Robert Loggia (1930-2015)

[antnield]

Robert Loggia.

[swo17]

Dick Laurent is dead

[domino harvey]

Highly recommend his comic turn in Landis' underrated Innocent Blood

[bearcuborg]

Highly recommend his comic turn in Landis' underrated Innocent Blood

I wanna put a vote in for his halftime speech in the underrated Necessary Roughness.

[cdnchris]

And I was so happy this ad was online (though I probably shouldn't be surprised): Who would you believe?

[flyonthewall2983]

And of course, this scene.

[Werewolf by Night]

And I was so happy this ad was online

I always thought that was such a sinister ad because it came out around the same time as Lost Highway. I half expected him to ask that kid "You like pornos? Give you a boner?"

[oh yeah]

And I was so happy this ad was online

I always thought that was such a sinister ad because it came out around the same time as Lost Highway. I half expected him to ask that kid "You like pornos? Give you a boner?"

He certainly seems to be kind of "playing" the Mr. Eddy/Dick Laurent character in that commercial more than anything -- the inflections, the attitude, it's all the same. Then again, maybe that's just sort of how he talked. In any case, that's the role I'll always remember him for. "I'm really glad to know you're doin' good, Pete..."

[Polybius]

And I was so happy this ad was online (though I probably shouldn't be surprised): Who would you believe?

I was just about to go look for that. Glad I'm not the only one who likes it.

[colinr0380]

I just love the idea that all the kids have Robert Loggia on the tip of their tongues as the go-to guy for impartial advice on juice! More in character would be Loggia busting in there uninvited to tell the bratty kid to respect his parents and drink his damn juice! Although even here he can make being on the kid's side seem threatening, especially when he puts the carton down on the table at the end!

And I would certainly second Innocent Blood as a film where Loggia gradually moves from a more usual supporting role to eventually almost dominating the film by the final confrontation, and he really makes the most of a meaty part!

[flyonthewall2983]

So funny how that juice ad is what he seemingly is being remembered for most on certain parts of the web. I remember watching that ad when it first appeared, and it felt so randomly ironic back in a time when all things random and ironic weren't as celebrated as they seemingly are now. Someone at Coca-Cola must have a really interesting story about how it all happened.

[domino harvey]

Excerpt from Anthony LaPaglia’s memoirs about how Robert Loggia stopped him from beating up John Landis (contains “spoiler” for Jagged Edge)

[Matt]

It's never too late, Tony. Robert Loggia can't stop you now.

[Murdoch]

I rewatched American Werewolf last month and that car crash/chaos in the street scene as the monster runs loose had an entirely different feeling to it after I learned of the Twilight Zone tragedy. It made me wonder how many close calls Landis caused through his dangerous stunt direction, and after reading LaPaglia's account it seems that death was an inevitable result of putting Landis in the director's chair

[Finch]

Just reaffirms that Landis should have been in director's jail indefinitely after the TZ tragedy.

[hearthesilence]

Many years ago I met a friend of a counselor at my high school who worked in the film business and I think I asked him what movies he worked on to which he replied The Blues Brothers. He then discussed it and eventually said people either got hurt or dangerously close to being seriously hurt in at least one of the car crashes because Landis kept pushing the stunts without seeming to care about the risks. He said it was no surprise when the deaths happened on his segment of The Twilight Zone because of his reputation.

[knives]

And just to mix in a positive example, because this is a rather depressing subject, there’s a story about the filming of Big Trouble in Little China where some squibs were blasted a few seconds early causing a risk of injury and so Carpenter shut down filming to talk to the blast guy basically telling him one more error like that and he would be fired.

[thirtyframesasecond]

Not even sure John Landis is the worst person in his family.

[beamish14]

Many years ago I met a friend of a counselor at my high school who worked in the film business and I think I asked him what movies he worked on to which he replied The Blues Brothers. He then discussed it and eventually said people either got hurt or dangerously close to being seriously hurt in at least one of the car crashes because Landis kept pushing the stunts without seeming to care about the risks. He said it was no surprise when the deaths happened on his segment of The Twilight Zone because of his reputation.

Live rounds being used on that set is lunacy. They don’t even sound good when recorded live, so it’s utterly pointless

[beamish14]

Not even sure John Landis is the worst person in his family.

I’ll say this-his wife (of over 45 years!) Deborah Nadoolman Landis is a remarkable costume designer, and she’s really done a lot to ensure that the artists in her field gets recognized

This photo from the pre-opening gala for the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art might be the first image of him and Steven Spielberg together since 1982