Enzo Staiola

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.^[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 and later also worked as a land registry clerk.^[1][2]

Enzo Staiola
Staiola in Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Born	(1939-11-15)15 November 1939 Rome, Italy
Died	4 June 2025(2025-06-04) (aged 85) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1948–1977

Staiola died after a fall on 4 June 2025, at the age of 85.^[3][4][5]

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