Valente Rodriguez (born February 14, 1964) is an American actor.He is best known for his role as Ernie Cardenas on the sitcom George Lopez. Restless and unnerved, constantly riddled with self-doubt, a chance meeting with Audrey O'Brien was his saving grace. 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). 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. "[12] After NBC cancelled the series when viewing figures failed to deliver, Loggia went into a mid-life crisis—a "Dante-esque descent into the inferno", as he called it later. She helped him out of the crisis, and they later married. Quesada was always flanked at the Mutiny by … In 2012, Loggia portrayed Saint Peter during his final imprisonment in The Apostle Peter and the Last Supper. The script would cut away to Loggia saying "Eight f***ing hours later", then back to the story, further along in the plot. They've been married for 33 years. After some issues, Montana promises Sosa to talk with Lopez about sharing the risk. But as he worked with director Frank Lopez, "he wanted me to play it a little more aggressive and a little more domineering. Loggia was married to Marjorie Sloan from 1954 to 1981, with whom he had three children. 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Robert Loggia as Frank Lopez, the cocaine smuggler, in Scarface, 1983. (1981), which was a satire about Hollywood; and the Pink Panther sequels. These included Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978); S.O.B. [1], In 2010, Loggia was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. He was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, his first such honor, for portraying FBI agent Nick Mancuso in the TV series Mancuso, FBI (1989–1990), a follow-up to the previous year's miniseries Favorite Son (1988). © 2021 EHM PRODUCTIONS,INC. Montana is paid back with a place in Lopez' organization. That's Nacho Contreras, El Gordo. It's been 15 years since Scottish actor Ian McDiarmid was last seen in the "Star Wars" film franchise as Emperor Palpatine, a Dark Lord of the … His widow Audrey said … Robert Loggia, Actor: Big. Loggia had been battling Alzheimer's for the … Beloved Logan Square Christmas House shines on, a year after the death of its creator, Frank Lopez . He's got more cash than anybody in this place. Actor Robert Loggia -- who played drug kingpin Frank Lopez in "Scarface" -- is dead. For six years his career foundered, and his marriage fell apart. They're not they too have Frank Lopez English accents. [19][20], In 2010, Loggia was awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in recognition of his humanitarian efforts. Drug kingpin Frank Lopez (Robert Loggia) with his henchman Omar (F. Murray Abraham), Tony Montana (Al Pacino), and girlfriend Elvira (Michelle Pfeiffer) in Brian De Palma's "Scarface" (1983). I Want to Depose Veep in Phileeeeeedelphia!!! He was 85. Omar was born January 18, 1942 in Cuba. She says things took a drastic turn for the worse Wednesday, he seemed to rebound and then died suddenly and peacefully at home. [11], At age 25, he made his debut on Broadway in The Man with the Golden Arm in 1955.[11]. Frank Lopez is known for his work on Prime Target (1991), Alien Agenda: Under the Skin (1997) and Dead Meat (1993). ROBERT LOGGIA: (As Frank Lopez) You see that fat bastard? 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. His practice focuses on employment law, internal investigations, compliance, regulatory matters, and complex civil litigation (including class action litigation). [citation needed] On October 26, 2009, TVGuide.com announced Loggia had joined the cast of the TNT series Men of a Certain Age. Loggia partnered with Canadian entrepreneur Frank D'Angelo from 2013, appearing in three films (Real Gangsters, The Big Fat Stone, and No Depo$it), with a fourth film in production (Sicilian Vampire) at the time of Loggia's death. [1][8][9] He grew up in the Little Italy neighborhood, where the family spoke Italian at home. Additionally, he played violent mobster Feech La Manna in several episodes of The Sopranos. 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]. 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. 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… The couple had 4 kids. 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. In director Brian De Palma’s hit 1983 crime drama “Scarface,” Loggia played drug lord Frank Lopez alongside Al Pacino in the violent tale of Miami mobsters. 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. Other films starring Loggia include Over The Top (1987), Necessary Roughness (1991), and Return to Me (2000). 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. Salvatore "Robert" Loggia (January 3, 1930 â€“ December 4, 2015) was an American actor and director. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. He bears a striking resemblance to Robert Loggia, the late actor who played doper Frank Lopez in Scarface. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, Download the TMZ App on the Apple App Store, Download the TMZ App on the Google Play Store. Among his first acts in America is to avenge the death of the brother of cocaine kingpin Frank Lopez, killed by the Castro regime. She says, "He was an awesome husband and an awesome father.". The director Blake Edwards often cast Loggia in his films in minor or supporting roles. 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. Among his most noteworthy credits was “Scarface,” in which he played Frank Lopez, a Florida gangster who befriends and is then betrayed by a … 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. Actor Robert Loggia -- who played drug kingpin Frank Lopez in " Scarface " -- is dead. 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 fact, after I got the part, the character changed dramatically. 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). He was the underboss for Frank Lopez. Cat.[3][4][5][6]. He also starred as Cesar in the TV Land sitcom Happily Divorced and he guest starred on TV shows like Yes, Dear, Mad About You, and ER, and had a film role as Marco in Suckers (2001). Loggia appeared as a mobster in multiple films, including Bill Sykes, the immoral loanshark and shipyard agent in Disney's animated film Oliver & Company (1988), Salvatore "The Shark" Macelli in John Landis' Innocent Blood (1992), Mr. Eddy in David Lynch's Lost Highway (1997), and Don Vito Leoni in David Jablin's The Don's Analyst (1997). Loggia and Sloan were divorced in 1981. 