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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

17

Gender

Male

Birthday

1897-07-24

Deathday

1967-07-17 (69 years old)

Place of Birth

Naples, Italy

Also Known As

  • Vincenzo Squatriti

Enzo Petito

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.

Known For

Poverty and Nobility
8.0%

Poverty and Nobility

Apr 17, 1954

The Widower
7.4%

The Widower

Nov 20, 1959

He Who Hesitates Is Lost
6.9%

He Who Hesitates Is Lost

Dec 15, 1960

Roaring Years
6.8%

Roaring Years

Apr 21, 1962

The Last Judgment
6.4%

The Last Judgment

Oct 26, 1961

Sacred Silence
6.0%

Sacred Silence

Sep 5, 1996

Made in Italy
6.0%

Made in Italy

Dec 22, 1965

Gold of Rome
6.6%

Gold of Rome

Nov 26, 1961

Siamo tutti inquilini
6.0%

Siamo tutti inquilini

Apr 1, 1953

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Acting

1996
Sacred Silence
1966
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly as Storekeeper
1966
Me, Me, Me... and the Others
1965
Made in Italy as The Usher (segment "4 'Cittadini, stato e chiesa', episode 1")
1962
The Four Monks as Padre guardiano
1962
Roaring Years as ingegnere del circolo
1962
Filumena Marturano
1961
Gold of Rome as Usuraio
1961
The Last Judgment
1960
He Who Hesitates Is Lost as Napoleone, l'usciere
1959
The Widower as Fritzmayer
1959
Sogno di una notte di mezza sbornia as Giovanni
1959
Il medico dei pazzi
1959
Tre Calzoni Fortunati
1956
We will get married in Capri as commissario
1954
Poverty and Nobility as Don Gioacchino
1953
Siamo tutti inquilini as Affittuario di Anna
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