Actor
Enzo Staiola
Born November 15, 1939 in Rome, Lazio, Italy
Died June 4, 202515 films
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Enzo Staiola (15 November 1939 - 4 June 2025) was an Italian actor best known for playing, at the age of seven, the role of Bruno Ricci, the son of protagonist Antonio Ricci in Vittorio De Sica's neorealist 1948 film Bicycle Thieves. He appeared in several other films (including the American-produced The Barefoot Contessa in 1954, which starred Humphrey Bogart) before becoming a math teacher in adulthood.
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First watchBicycle Thieves19488.2as BrunoUnemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. However on his first day, his bicycle—essential to his work—gets stolen.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
15 films as actor- 1977The Pyjama Girl Case
- 1961Sword Without a Country
- 1954The Barefoot ContessaBusboy
- 1953The Return of Don CamilloMario Cagnola
- 1952Guilt Is Not Mine
- 1952Black FeathersTonino
- 1952Times Gone BySon of the newsagent (segment "Il carrettino dei libri vecchi")
- 1951Buon viaggio, pover'uomoCesare
- 1951A Tale of Five CitiesA Boy
- 1951I'll Get You for ThisToni
- 1950The White LinePasqualino Sebastian
- 1950VulcanoNino
- 1950Strano appuntamentoil figlio maggiore
- 1949MarechiaroLuca da bambino
- 1948Bicycle ThievesBruno