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Robert Loggia

Robert Loggia
Robert Loggia
Born: Jan 03, 1930 in Staten Island, New York City, New York
Occupation: Actor, Director,
Active: '50s-2000s
Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: Prizzi's Honor, Big, Gaby: A True Story
First Major Screen Credit: The Garment Jungle (1957)
45 Videos for Robert Loggia
Shrink (2008) Man with a Gun (1995) Hot Pursuit (1987)
The Deal (2004) Bad Girls (1994) Target: Favorite Son (1987)
Confidence (2003) The Last Tattoo (1994) The Believers (1987)
Master of Disguise (2002) White Mile (1994) Armed and Dangerous (1986)
The Shipment (2001) Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771 (1993) Over the Top (1986)
Return to Me (2000) Wild Palms (1993) That's Life! (1986)
American Virgin (1999) Afterburn (1992) Jagged Edge (1985)
Joan of Arc (1999) Gladiator (1992) Prizzi's Honor (1985)
The Suburbans (1999) Innocent Blood (1992) Psycho II (1983)
Youngest Godfather (1999) Opportunity Knocks (1990) Scarface (1983)
The Proposition (1998) Relentless (1989) Scarface (1983)
Flypaper (1997) Triumph of the Spirit (1989) S.O.B. (1981)
Independence Day (1996) Big (1988) The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
Mistrial (1996) Code Name: Chaos (1988) The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
The Right to Remain Silent (1996) Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 (1987) Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
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Biography:

Forceful leading actor Robert Loggia left plans for a journalistic career behind when he began his studies at New York's Actors Studio. His first important Broadway assignment was 1955's The Man with the Golden Arm; one year later, he made his first film, Somebody Up There Likes Me.

In 1958 he enjoyed a brief flurry of TV popularity as the title character in The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca, a multipart western originally telecast on Walt Disney Presents. His next weekly TV assignment was as a good-guy burglar in 1967's T.H.E. Cat. A fitfully successful movie leading man, Loggia truly came into his own when he cast off his toupee and became a character actor, often in roles requiring quiet menace.

As Richard Gere's bullying father, Loggia dominated the precredits scenes of An Officer and a Gentleman (1981), and was equally effective as the villain in Curse of the Pink Panther (1982) and as mafia functionaries in Scarface (1983) and Prizzi's Honor (1985). He was nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal of a two-bit detective in The Jagged Edge (1985).

The most likeable Robert Loggia screen character thus far is his toy manufacturer in Big (1988), the film in which Loggia and Tom Hanks exuberantly dance to the tune of Heart and Soul on a gigantic keyboard. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.