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). The film was released posthumously and dedicated to him. The advertisement features Loggia as a personal trainer hired by PC to get him back on top of his game. In it, a young boy names Loggia as someone he would trust to recommend Minute Maid orange-tangerine blend. Frank Lopez, Actor: Prime Target. Frank … At first, T.H.E. Actor Robert Loggia, the man behind Scarface 's drug lord Frank Lopez, has died at age 85, Variety reports. Loggia had been battling Alzheimer's for … Loggia and O'Brien remained married until his death in 2015. Frank Lopez (Robert Loggia) sends Tony Montana and Omar Suarez to make a drug deal with Sosa who asks them to guarantee the buying of a certain amount of cocaine every month. In 1951, he earned a degree in journalism from University of Missouri. The character actor was 85. Cat, first broadcast in 1966. He trained at the Actors Studio while doing stage work. In the episode "Call Girl", he is seen twice denoting the passage of time in boring events. "[16] The commercial was later referenced in a Malcolm in the Middle episode in which Loggia made a guest appearance as "Grandpa Victor" (for which he received his second Emmy nomination); in it, Loggia drinks some orange juice, then spits it out and complains about the pulp. [citation needed]. He also appeared on television series including Frank Lopez is a shareholder with Glade Voogt Lopez Smith. 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. Loggia served as a director for episodes of Quincy M.E., Magnum, P.I., and Hart to Hart. His job was to hire people fit for certain tasks and to make deals with major narcotic dealers. (FOX 11) - Actor Robert Loggia, who played drug lord Frank Lopez in "Scarface," has died, according to Variety. In 1998, Loggia appeared in a television commercial lampooning obscure celebrity endorsements. Loggia instantly appears and endorses the drink, to which the boy exclaims, "Whoa, Robert Loggia! Although the supporting actor Robert Loggia, … 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). The director Blake Edwards often cast Loggia in his films in minor or supporting roles. After serving in the United States Army during the Korean War, he married Marjorie Sloan in 1954 and began a long career at the Actors Studio, studying under Stella Adler. Actor Robert Loggia, the man behind Scarface's drug lord Frank Lopez, has died at age 85, Varietyreports. Variety first broke the news of Loggia's death. Loggia, who was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for "Jagged Edge," died at his home at noon Friday. [18], Loggia also appeared in two episodes of the animated series Family Guy as himself; in the episode "Brothers and Sisters", after Mayor West tells his fiancé Carol he has "aides" (which Carol mistakes for AIDS), before he clarifies that he is referring to his assistants; West then remarks that they both have AIDS, and the scene cuts to Loggia, angrily responding "NOT OKAY!". [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. From the late 1950s he was a familiar face on TV, usually as authoritative figures. 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). Loggia passed away on December 4, 2015. He later starred as the proverbial cat-burglar-turned-good circus artist Thomas Hewitt Edward Cat in a short-lived detective series called T.H.E. He also talks about the many local organizations, groups and youth they support with their time, donations and generosity of spirit. These included Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978); S.O.B. Cat appeared to be a success, Loggia said: "We're drawing about a 30 per cent share of the audience, which NBC considers fine for a new show with a new star. Salvatore Loggia was born in Staten Island, New York City, New York, on January 3, 1930,[7] to Biagio Loggia, a shoemaker born in Palma di Montechiaro, Province of Agrigento, Sicily, and Elena Blandino, a homemaker born in Vittoria, Province of Ragusa, Sicily. [17], In August 2009, Loggia appeared in one of Apple's Get a Mac advertisements. He graduated from New Dorp High School before taking courses at Wagner College. [21], On December 17, 2011, Loggia was honored by his alma mater, the University of Missouri, with an honorary degree for his career and his humanitarian efforts. Frank Lopez gives us an inside look into who the Elks are, their history and the Brattleboro Lodge. Get TMZ breaking news sent right to your browser! (1981), which was a satire about Hollywood; and the Pink Panther sequels.. Playing drug lord Frank Lopez in Brian De Palma’s brutal crime film Scarface, he mentors and then is betrayed by Al Pacino’s ruthless hothead Tony Montana. His character was that of a weasel who often argued with the title character Tony Montana. Loggia reprised his role from Independence Day, General William Grey, in a cameo appearance alongside his wife, Audrey, in the 2016 sequel Independence Day: Resurgence, filmed shortly before his death. Audrey says she and their daughter Cynthia were at Robert's bedside when he passed. Frank Lopez was portrayed by the late Robert Loggia in the 1983's Scarface. ©2021 EHM PRODUCTIONS,INC. 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. Loggia's wife, Audrey, tells TMZ her husband was struggling with Alzheimer's for the last 5 years. 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). He's a … 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 … Loggia, who was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for … [1], In 1982, Loggia married Audrey O'Brien, a business executive and the mother of his stepdaughter Cynthia Marlette. He was 85. [10] He later studied acting with Alvina Krause at Northwestern University. Modern, violent, and beautifully filmed retelling of Scarface (1932), to which it bears superficial resemblance. 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. The Mentalist Frank Lopez (2011) Known For Gone Hollywood Louie (2011)

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