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