{"id":538,"date":"2015-12-04T19:57:28","date_gmt":"2015-12-05T00:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=538"},"modified":"2015-12-04T19:57:28","modified_gmt":"2015-12-05T00:57:28","slug":"oscar-nominated-actor-robert-loggia-dies-at-85","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/04\/oscar-nominated-actor-robert-loggia-dies-at-85\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscar-nominated actor Robert Loggia Dies at 85"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/robert_loggia_1990_obit.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-540 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/robert_loggia_1990_obit.jpg\" alt=\"robert_loggia_1990_obit\" width=\"660\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/robert_loggia_1990_obit.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/robert_loggia_1990_obit-300x143.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Actor Robert Loggia, who played drug kingpin Frank Lopez in &#8220;<em>Scarface<\/em>,&#8221; is dead.<br \/>\nLoggia, who was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for &#8220;<em>Jagged Edge<\/em>,&#8221; died at his home at noon Friday.<br \/>\nLoggia&#8217;s wife, Audrey said her husband was struggling with Alzheimer&#8217;s for the last five years. She says things took a drastic turn for the worse Wednesday, he seemed to rebound and then died suddenly and peacefully at home.<\/p>\n<p>Loggia was a radio and TV anchor in Southern Command Network in the Panama Canal Zone. Loggia first came to prominence playing the real-life American lawman Elfego Baca in a series of Walt Disney TV shows in 1958. He starred as the proverbial cat-burglar-turned-good in a short-lived series called <em>T.H.E. Cat<\/em>. In 1972, he played Frank Carver on the CBS soap opera <em>The Secret Storm<\/em>.<\/p><div id=\"morty-3255926140\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>His many television credits include appearances on <em>Overland Trail<\/em>, <em>Target: The Corruptors!<\/em>, <em>The Untouchables<\/em>, <em>The Eleventh Hour<\/em>, <em>Breaking Point<\/em>, <em>Combat!<\/em>, <em>Custer<\/em>, <em>Columbo<\/em>, <em>Ellery Queen<\/em>, <em>High Chaparral<\/em>,<em> Gunsmoke<\/em>, <em>Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea<\/em>, <em>The Big Valley<\/em>, <em>Rawhide<\/em>, <em>Little House on the Prairie<\/em>, <em>Starsky and Hutch<\/em>, <em>Charlie&#8217;s Angels<\/em>, <em>The Rockford Files<\/em> (three times as three different characters), <em>Magnum, P.I.<\/em>, <em>Quincy, M.E<\/em>., <em>Kojak<\/em>,<em> Hawaii Five-0<\/em>, <em>The Bionic Woman<\/em>, <em>Frasier<\/em>, <em>The Sopranos<\/em>, <em>Monk<\/em>, and Oliver Stone&#8217;s miniseries <em>Wild Palms<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>His film roles include <em>Revenge of the Pink Panther<\/em>, <em>An Officer and a Gentleman<\/em>,<em> Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771<\/em>, based on the Air New Zealand Flight 103 incident,<em> Psycho II<\/em>, <em>Scarface<\/em>, <em>Prizzi&#8217;s Honor<\/em>, <em>Over The Top<\/em>, <em>Independence Day<\/em>, <em>Necessary Roughness<\/em>, <em>Return to Me<\/em>, <em>Armed and Dangerous<\/em>, and <em>Big<\/em> (for which he won a Saturn Award).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/robert_loggia_tom_hanks_big.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-541\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/robert_loggia_tom_hanks_big.jpg\" alt=\"robert_loggia_tom_hanks_big\" width=\"400\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/robert_loggia_tom_hanks_big.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/robert_loggia_tom_hanks_big-300x236.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 1985, Loggia was nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal of crusty private detective Sam Ransom in the thriller <em>Jagged Edge.