Enzo Maggio (10 October 1902 – 13 July 1978) was an Italian actor.
Born Vincenzo Maggio in
Naples
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into a family of actors, Maggio made a long apprenticeship in the
avanspettacolo
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theaters before and during the
Second World War
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.
On stage, he was specialized in
macchiette and in the impersonation of the comedian
Larry Semon
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(known in Italy as Ridolini).
[Antonio Virgilio Savona; Michele Lo Straniero. "Maggio, Famiglia". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990. pp. 959-960.] After the war, he decided to devote himself to cinema and had a very prolific career even if often cast in
character role
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s.
Dante
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, Beniamino, Pupella and Rosalia
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Partial filmography
* ''A Dog's Life
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Chaplin plays opposite an animal as "co-star". "Scraps" (the dog) was the ...
'' (1950) - Gigetto
* '' È arrivato il cavaliere'' (1950) - Guardia personale del ministro
* '' Milano miliardaria'' (1951) - Il parruchiere tifoso
* ''Viva il cinema!'' (1952)
* ''The White Sheik
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'' (1952) - Furio
* '' La nemica'' (1952)
* ''Rimorso
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Cast
*Maria Grazia Francia as Maria
* Otello Toso as Corrado Anselmi
*Linda Sini as Tamara
*Mirko Ellis as Luciano
* Agostino Salvietti as Raffaele
*Tina Pica as Assunta
*Enzo Maggio as Gennaro
*Ign ...
'' (1952)
* ''Siamo tutti inquilini'' (1953) - Prestanome
* ''Riscatto'' (1953)
* ''A Husband for Anna
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Cast
* Silvana Pampanini: Anna Zaccheo
* Amedeo Nazzari: Dr. Illuminato
* Massimo Girotti: Andrea Grazzi
* Umbe ...
'' (1953) - Il fotografo
* '' The Walk'' (1953)
* '' If You Won a Hundred Million'' (1953) - Beniamino (segment "Il tifoso")
* ''Lasciateci in pace'' (1953)
* ''Cose da pazzi
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Cast
* Aldo Fabrizi as Gnauli
* Carla Del Poggio as ...
'' (1954) - Gnauli's assistant
* '' Ulysses'' (1954) - (uncredited)
* ''Prima di sera'' (1954) - Fantali - the tailor
* ''Tripoli, Beautiful Land of Love
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'' (1954) - Un attore del Caffé-Concerto
* ''Peppino e la vecchia signora'' (1954)
* ''Napoli piange e ride
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Plot
Luciano had to give up singing ...
'' (1954) - Fisarmonica player
* ''Il cantante misterioso'' (1955) - Gino
* ''Graziella'' (1955) - Servitore del console (uncredited)
* ''I giorni più belli
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Cast
* Franco Interlenghi
* Vittorio De Sica
* Mario Carotenuto
* Valeria Mori ...
'' (1956) - Il tizio
* ''Due sosia in allegria'' (1956)
* ''I vagabondi delle stelle'' (1956)
* ''Cantando sotto le stelle'' (1956) - Cameriere di trattoria
* ''The Pirate and the Slave Girl
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Plot
Captain Drakut, called the "Dra ...
'' (1959) - Candela
* ''Ferdinando I, re di Napoli
''Ferdinando I, re di Napoli'' is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Gianni Franciolini.
Plot
Naples, 1806. The king Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies is frowned upon by the people, especially the comic theatrical Pulcinella, which continuall ...
'' (1959) - The Escort of Pat and Cordelia
* '' My Friend, Dr. Jekyll'' (1960) - Cameriere del night club
* ''Caccia al marito'' (1960) - Salvatore Gargiulo - the hotel valet (uncredited)
* '' