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Robert Loggia Biography (1930-)

Surname is pronounced "low-jah"; born January 3, 1930, in New York, NY; son of Benjamin (a shoe designer) and Elena (maiden name, Blandino) Loggia; married Marjorie Sloan, 1954 (divorced); married Audrey O'Brien (a business executive), December 27, 1982; children: (first marriage) Tracey (an actress), John(a production designer), Kristina (an actress); (second marriage) Cynthia Marlette (stepdaughter). Addresses: Agent: Creative Artists Agency, 9830Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212-1825.; Manager: Steve Lovett, LovettManagement, 1327 Brinkley Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90049.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, director

Birth Details

January 3, 1930

New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• (Uncredited) Frankie Peppo, Somebody up There Likes Me, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1956
• Tulio Renata, The Garment Jungle (also known as Garment Center), Columbia, 1957
• Detective Steve Carelli, Cop Hater, United Artists, 1958
• Dr. David Loring, The Lost Missile, United Artists, 1958
• Johnny Quatro, Cattle King (also known as Guns of Wyoming),Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1963
• Joseph, The Greatest Story Ever Told, United Artists, 1965
• Solyony, Three Sisters, 1966, NTA, 1977
• Faustino Morales, Che!, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1969
• Porgi l'altra guancia (also known as Don't Turn the Other Cheek, Turn the Other Cheek, The Two Missionaries, I due missionari, and Les deux missionaires), [Italy and France], 1974
• John March, First Love, Paramount, 1977
• Al Spillano, Speed Trap, First Artists, 1978
• Marchione, Revenge of the Pink Panther, United Artists, 1978
• Barns, Piedone d'Egitto (also known as Flatfoot in Egypt and Flatfoot on the Nile), [Italy], 1979
• Lieutenant Bennish, The Ninth Configuration (also known as Twinkle, Twinkle, "Killer" Kane), Warner Bros., 1979
• Herb Maskowitz, S.O.B., Paramount, 1981
• Byron Mayo, An Officer and a Gentleman, Paramount, 1982
• Bruno Langlois, The Trail of the Pink Panther, United Artists, 1982
• Frank Lopez, Scarface, Universal, 1983
• Dr. Raymond, Psycho II (also known as Psycose 2), Universal, 1983
• Bruno Langois, Curse of the Pink Panther, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1983
• Overnight Sensation, 1983
• Sam Ransom, Jagged Edge, Columbia, 1985
• Eduardo Prizzi, Prizzi's Honor, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1985
• Father Baragone, That's Life! (also known as Blake Edwards' That's Life!), Columbia, 1986
• Michael Carlino, Armed and Dangerous, Columbia, 1986
• Jason Cutler, Over the Top, Warner Bros., 1987
• "Mac" MacLaren, Hot Pursuit, RKO Radio Pictures/Paramount, 1987
• Michel Brimmer, Gaby: A True Story, 1987, TriStar, 1989
• Lieutenant Sean McTaggert, The Believers, Orion, 1988
• Mac MacMillan, Big, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1988
• Voice of Sykes, Oliver & Company (animated), Buena Vista, 1988
• Mac, Spies, Inc. (also known as Code Name: Chaos, Spies,Lies and Alibis, and S.P.O.O.K.S.), 1988, Vestron, 1992
• Father Arouch, Triumph of the Spirit, Triumph, 1989
• Bill Malloy, Relentless, New Line Cinema, 1989
• Running Away (also known as La ciociara), 1989
• Lew Horner, The Marrying Man (also known as Too Hot to Handle), Buena Vista, 1990
