[citation needed] On October 26, 2009, TVGuide.com announced Loggia had joined the cast of the TNT series Men of a Certain Age. The couple had 4 kids. Still Danes, like Spaniards (including El Salvadorians, Puerto Ricnas), like Belgians, like Prussians, like Czechs, like Russians, like Jews, are white Nordic people with Frank Lopez English accents who say "scumbag" in every sentence. (1981), which was a satire about Hollywood; and the Pink Panther sequels. Born and raised in New York City, Robert Loggia studied journalism at the University of Missouri before moving back to New York to pursue acting. (FOX 11) - Actor Robert Loggia, who played drug lord Frank Lopez in "Scarface," has died, according to Variety. In 1983, Loggia played Frank Lopez,[14] 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.[15]. [citation needed]. Although Loggia made his first film in 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. In the episode "Call Girl", he is seen twice denoting the passage of time in boring events. He was 85. His practice focuses on employment law, internal investigations, compliance, regulatory matters, and complex civil litigation (including class action litigation). [1], In 2010, Loggia was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. He also carried on acting and amassed many television credits in a variety of roles, including appearances on Overland Trail, Target: The Corruptors!, The Untouchables, The Eleventh Hour, Breaking Point, Combat!, Custer, Columbo, Ellery Queen, The High Chaparral, Gunsmoke, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Big Valley, The Wild Wild West, Rawhide, Little House on the Prairie, The Rockford Files, Starsky & Hutch, Charlie's Angels, Magnum, P.I., Quincy, M.E., Kojak, Hawaii Five-0, The Bionic Woman, Falcon Crest, Frasier, The Sopranos, Monk, and Oliver Stone's miniseries Wild Palms. Robert Loggia as Frank Lopez, the cocaine smuggler, in Scarface, 1983. The actor: The son of a shoemaker born in Sicily, Robert Loggia’s career stretches back to the ’50s and has found him tackling roles both large and small. ©2021 EHM PRODUCTIONS,INC. He also talks about the many local organizations, groups and youth they support with their time, donations and generosity of spirit. In Brian De Palma's "Scarface" (1983), Robert Loggia played Frank Lopez, a drug dealer who hires the recent Cuban emigre, "Tony" Montana (Al Pacino). The director Blake Edwards often cast Loggia in his films in minor or supporting roles. The script would cut away to Loggia saying "Eight f***ing hours later", then back to the story, further along in the plot. He graduated from New Dorp High School before taking courses at Wagner College. 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). His job was to hire people fit for certain tasks and to make deals with major narcotic dealers. Salvatore "Robert" Loggia (January 3, 1930 â€“ December 4, 2015) was an American actor and director. Robert Loggia, the veteran actor whose portrayal of a seedy detective in the 1985 Joe Eszterhas film Jagged Edge earned him an Academy Award nomination, died Friday at his home in … In a career spanning over sixty years, Loggia performed in many films, including The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978), 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). In addition to voicing Sykes in Disney's Oliver & Company, Loggia had several other voice acting roles, in multiple media, including: Admiral Petrarch in the computer game FreeSpace 2 (1999), the narrator of the Scarface: The World is Yours (2006) game adaptation and the anime movie The Dog of Flanders (1997), crooked cop Ray Machowski in the video game Grand Theft Auto III (2001), and a recurring role on the Adult Swim animated TV comedy series Tom Goes to the Mayor (2004–2006). 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 (1985). Jastor Gallywix's father, Luzik, was a tinker who lived and worked on Copper Street in Drudgetown on Kezan, and his mother left for a life of piracy. the Walt Disney limited series, The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca (starring role-1958),[2] Mancuso, FBI (in which he starred-1989–1990), Malcolm in the Middle (2001), The Sopranos (2004), Men of a Certain Age (2011), and was also the star of the groundbreaking 1966–67 NBC martial arts / action series, T.H.E. That's Nacho Contreras, El Gordo. Actor Robert Loggia, the man behind Scarface 's drug lord Frank Lopez, has died at age 85, Variety reports. The director Blake Edwards often cast Loggia in his films in minor or supporting roles. [19][20], In 2010, Loggia was awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in recognition of his humanitarian efforts. The advertisement features Loggia as a personal trainer hired by PC to get him back on top of his game. Loggia had been battling Alzheimer's for … Montana is paid back with a place in Lopez' organization. The character actor was 85. I Want to Depose Veep in Phileeeeeedelphia!!! His father regularly tested his inventions - all of which had something to do with explosives (appropriately for goblins) - in the house, which had the potential for ca… Actor Robert Loggia -- who played drug kingpin Frank Lopez in "Scarface" -- is dead. These included Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978); S.O.B. Despite playing Frank Carver on the CBS soap opera The Secret Storm[13] in 1972, he took a new course when he decided to begin a career in directing. [19] He died on December 4, 2015, of complications from the disease, at his home in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, at the age of 85. Additionally, he played violent mobster Feech La Manna in several episodes of The Sopranos. Loggia also acted in several widely acclaimed films such as An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), Scarface (1983), Prizzi's Honor (1985), and Independence Day (1996). His widow Audrey said … They're not they too have Frank Lopez English accents. [1], In 1982, Loggia married Audrey O'Brien, a business executive and the mother of his stepdaughter Cynthia Marlette. (1981), which was a satire about Hollywood; and the Pink Panther sequels.. 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. The actor, who played drug boss Frank Lopez in the 1986 movie and also starred alongside Tom Hanks in Big, passed away in LA on Friday surrounded by his family. The "Sleepy Lagoon murder" was the name that Los Angeles newspapers used to describe the death of José Gallardo Díaz, who was discovered unconscious and dying on a road near a swimming hole (known as the Sleepy Lagoon) in Commerce, California, on the morning of August 2, 1942. Frank Lopez was portrayed by the late Robert Loggia in the 1983's Scarface. Loggia served as a director for episodes of Quincy M.E., Magnum, P.I., and Hart to Hart. In 1951, he earned a degree in journalism from University of Missouri. [22], Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series, "the nine lives of elfego baca – YouTube", "T. H. E. 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