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Full Robert Loggia Biography
Robert Loggia (born January 3, 1930) is an American Academy Award and Emmy Award nominated film and television actor who specializes in character parts.
Loggia was born in Manhattan to Italian American parents Elena Blandino, a homemaker, and Benjamin Loggia, a shoemaker. After studying journalism at the University of Missouri and serving in the US Army, Loggia began a long career as a supporting player in movies, on stage and television.
Loggia first came to prominence as an American Lawman named Elfego Baca in a 1958 series of Walt Disney television shows. He starred as the proverbial cat-burglar-turned-good in a short-lived series called T.H.E. Cat. His many television credits include appearances on Columbo, Starsky and Hutch, Charlie's Angels, The Rockford Files, Magnum, P.I., The Sopranos, and Oliver Stone's Wild Palms.
His film roles include An Officer and a Gentleman (in a bit part as Richard Gere's drunken slob of a father), Scarface, Prizzi's Honor, Independence Day and Big. In 1985, Loggia was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of a crusty private detective in the thriller Jagged Edge, and 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 also appeared as mobster Mr. Eddy in David Lynch's Lost Highway (1997), a film which reunited him with Independence Day co-star Bill Pullman.
In 1999, Loggia appeared in a television commercial that lampooned obscure celebrity endorsements. In it, a young boy inexplicably names Loggia as someone he would trust to recommend Minute Maid orange-tangerine blend; Robert Loggia instantly appears and endorses the drink, to which the boy exclaims, "WHOA, Robert Loggia!" The commercial was referenced in an episode of Malcolm in the Middle, in which Loggia made a guest appearance as "Grandpa Victor"; Loggia drinks some orange juice, then spits it out and complains about the pulp.
In April 2007, he appeared on The Daily Show as the featured "Giant Head" on the screen wall behind Jon Stewart, declaring that Crapstore wanted their desk back. Robert Loggia was also guest appeared in season 6 episode 10 of Family Guy |
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