Salvatore "Robert" Loggia (January 3, 1930 â€" December 4, 2015) was
an American actor and director. 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), Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978),
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), Mancuso, FBI (in which he
starred-1989â€"1990), Malcolm in the Middle (2001), The Sopranos
(2004), Men of a Certain Age (2011), and was also the star of the
groundbreaking 1966â€"67 NBC martial arts / action series, T.H.E.
Cat.Salvatore Loggia was born in Staten Island, New York City, New
York, on January 3, 1930, to Biagio Loggia, a shoemaker born in Palma
di Montechiaro, Province of Agrigento, Sicily, and Elena Blandino, a
homemaker born in Vittoria, Province of Ragusa, Sicily. He grew up in
the Little Italy neighborhood, where the family spoke Italian at home.
He graduated from New Dorp High School before taking courses at Wagner
College. In 1951, he earned a degree in journalism from University of
Missouri. He later studied acting with Alvina Krause at Northwestern
University.
an American actor and director. 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), Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978),
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), Mancuso, FBI (in which he
starred-1989â€"1990), Malcolm in the Middle (2001), The Sopranos
(2004), Men of a Certain Age (2011), and was also the star of the
groundbreaking 1966â€"67 NBC martial arts / action series, T.H.E.
Cat.Salvatore Loggia was born in Staten Island, New York City, New
York, on January 3, 1930, to Biagio Loggia, a shoemaker born in Palma
di Montechiaro, Province of Agrigento, Sicily, and Elena Blandino, a
homemaker born in Vittoria, Province of Ragusa, Sicily. He grew up in
the Little Italy neighborhood, where the family spoke Italian at home.
He graduated from New Dorp High School before taking courses at Wagner
College. In 1951, he earned a degree in journalism from University of
Missouri. He later studied acting with Alvina Krause at Northwestern
University.
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