Edmond O'Brien

. Soon afterwards he died of cerebral thrombosis. Edmond O'Brien has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for his contribution to motion pictures at 1719 Vine Street, and television at 6523 Hollywood Boulevard. His last public appearance was in 1974 as a guest in the TV show Milleluci hosted by Mina and Raffaella Carrā. He died in Inglewood, California of Alzheimer's Disease. He performed in musical reviews and commedies by Garinei and Giovannini. He also appeared extensively in television. Rabagliati was active also on the stage until mid 1950s.

His other notable films include White Heat (1949), The Girl Can't Help It (1956), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), The Birdman of Alcatraz (1962), The Longest Day (1964), and The Wild Bunch (1969). From 1940 to 1965 he starred in some twenty movies, including The Barefoot Contessa, Montecarlo, Il Vedovo. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Barefoot Contessa (1954), and was also nominated for his role in Seven Days in May (1964). His enormous fame as a singer helped his acting career restart. Born in New York, New York, O'Brien made his film debut in 1938, and gradually built a career as a highly regarded supporting actor. Indeed, the Fascist government decided to make use of his popularity by choosing his song Sposi (c'č una casetta piccina) ("Wed (there's a little home)") as their demographic campaign anthem. Edmond O'Brien (September 10, 1915 – May 9, 1985) was an American film actor. At a time when anything foreign was banned, the idol Rabagliati was allowed to maintain his American-influenced style.

Female audience went crazy for him, and covered him with red roses at every performance. He was so popular that his name was sung in the lyrics of La famiglia canterina, Quando canta Rabagliati, Quando la radio. Every Monday night EIAR aired Canta Rabagliati ("Rabagliati sings"), with the singer presenting his most famous songs such as Ma l'amore no, Mattinata fiorentina, Ba-ba-baciami piccina, Silenzioso slow, Bambina innamorata. Rabagliati soon became a radio star, and in 1941 even had his own radio show.

While with the Lecuona Cuban Boys he met Giovanni D'Anzi who proposed him an audition with Italian state radio station EIAR. He performed with his face painted black and made a hit with the song Maria la O. After a brief experience with Pippo Barzizza's orchestra, he joined the Lecuona Cuban Boys, a Cuban band. Back in Europe he became a singer.

During his stay he had however the opportunity to get to know new musical genres such as jazz, swing, scat. He remained four years in America, but his career as an actor never took off. He later recalled: "For someone like me, who had seen no more than Lake Como or Monza's cathedral so far, finding myself on board a luxury steamer with three cases full of clothes, a few rolls of dollars, granduchesses and countesses flirting with me was something extraordinary". In 1927 Alberto Rabagliati moved to Hollywood from native Italy as the winner of a Rudolph Valentino look-alike contest.

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. Alberto Rabagliati (Milan, 26 June 1906 - Rome, 7 March 1974) was Italy's first pop star.