Actor Jerry Leggio, 90, died on Oct. 1. Leggio was busy onstage, playing the leads in regional productions of Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, A Streetcar Named Desire, A Few Good Men, Inherit the Wind, The King and I, Camelot, and The Sound of Music. But on TV and in films, he was largely a character actor (though one rarely out of work). He made his debut as a doctor in Hush . . . Hush, Sweet Charlotte, and went on to appear in Hurry Sundown, Sounder, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, In the Heat of the Night, Blaze, The Badge, Infidelity, Faith of My Fathers, Mothman, American Horror Story, and Scream Queens, among other vehicles. A Baton Rouge native, Leggio promoted filming in his home state, and in 2014 he was given the Anne Price Lifetime Achievement Award for his efforts to encourage filming in Louisiana. Actor Albert Nolan said that "I learned so much from him by just sharing the stage with him. He was the epitome of the Southern gentleman, and he was very, very good at his craft."
