Robert Loggia at a movie premiere © Joe Martinez – All Rights Reserved Photo by Joe Martinez
Actor Robert Loggia, star of stage and screen and best known for his role in Brian De Palma’s 1986 “Scarface” died Friday in Los Angeles, his widow Audrey confirmed to Variety. He was 85.
Loggia had a versatile and lengthy career in Hollywood and was nominated for a Supporting Actor Academy Award for “Jagged Edge” in 1986 for his role of private detective Sam Ransom.
Other notable film appearances were in “An Officer and a Gentleman,” “Prizzi’s Honor,” “Problem Child” and “Big,” in which he and co-star Tom Hanks performed a memorable duet on a giant piano.
Loggia was nominated for an Emmy in 1989 for his portrayal of FBI agent Nick Mancuso in the series “Mancuso FBI” and also in 2000 for his guest star role in “Malcolm in the Middle.”
Other Television Credits according to IMDB include appearances on Overland Trail, Target: The Corruptors!, The Untouchables, The Eleventh Hour, Breaking Point, Combat!, Custer, Columbo, Ellery Queen, High Chaparral, Gunsmoke, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Big Valley, Rawhide, Little House on the Prairie, Starsky and Hutch, Charlie’s Angels, The Rockford Files (three times as three different characters), Magnum, P.I., Quincy, M.E., Kojak, Hawaii Five-0, The Bionic Woman, Frasier, The Sopranos, Monk, and Oliver Stone’s miniseries Wild Palms.
Loggia is survived by his widow; three children, Tracy, John and Kristina, and a stepchild, Cynthia.