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Enzo Petito
ACTOR

Enzo Petito

Known for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Enzo Petito (24 July 1897 – 17 July 1967) was an Italian film and stage character actor. A theatre actor under Eduardo De Filippo in the 1950s in the Teatro San Ferdinando of Naples, with whom he was professionally closely associated, Petito also appeared in several of his films, often co-starring Eduardo or/and brother, Peppino De Filippo, brothers who are considered to be amongst the greatest Italian actors of the 20th century.…

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Born
Jul 24, 1897
Died
Jul 17, 1967
Birthplace
Naples, Italy
Known For
Acting

Biography

Enzo Petito (24 July 1897 – 17 July 1967) was an Italian film and stage character actor. A theatre actor under Eduardo De Filippo in the 1950s in the Teatro San Ferdinando of Naples, with whom he was professionally closely associated, Petito also appeared in several of his films, often co-starring Eduardo or/and brother, Peppino De Filippo, brothers who are considered to be amongst the greatest Italian actors of the 20th century. Petito played minor roles in some memorable commedia all'Italiana movies directed by the likes of Dino Risi and Mario Monicelli in the late 1950s and early 1960s, often appearing alongside actors such as Nino Manfredi, Alberto Sordi, Peppino De Filippo, Anna Maria Ferrero, and Totò.

Although never a leading actor, he made a number of small appearances as character actors alongside Italy's leading film stars in films throughout the early to mid-1960s and is arguably best known in world cinema for his role as the store keeper in the Sergio Leone classic Spaghetti Western film The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in 1966. His roles ranged from storekeepers and cobblers to priests and homeless men. His role of most esteem, however, is perhaps as Napoleon in Sergio Corbucci's comedy Chi si ferma è perduto in 1963.

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Known For

Filmography

Movies

A Coperchia è caduta una stella
1933
Siamo tutti inquiliniAffittuario di Anna
1953
Poverty and NobilityDon Gioacchino
1954
We will get married in Capricommissario
1956
Il medico dei pazzi
1959
Sogno di una notte di mezza sborniaGiovanni
1959
The WidowerFritzmayer
1959
Tre calzoni fortunati
1959
He Who Hesitates Is LostNapoleone, l'usciere
1960
Gold of RomeUsuraio
1961
The Last Judgment
1961
Christmas at the Cupiello HousePasquale
1962
Filumena Marturano
1962
Night Train to MilanUn barbone
1962
Roaring Yearsingegnere del circolo
1962
The Four MonksPadre guardiano
1962
Made in ItalyThe Usher (segment "4 'Cittadini, stato e chiesa', episode 1")
1965
Me, Me, Me... and the Others
1966
The Good, the Bad and the UglyStorekeeper
1966
Sacred Silence
1996

Photos

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