Enzo Staiola

Enzo Staiola (born 15 November 1939) is an Italian actor best known for playing, at the age of nine, the role of Bruno Ricci in Vittorio De Sica's neorealist 1948 film Bicycle Thieves.^[1] 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.^{[1][need quotation to verify]}

Enzo Staiola
Staiola in Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Born	(1939-11-15) 15 November 1939 (age 84) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1948–1977

Selected filmography

Year	Original title	English title	Role	Notes
1948	Ladri di biciclette	Bicycle Thieves	Bruno Ricci
1949	Marechiaro (film) [it]	Marechiaro	Luca de bambino
1950	Vulcano	Volcano	Nino
	Cuori senza frontiere	The White Line	Pasqualino Sebastian
	Strano appuntamento	Strano appuntamento	Older son	credited as Enzo Stajola
1951	—	Lucky Nick Cain	Toni
	Passaporto per l'oriente	A Tale of Five Women	A Boy
1952	Altri tempi - Zibaldone n. 1	Times Gone By	Figlio dell'edicolante
	Penne nere	Penne nere	Antonio 'Tonino' Cossutti
	L'ingiusta condanna	Guilt Is Not Mine	Role unconfirmed	credited as Enzo Stajola
1953	Il ritorno di don Camillo	The Return of Don Camillo	Mario Cagnola
	Buon viaggio pover'uomo	Journey to Love	Cesar	credited as Enzo Stajola
1954	La contessa scalza	The Barefoot Contessa	Busboy
1961	Spade senza bandiera [it]	Sword Without a Country	Role unconfirmed
1977	La ragazza dal pigiama giallo	The Pyjama Girl Case		final film role

References

1. Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli artisti. Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402697.

External links

• Enzo Staiola at IMDb