Fred Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor (died 1960)

Fred Buscaglione

Italian actor, recording artist, singer

Ferdinando "Fred" Buscaglione was an Italian singer and actor who became very popular in the late 1950s. His public persona – the character he played both in his songs and his movies – was of a humorous mobster with a penchant for whisky and women.