About Robert Loggia
Salvatore "Robert" Loggia ( 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 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). In 2010, Loggia was awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in recognition of his humanitarian efforts. Although Loggia made his first film, Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956), in an uncredited appearance, it was not until he was cast as a New Mexico lawman Elfego Baca, two years later, that he made a breakthrough in Hollywood.
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