Robert Loggia

Robert Loggia

Born
3 January 1930
Died
4 December 2015 (aged 85)
Place of birth
Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA
Birth name
Salvatore Loggia
Height
178 cm
Known for
Actor

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. He trained at the Actors Studio while doing stage work. From the late 1950s he was a familiar face on TV, usually as authoritative figures. Loggia also found work in movies such as The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), Scarface (1983) and Big (1988). Always in demand, Loggia worked until his death, at 85, from complications of Alzheimer's.