Enzo Staiola

{{Infobox person

| name = Enzo Staiola

| image = Ladri di biciclette (1948) Enzo Staiola (3).png

| caption = Staiola in Bicycle Thieves (1948)

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1939|11|15|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Rome, Italy

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|06|04|1939|11|15|df=yes}}

| death_place = Rome, Italy

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1948–1977

| spouse =

}}

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.{{cite book|last=Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli artisti. Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=8884402697}} 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.{{cite book|last=Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli artisti. Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=8884402697}}{{cite news |title=Morto Enzo Staiola, il bambino scelto da Vittorio De Sica per «Ladri di Biciclette»: aveva 85 anni e aveva fatto l'insegnante di matematica |url=https://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/cinema-serie-tv/25_giugno_05/morto-enzo-staiola-il-bambino-scelto-da-vittorio-de-sica-per-ladri-di-biciclette-aveva-85-anni-5e3c887e-0c05-4685-b4a7-e9d1dbc36xlk.shtml |access-date=6 June 2025 |work=Corriere della Sera |date=5 June 2025 |language=it-IT}}

Staiola died on 4 June 2025, at the age of 85.{{Cite web |title=Morto Enzo Staiola, il bambino scelto da Vittorio De Sica per “Ladri di Biciclette”Morto Enzo Staiola, il bambino scelto da Vittorio De Sica per “Ladri di Biciclette” |url=https://www.msn.com/it-it/intrattenimento/cinema/morto-enzo-staiola-il-bambino-scelto-da-vittorio-de-sica-per-ladri-di-biciclette/ar-AA1G6hfh?cvid=5955290786A74A79A5F3A33C9DFAEB07&ocid=DELLDHP |access-date=2025-06-05 |website=www.msn.com}}{{cite web |author1=Emily Langer |title=Enzo Staiola, child actor at heart of ‘Bicycle Thieves,’ dies at 85 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/06/05/enzo-staiola-bicycle-thief-dead/ |website=The Washington Post |access-date=6 June 2025}}

Selected filmography

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Year ! English title ! Original title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
{{center\|1948}} \| Bicycle Thieves \| Ladri di biciclette \| Bruno Ricci \|
{{center\|1949}} \| colspan="2" \| Marechiaro \| Luca as a child \|
rowspan="3"\|{{center\|1950}} \| Volcano \| Vulcano \| Nino \|
The White Line \| Cuori senza frontiere \| Pasqualino Sebastian \|
colspan="2" \| Strano appuntamento \| Older son \| credited as Enzo Stajola
rowspan="2"\|{{center\|1951}} \| colspan="2" \| I'll Get You for This \| Toni \| aka Lucky Nick Cain
A Tale of Five Cities \| Passaporto per l'oriente \| A boy \|
rowspan="3"\|{{center\|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
rowspan="2"\|{{center\|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
{{center\|1954}} \| The Barefoot Contessa \| La contessa scalza \| Busboy \|
{{center\|1961}} \| {{Interlanguage link\|Sword Without a Country\|it\|Spade senza bandiera\|vertical-align=sup}} \|Spade senza bandiera \| rowspan="2"\| \|
{{center\|1977}} \| The Pyjama Girl Case \| La ragazza dal pigiama giallo \| final film role

class="wikitable"

Year

! English title

! Original title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

| Bicycle Thieves

| Ladri di biciclette

| Bruno Ricci

| colspan="2" | Marechiaro

| Luca as a child

rowspan="3"|{{center|1950}}