• Milt Malkin, Opportunity Knocks, Universal, 1990
• Coach Wally "Rig" Riggendorf, Necessary Roughness, Paramount, 1991
• Pappy Jack, Gladiator (also known as Gladiators Bare Knuckles), Columbia, 1992
• Sal "the Shark" Macelli, Innocent Blood (also known as A FrenchVampire in America), Warner Bros., 1992
• Commander Conrad Dart, The Last Tattoo, Capella International/Plumb Productions, 1994
• Frank Jarrett, Bad Girls, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1994
• Matt Greenfield, I Love Trouble, Buena Vista, 1994
• Gordon, Coldblooded (also known as The Reluctant Hitman), Propaganda Films, 1995
• General William Grey, Independence Day (also known as ID4),Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996
• Marvin, Flypaper, Citadel Entertainment, 1997
• Mr. Eddy and Dick Laurent, Lost Highway, October Films, 1997
• Moritz Jasperson, Smilla's Sense of Snow (also known as Smilla's Feeling for Snow, Fraeulein Smillas Gespuer fuer Schnee, Froeken Smillas fornemmelse for sne, and Froeken Smillas kaensla foer snoe), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1997
• Hannibal Thurman, The Proposition (also known as Shakespeare'sSister and Tempting Fate), PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, 1998
• Grandpa Beal, Wide Awake, Miramax, 1998
• John McBainbridge, Holy Man, Buena Vista, 1998
• Ronny Bartalotti, Live Virgin (also known as American Virgin), Vertigo Productions, 1998, Granite Releasing, 2000
• Jules, The Suburbans, Columbia/TriStar, 1999
• I Dreamed of Africa, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1999
• Angelo Pardipillo, Return to Me, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2000
• Zack, All Over Again, Second Image Studios, 2000
• Frank Colucci, The Shipment, Promark Entertainment Group, 2001
• Himself, A Galaxy Far Far Away, Morning Star Productions, 2001
• Confidence, 2002
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Elfego Baca, "The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca" (also known as "Elfego Baca"), Walt Disney Presents, ABC, 1958-1959
• Thomas Hewitt Edward Cat, T.H.E. Cat, NBC, 1966-1967
• Third Frank Carver, The Secret Storm, CBS, 1972
• Third Dr. Tony Vincente, Search for Tomorrow, CBS, 1973
• Admiral Yuri Bukharin, Emerald Point N.A.S., CBS, 1983-1984
• Nick Mancuso, Mancuso F.B.I., NBC, 1989-1990
• Ben Benedict, Sunday Dinner, CBS, 1991
• Miniseries
• Tony Bear, The Moneychangers (also known as Arthur Hailey's TheMoneychangers), 1976
• Senator Anton "Tony" Kreutzer, Wild Palms, ABC, 1993
• Merce Sugarwater, "Armed Response," Picture Windows (also known asPicture Windows: Language of the Heart), Showtime, 1995
• C.I.A. Director Jonathan Roth, Pandora's Clock (also known as Doomsday Virus), NBC, 1996
• Father Monet, Joan of Arc (also known as Jeanne d'Arc), CBS, 1999
• Don Ciccio, Bonanno: A Godfather's Story, Showtime, 1999
• Movies
• Louis Spillane, Street Killing, 1976
• James Donaldson, Scott Free, NBC, 1976
• Angelo Rondello, Mallory: Circumstantial Evidence (also known as Circumstantial Evidence and Mallory), 1976
• Harry Blandford, Columbo: Now You See Him, NBC, 1976
• Yigal Allon, Raid on Entebbe, NBC, 1977
• David Michaels, No Other Love, CBS, 1979
• Karl Hauptman, Casino, 1980
• Anwar Sadat, A Woman Called Golda, Operation Prime Time, 1982
• Paul Avakian, A Touch of Scandal, CBS, 1984
