Robert Loggia was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Jagged Edge and won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor for Big.
20 Facts About Robert Loggia
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Robert Loggia was born in Staten Island, New York, on January 3,1930, to Biagio Robert Loggia, a shoemaker born in Palma di Montechiaro, Province of Agrigento, Sicily, and Elena Blandino, a homemaker born in Vittoria, Province of Ragusa, Sicily.
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Robert Loggia grew up in the Little Italy neighborhood, where the family spoke Italian at home.
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Robert Loggia graduated from New Dorp High School before taking courses at Wagner College where he joined the Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity.
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Robert Loggia later studied acting with Alvina Krause at Northwestern University.
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Robert Loggia was a radio and TV anchor on the Southern Command Network in the Panama Canal Zone, and he came to prominence playing a real-life sheriff in The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca, a series of Walt Disney TV shows.
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Robert Loggia helped him out of the crisis, and they later married.
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In 1983, Robert 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 Hollywood classic film.
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Robert Loggia acted in several widely acclaimed films such as An Officer and a Gentleman, Prizzi's Honor, and Independence Day.
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Robert 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.
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Robert Loggia 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, a follow-up to the previous year's miniseries Favorite Son.
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In 1998, Robert Loggia appeared in a television commercial lampooning obscure celebrity endorsements.
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In 2012, Robert Loggia portrayed Saint Peter during his final imprisonment in The Apostle Peter and the Last Supper.
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Robert Loggia partnered with Canadian entrepreneur Frank D'Angelo from 2013, appearing in three films, with a fourth film in production at the time of Robert Loggia's death.
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Robert 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 his death.
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Robert Loggia was married to Marjorie Sloan from 1954 to 1981, with whom he had three children.
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In 1982, Robert Loggia married Audrey O'Brien, a business executive and the mother of his stepdaughter Cynthia Marlette.
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Robert Loggia died on December 4,2015, due to complications from the disease, at his home in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, at the age of 85.
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In 2010, Robert Loggia was awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in recognition of his humanitarian efforts.
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On December 17,2011, Robert Loggia was honored by his alma mater, the University of Missouri, with an honorary degree for his career and his humanitarian efforts.