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Enzo Petito

Enzo Petito

Born: 1897-07-24 • Naples, Italy

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.

Filmography
Sacred Silence poster
Sacred Silence
1996
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly poster
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1966 • Storekeeper
Me, Me, Me... and the Others poster
Me, Me, Me... and the Others
1966
Made in Italy poster
Made in Italy
1965 • The Usher (segment "4 'Cittadini, stato e chiesa', episode 1")
Night Train to Milan poster
Night Train to Milan
1962 • Un barbone
The Four Monks poster
The Four Monks
1962 • Padre guardiano
Roaring Years poster
Roaring Years
1962 • ingegnere del circolo
Filumena Marturano poster
Filumena Marturano
1962
Christmas at the Cupiello House poster
Christmas at the Cupiello House
1962 • Pasquale
Gold of Rome poster
Gold of Rome
1961 • Usuraio
The Last Judgment poster
The Last Judgment
1961
He Who Hesitates Is Lost poster
He Who Hesitates Is Lost
1960 • Napoleone, l'usciere
The Widower poster
The Widower
1959 • Fritzmayer
Sogno di una notte di mezza sbornia poster
Sogno di una notte di mezza sbornia
1959 • Giovanni
Il medico dei pazzi poster
Il medico dei pazzi
1959
Tre calzoni fortunati poster
Tre calzoni fortunati
1959
We will get married in Capri poster
We will get married in Capri
1956 • commissario
Poverty and Nobility poster
Poverty and Nobility
1954 • Don Gioacchino
Siamo tutti inquilini poster
Siamo tutti inquilini
1953 • Affittuario di Anna
A Coperchia è caduta una stella poster
A Coperchia è caduta una stella
1933