<\/em> He was nominated for an Emmy in 1989 for his portrayal of FBI agent Nick Mancuso in the TV series <em>Mancuso, FBI<\/em>, a follow up to the previous year&#8217;s miniseries Favorite Son. Loggia appeared as mobsters in multiple films including Sykes in Disney&#8217;s <em>Oliver &amp; Company<\/em> (1988), Salvatore &#8220;The Shark&#8221; Macelli in John Landis&#8217;s <em>Innocent Blood<\/em> and Mr. Eddy in David Lynch&#8217;s <em>Lost Highway<\/em> (1997) and <em>The Don&#8217;s Analyst<\/em> (1997).<\/p>\n<p>In 1998, Loggia appeared in a television commercial lampooning obscure celebrity endorsements. In it, a young boy names Loggia as someone he would trust to recommend Minute Maid orange-tangerine blend. Loggia instantly appears and endorses the drink, to which the boy exclaims, &#8220;Whoa, Robert Loggia!&#8221; The commercial was later referenced in an episode of Malcolm in the Middle in which Loggia made a guest appearance as &#8220;Grandpa Victor&#8221; (for which he received his second Emmy nomination); Loggia drinks some orange juice, then spits it out and complains about the pulp. In a similar vein, Loggia voiced a parody of himself in an episode of the show Family Guy titled &#8220;Peter&#8217;s Two Dads&#8221; in which he had to spell out his name to an airport check-in clerk.<\/p><div id=\"morty-3101836662\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Loggia also played a violent mobster named Feech La Manna on a few episodes of the series The Sopranos. In addition to his role in <em>Oliver &amp; Company<\/em> (1988), Loggia has had several other voice acting roles. A recurring role on the Adult Swim animated comedy <em>Tom Goes to the Mayor<\/em>, as crooked cop Ray Machowski in the video game Grand Theft Auto III, as Admiral Petrarch in<em> FreeSpace 2<\/em>, as the narrator of the <em>Scarface: The World is Yours <\/em>game adaptation, and in the anime movie <em>A Dog of Flanders<\/em> (1997).<\/p>\n<p>In August 2009, Loggia appeared in one of Apple&#8217;s Get a Mac advertisements. The advertisement features Loggia as a personal trainer hired by PC to get him back on top of his game.<\/p>\n<p>On October 26, 2009, TVGuide.com announced Loggia joined the cast of the TNT series <em>Men of a Certain Age<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2010, he was awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in recognition of his humanitarian efforts.[citation needed]<\/p>\n<p>On December 17, 2011, Loggia was honored by his alma mater, the University of Missouri, with an honorary degree for his career and humanitarian efforts.<\/p>\n<p>In 2012, Loggia portrayed Saint Peter during his final imprisonment in The Apostle Peter and the <em>Last Supper<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Loggia partneed with Canadian entrepreneur Frank D&#8217;Angelo from 2013, appearing in three films (<em>Real Gangsters<\/em>, <em>The Big Fat Stone<\/em>, and <em>No Depo$it<\/em>) and with a fourth film under production (Sicilian Vampire) at his death.<br \/>\n[wpdevart_youtube width=&#8221;640&#8243; height=&#8221;385&#8243; autoplay=&#8221;0&#8243; theme=&#8221;dark&#8221; loop_video=&#8221;0&#8243; enable_fullscreen=&#8221;1&#8243; show_related=&#8221;0&#8243; show_popup=&#8221;0&#8243; thumb_popup_width=&#8221;213&#8243; thumb_popup_height=&#8221;128&#8243; show_title=&#8221;1&#8243; show_youtube_icon=&#8221;0&#8243; show_annotations=&#8221;1&#8243; show_progress_bar_color=&#8221;red&#8221; autohide_parameters=&#8221;1&#8243; set_initial_volume=&#8221;false&#8221; initial_volume=&#8221;100&#8243; disable_keyboard=&#8221;0&#8243;]CF7-rz9nIn4[\/wpdevart_youtube]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Robert Loggia, who played drug kingpin Frank Lopez in &#8220;Scarface,&#8221; is dead. 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