Actor
Enzo Petito
Born July 24, 1897 in Naples, ItalyDied July 17, 196720 films
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.
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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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First watchThe Good, the Bad and the Ugly19668.5as StorekeeperWhile the Civil War rages on between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hitman, and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a…View filmEssential films
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Filmography
20 films as actor- 1996Sacred Silence
- 1966The Good, the Bad and the UglyStorekeeper
- 1966Me, Me, Me... and the Others
- 1965Made in ItalyThe Usher (segment "4 'Cittadini, stato e chiesa', episode 1")
- 1962Night Train to MilanUn barbone
- 1962The Four MonksPadre guardiano
- 1962Roaring Yearsingegnere del circolo
- 1962Filumena Marturano
- 1962Christmas at the Cupiello HousePasquale
- 1961Gold of RomeUsuraio
- 1961The Last Judgment
- 1960He Who Hesitates Is LostNapoleone, l'usciere
- 1959The WidowerFritzmayer
- 1959Sogno di una notte di mezza sborniaGiovanni
- 1959Il medico dei pazzi
- 1959Tre calzoni fortunati
- 1956We will get married in Capricommissario
- 1954Poverty and NobilityDon Gioacchino
- 1953Siamo tutti inquiliniAffittuario di Anna
- 1933A Coperchia è caduta una stella