He was famous for playing the role of bad guys, gangsters,
mobsters, mafia bosses, drug dealers, loan sharks, mercenaries, and a gangster
named Salvatore (his actual name) "The Shark" Macelli in Innocent
Blood which explains why people in the Walt Disney Studios picked him to give
the voice of Sykes, the loan shark gangster, in Oliver and Company. He also
played Lew Horner in the 1991 Hollywood Pictures film, The Marrying Man, John
McBainbridge in the 1998 Touchstone Pictures film, Holy Man, and Matt in the
1994 Touchstone Pictures film, I Love Trouble.
Loggia’s big acting break and first major role came as the
star of the 10-part Disney TV mini-series “The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca,”
which aired from 1958 through 1960. The series was edited and released as a
full-length movie, “Elfego Baca: Six-Gun Law,” in 1962.
Loggia was tasked with depicting the real-life Elfego Baca,
who was legendary throughout New Mexico. Baca was part gunman, part lawman,
part lawyer and part politician during the late 1880s/early 1890s.
e will be my last on the list to have his own slot. I plan to do a post with 250 honorable mentions listed alphabetically next.
