His parents, both from Giovinazzo, Bari, Italy, emigrated to America and settled in Gravesend, Brooklyn.
In 1977, he was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for his performance in Otherwise Engaged.
[4] In 1991, he won an Obie Award for his performance in What's Wrong With This Picture?
[5] On television, Lombard portrayed Marshall Beck in all 15 episodes of Filthy Rich (1982-1983).
Between 1976 and 2005 he had guest roles in such popular American television series as Kojak (a 2-part episode), The Mary Tyler Moore Hour (9 episodes), The Rockford Files (a 2-part episode), Three’s Company, Riptide, Spenser: For Hire, Miami Vice, The Cosby Show, and 4 episodes of Law & Order and its spinoffs.