• Detective Christopher Ryan, Streets of Justice, NBC, 1985
• William M. Kunstler, The Chicago Conspiracy Trial (also known as Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8, Nothing but the Truth: The Chicago Conspiracy Trial, and Truth), HBO, 1987
• Jay Smith, Echoes in the Darkness, CBS, 1987
• Higbe, Intrigue, CBS, 1988
• Nick Mancuso, Favorite Son (also known as Target: Favorite Son), NBC, 1988
• Joseph "Joe" O'Connor, Dream Breakers (also known as In Evil'sGrasp and The O'Connors), CBS, 1989
• Robert Leonetti (some sources cite Leo Morrone), Afterburn (also known as The Janet Harduval Story), HBO, 1992
• Dr. Daniel Perrin, Nurses on the Line: The Crash of Flight 7, 1993
• Daniel Banks, Lifepod, 1993
• Captain Gordon Vette, Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771, 1993
• Nick Karas, White Mile, HBO, 1994
• Dr. Charlie Riggs, Jake Lassiter: Justice on the Bayou (also knownas Jake Lassiter: To Speak for the Dead and Lassiter), NBC, 1995
• Carlo Gambino, Between Love and Honor, CBS, 1995
• Philip Marquand, Man with a Gun (also known as Gun for Hireand Hired for Killing), HBO, 1995
• Captain Lou Unger, Mistrial, HBO, 1996
• Lieutenant Mike Brosloe, The Right to Remain Silent, Showtime, 1996
• Frank Torre, The Joe Torre Story: Curveballs along the Way, Showtime, 1997
• Don Vito Leoni, The Don's Analyst (also known as National Lampoon's The Don's Analyst), The Movie Channel, 1997
• Connie Martin, Hard Time, TNT, 1998
• (Uncredited; in archive footage) Connie Martin, Hard Time: The Premonition (also known as The Premonition), TNT, 1998
• Episodic
• "The Traveling Lady," Studio One, 1957
• Title role, "The Jose Maria Moran Story," Wagon Train, NBC, 1959
• "Come Back to Sorrento," Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, CBS, 1959
• Tom Brandt, "The Hand," Alcoa Presents, ABC, 1959
• "Mission into Mexico," Overland Trail, NBC, 1960
• Larry Chetnick, "The Money," Alfred Hitchcock Presents, CBS, 1960
• "The Fingers of Henri Tourelli," Naked City, ABC, 1961
• Johnny Praisewater, "The Poppy Vendor," Target: The Corruptors, ABC, 1961
• "Perjury," The Defenders, CBS, 1961
• "The End of the World," Alcoa Premiere, ABC, 1961
• Jimmy French, "The Case of M. J. H.," Alfred Hitchcock Presents, CBS, 1962
• Stan, "Takeover," The Untouchables, ABC, 1962
• "The Hook," The Dick Powell Show, NBC, 1962
• "The Interrogator," Du Pont Show of the Week, NBC, 1962
• Elfego Baca, "Elfego Baca: Six Gun Law," Walt Disney's Wonderful Worldof Color, NBC, 1962
• "The Eye of Fear," The Defenders, CBS, 1963
• "Incident of the Comanchero," Rawhide, CBS, 1963
• "Justice to a Microbe," Ben Casey, ABC, 1963
• "You'll Be the Death of Me," The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, CBS, 1963
• "Bronze Locust," Eleventh Hour, NBC, 1963
• "I'm Here to Kill a King," Route 66, CBS, 1963
• "The Summer House," Breaking Point, ABC, 1964
• "The Robrioz Ring," Kraft Suspense Theatre, NBC, 1964
• "A Cruel and Unusual Night," Kraft Suspense Theatre, NBC, 1964
• "This Wild, Wild, Wild Waltzing World," Ben Casey, ABC, 1964
• "The Skill in These Hands," The Doctors and the Nurses (also knownas The Nurses), CBS, 1964
• Lieutenant Cal Tripp, "Chief Joseph," Gunsmoke, CBS, 1965
• Etienne, "The Tree of Moray," Combat!, ABC, 1965
• "The World's Oldest Motive," The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, NBC, 1965
• "Jungle of Fear," Kraft Suspense Theatre, NBC, 1965
