔddʒa]; January 3, 1930 – December 4, 2015), known professionally as Robert Loggia, 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 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.
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