Enzo Petito

Born: 1897-07-24

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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as Storekeeper
Released: 1966-12-22

While the Civil War rages on between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a...

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The Widower

as Fritzmayer
Released: 1959-11-20

Alberto Nardi is a Roman businessman who fancies himself a man of great capabilities, but whose...

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Me, Me, Me... and the Others

as uncredited
Released: 1966-02-16

Sandro is a well-known journalist and he is conducting a survey on human selfishness. Every man...

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He Who Hesitates Is Lost

as Napoleone, l'usciere
Released: 1960-12-15

After their boss' death, two clerks eagerly await the arrival of the next one, each one of them...

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Roaring Years

as ingegnere del circolo
Released: 1962-04-21

In this satire inspired by Nikolai Gogol’s The Government Inspector (aka The Inspector General)...

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The Last Judgment

as uncredited
Released: 1961-10-26

The Last Judgement (Italian: Il giudizio universale) is a 1961 commedia all'italiana film by...

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Made in Italy

as The Usher (segment "4 'Cittadini, stato e chiesa', episode 1")
Released: 1965-12-22

A group of Italians take a flight to Sweden: among them there are the tourists, and the immigrants.

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Gold of Rome

as uncredited
Released: 1961-11-26

Rome 1943. The German Commandant of the city causes a turmoil in the Jewish community by...

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Sacred Silence

as uncredited
Released: 1996-09-05

A young priest crusades against organized crime in his Naples neighbourhood but falls in love...

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Siamo tutti inquilini

as Affittuario di Anna
Released: 1953-04-01

Anna was the maid of a lady who inherited an apartment in a building in the center of Rome.

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The Four Monks

as Padre guardiano
Released: 1962-08-31

Four petty criminals pretend to be friars escaped from communist Hungary and go and live in a...

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Sogno di una notte di mezza sbornia

as Giovanni
Released: 1959-08-13

Pasquale Grifone, who lives in Naples with his family, receives in a dream the visit of Dante...

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Il medico dei pazzi

as uncredited
Released: 1959-06-15

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Filumena Marturano

as uncredited
Released: 1962-02-05

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We will get married in Capri

as commissario
Released: 1956-09-06

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Tre Calzoni Fortunati

as uncredited
Released: 1959-01-01

Don Felice Sciosciammocca, a poor and simple man, goes to the day, hoping that sooner or later...

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