• "The Cold, Cold War of Paul Bryan," Run for Your Life, NBC, 1965
• Warren Trevor, "The Night of the Sudden Death," The Wild, Wild West, CBS, 1965
• "Goodbye and Keep Cool," Trials of O'Brien, CBS, 1965
• "What Is Honor--A Word," The Wackiest Ship in the Army, NBC, 1966
• "The Last Diablo," A Man Called Shenandoah, ABC, 1966
• Crandall Ames, "Graveyard of Fear," Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, ABC, 1966
• Colonel Arsenio "Arsenic" Barbossa, "The Night of the Assassin," The Wild, Wild West, CBS, 1967
• "Suspicion," Custer, ABC, 1967
• King Brown, "King of the Dwsari," Tarzan, NBC, 1968
• "Collector's Edition," Name of the Game, NBC, 1968
• Vern Hickson, "The Profit and the Lost," The Big Valley, ABC, 1968
• Chio, "The Deceivers," The High Chaparral, NBC, 1968
• Tony Wade, "Against a Blank Cold Wall," Then Came Bronson, NBC, 1969
• "The Deadly Pact," The F.B.I., ABC, 1970
• Two Pony, "The Forge of Hate," The High Chaparral, NBC, 1970
• "Arrangement with Terror," The F.B.I., ABC, 1972
• Guiterez, "The Exchange," Cannon, CBS, 1974
• "To Kill a Tiger," Manhunter, CBS, 1975
• "Bird of Prey: Part 1," Mannix, CBS, 1975
• "Counterfeit Killer," Caribe, ABC, 1975
• "The Chicago Conspiracy Trial," Hollywood Television Theatre, PBS,1975
• Stevens, "Hit Men," S.W.A.T., ABC, 1975
• Joe Becker, "One for the Road," Harry O, ABC, 1975
• Ben Forest, "The Fix," Starsky and Hutch, ABC, 1975
• Dimetrios Anapopulis, "Aftershock," McMillan and Wife, NBC, 1975
• Cassidy York, "Two-Four-Six for Two Hundred," Kojak, 1975
• Alexsei Dobrenskov, "The Adventure of Colonel Niven's Memoirs," ElleryQueen, 1975
• "Yesterday's Child" (also known as "Wednesday's Child"), Police Woman, NBC, 1976
• Johnny, "Snapshot," Cannon, CBS, 1976
• Stevens, "Any Second Now," S.W.A.T., ABC, 1976
• Paul Terranova, "The Killing Kind," Charlie's Angels, ABC, 1976
• Dominic Marcon, "Drought at Indianhead River," The Rockford Files,NBC, 1976
• Hans Eichler, "Wonder Woman vs. Gargantua," Wonder Woman, ABC, 1976
• Mahmud Majd, "The Thunderbird Connection," The Six Million Dollar Man, 1976
• Sonny Lettner, "The Snitch," Switch, CBS, 1977
• "Shadow of a Doubt," Police Woman, NBC, 1977
• Ali Ben Gazim, "Jaime and the King," The Bionic Woman, ABC, 1977
• Manny Arturis, "Beamer's Last Case," The Rockford Files, NBC, 1977
• "Rollback," The Six Million Dollar Man, ABC, 1977
• Dr. Russell Nevitt, "Rosenthal and Gilda Stern Are Dead," The RockfordFiles, NBC, 1978
• "Dangerous Waters," The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (also known as The Hardy Boys Mysteries), ABC, 1978
• "How Do I Kill Thee?" Eddie Capra Mysteries, NBC, 1978
• Jack Parker, "The Groupie," Starsky and Hutch, ABC, 1978
• Lubich, "Deadly Fashion," Sword of Justice, NBC, 1978
• Lou Volt, "The Eleventh Event," Vega$, ABC, 1979
• Russ Hendrix, "The Execution File," Hawaii Five-0, CBS, 1979
• "Why Won't Linda Die?" Hawaii Five-0, CBS, 1979
• Public Defender St. Paul, "A Fool for a Client," Kaz, CBS, 1979
• Harland Deville, "By the Death of a Child," Quincy (also known asQuincy, M.E.), NBC, 1979
• Simon Webster, "The Hunter Hunted," Vega$, ABC, 1980
• Michael Durano, "The Male Angel Affair" (also known as "Toni's Boys"), Charlie's Angels, ABC, 1980
• "The Hostage," Enos, CBS, 1981
• "In the Best of Families," Nero Wolfe, 1981
• Thomas Stark, "Rage," Little House on the Prairie, NBC, 1982
• Tony Cumson, "Choices," Falcon Crest, 1982
