Scarface actor Robert Loggia passes away

Oscar-Nominated Robert Loggia, who starred in both films and television shows, dies at 85.

ROBERT LOGGIA, A durable and versatile tough guy actor in movies and TV shows including Brian De Palma's 1983 drama Scarface and Big, died Friday at his home in Los Angeles, his widow Audrey confirmed to Variety. He was 85. Loggia had been battling Alzheimer's Disease for the past five years, according to his widow. They had been married for 33 years.
He was nominated for a supporting actor Academy Award for Jagged Edge in 1986 for his portrayal of blunt private detective Sam Ransom. Loggia's most notable film credits included An Officer and a Gentleman, Prizzi's Honor, Independence Day, David Lynch's Lost Highway and Big, in which he played a toy company owner and performed a memorable duet on a giant foot-operated piano with Tom Hanks.
He played Miami drug lord Frank Lopez in Scarface. Loggia was nominated for an Emmy in 1989 for his portrayal of FBI agent Nick Mancuso in the series Mancuso FBI - which has a spin-off of the character he created in the Favorite Son miniseries starring Harry Hamlin - and again in 2000 for his guest star role in Malcolm in the Middle.
Loggia was a versatile supporting actor, assembling credits on three different episodes of The Rockford Files as three different characters. He also appeared in three different Pink Panther movies with three different character names.
Loggia played Anwar Sadat in the 1982 TV movie A Woman Called Golda opposite Ingrid Bergman. He also portrayed fearsome mobster-bakery owner Feech La Manna on several episodes of The Sopranos. Loggia was a native of Staten Island, born to Italian immigrants. He received a football scholarship to Wagner College and transferred to the University of Missouri. After serving two years in the U.S. Army, he began classes with Stella Adler and at the Actors Studio. He loved being an actor, his widow said. He broke into the entertainment business performing in stage plays in New York.
Loggia is survived by his widow; three children, Tracy, John and Kristina, and a stepchild, Cynthia.