Enzo Staiola
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Enzo Staiola (15 November 1939 – 4 June 2025) was an Italian actor, best known for playing, at the age of eight, the role of Bruno Ricci in Vittorio De Sica's neorealist 1948 film Bicycle Thieves. He appeared in several other films including, in 1954, the American-produced The Barefoot Contessa with Humphrey Bogart. As an adult he became a mathematics teacher and later also worked as a land registry clerk.
Staiola died after a fall on 4 June 2025, at the age of 85.
Selected filmography
| Year | English title | Original title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Bicycle Thieves | Ladri di biciclette | Bruno Ricci | |
| 1949 | Marechiaro | Luca as a child | ||
| 1950 | Volcano | Vulcano | Nino | |
| The White Line | Cuori senza frontiere | Pasqualino Sebastian | ||
| Strano appuntamento | Older son | credited as Enzo Stajola | ||
| 1951 | I'll Get You for This | Toni | aka Lucky Nick Cain | |
| A Tale of Five Cities | Passaporto per l'oriente | A boy | ||
| 1952 | In Olden Days | Altri tempi - Zibaldone n. 1 | Newsagent's son | aka Times Gone By |
| Black Feathers | Penne nere | Antonio 'Tonino' Cossutti | ||
| Guilt Is Not Mine | L'ingiusta condanna | credited as Enzo Stajola | ||
| 1953 | The Return of Don Camillo | Il ritorno di don Camillo | Mario Cagnola | |
| Journey to Love | Buon viaggio pover'uomo | Cesar | credited as Enzo Stajola | |
| 1954 | The Barefoot Contessa | La contessa scalza | Busboy | |
| 1961 | Sword Without a Country[it] | Spade senza bandiera | ||
| 1977 | The Pyjama Girl Case | La ragazza dal pigiama giallo | final film role |
External links
- at IMDb