• Decker, "Return to Nam: Part 1," Matt Houston, ABC, 1984
• Decker, "Escape from Nam: Part 2," Matt Houston, ABC, 1984
• Joe Kelijian, "Death Casts a Spell," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1984
• Charley, "A Very Happy Ending," Alfred Hitchcock Presents, NBC, 1986
• (Uncredited) Philippe Trusseau (La Bull), "Death and Taxes," Magnum, P.I., CBS, 1986
• Voice, "Beauty and the Beast: A Tale of the Crimson Flower," Stories from My Childhood (also known as Mikhail Baryshnikov's Stories from MyChildhood), PBS, 1997
• Stefano, "The Three Faces of Frasier," Frasier, NBC, 2000
• Justice Earl Clayton, "Final Appeal," The Outer Limits, Showtime and syndicated, 2000
• Chandler Crowne, "Restoration," Touched by an Angel, CBS, 2000
• Grandpa Victor, "The Grandparents," Malcolm in the Middle, Fox, 2001
• Harry Josephs, "Heart," The Guardian, CBS, 2001
• Appeared as Major Woulman, "Rumors of Evening," Playhouse 90, CBS.
• Specials
• Disneyland '59 (also known as Kodak Presents Disneyland '59), 1959
• The People vs. Inez Garcia, syndicated, 1977
• Super Bloopers and New Practical Jokes, NBC, 1989
• The Hollywood Christmas Parade, syndicated, 1989
• The 56th Annual King Orange Jamboree Parade, NBC, 1989
• Super Bloopers and New Practical Jokes, NBC, 1990
• Night of 100 Stars III (also known as Night of One Hundred Stars), NBC, 1990
• James's father, "Merry Christmas, Baby," General Motors Playwrights Theatre, Arts and Entertainment, 1992
• Sci-Fi Channel's Invasion of Independence Day, Sci-Fi Channel, 1996
• Narrator, Napoleon and Wellington, Arts and Entertainment, 1997
• Pretty As a Picture: The Art of David Lynch, 1997
• VH1 Divas Live (also known as Divas Live: An Honors Concert forVH1 Save the Children), VH1, 1998
• Narrator, Defeat at Waterloo: Napoleon vs. Wellington, History Channel, 1999
• Also appeared in Miss Julie.
• Awards Presentations
• Presenter, The 21st Annual People's Choice Awards, 1995
• Presenter, The 11th Annual Kids' Choice Awards, Nickelodeon, 1998
• Other
• Philippe Trusseau (La Bull), "Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii" (pilot), Magnum, P.I., CBS, 1980
• Jimmy Bryce, Old Dogs (pilot; also known as Two Old Dogs),ABC, 1987
• Opti, Dodson's Journey, 2001
• Judge Thomas O'Neill, Queens Supreme, 2002
• Television Director
• Episodic
• "Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii" (pilot episode), Magnum, P.I., CBS,1980
• Quincy (also known as Quincy, M.E.), NBC, 1980
• "Never Again ... Never Again," Magnum, P.I., CBS, 1981
• Also directed Hart to Hart.
• Stage Appearances
• Frankie Machine, The Man with the Golden Arm, Cherry Lane Theatre,New York City, 1955
• Julian, Toys in the Attic, Hudson Guild Theatre, New York City, 1960
• Solyony, Three Sisters, Morosco Theatre, New York City, 1963, thenWorld Theatre Festival, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1964
• In the Boom Boom Room, Broadway production, 1973-1974
• Night of 100 Stars III (also known as Night of One Hundred Stars), Radio City Music Hall, New York City, 1990
• Also appeared in Wedding Band.
• RECORDINGS
• Video Games
• Voice of Admiral Petrarch, Freespace 2, 1999
• Voice of Ray Machowski, Grand Theft Auto III, 2001

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• Entertainment Weekly, July 26, 1996, p. 10; March 16, 1998, p. 69;March 27, 1998, p. 48
• Nation, May 24, 1993, pp. 713-715