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Enzo Staiola

Acting Born Nov 15, 1939 Rome, Lazio, Italy 18 credits

Biography

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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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Known for

Film

Bicycle Thieves

as Bruno
Film

We All Loved Each Other So Much

as Bruno Ricci in 'Ladri di biciclette' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Film

The Barefoot Contessa

as Busboy
Film

The Return of Don Camillo

as Mario Cagnola

Full filmography

  • Bicycle Thieves (1948) as Bruno
  • We All Loved Each Other So Much (1974) as Bruno Ricci in 'Ladri di biciclette' (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • The Barefoot Contessa (1954) as Busboy
  • The Return of Don Camillo (1953) as Mario Cagnola
  • Vittorio D. (2009) as Self
  • Volcano (1950) as Nino
  • The Pyjama Girl Case (1977)
  • Strano appuntamento (1950) as il figlio maggiore
  • A Tale of Five Cities (1951) as A Boy
  • Black Feathers (1952) as Tonino
  • Times Gone By (1952) as Son of the newsagent (segment "Il carrettino dei libri vecchi")
  • I'll Get You for This (1951) as Toni
  • Guilt Is Not Mine (1952)
  • Marechiaro (1949) as Luca da bambino
  • Buon viaggio, pover'uomo (1951) as Cesare
  • The White Line (1950) as Pasqualino Sebastian
  • Sword Without a Country (1961)
  • Working with De Sica (2007) as Self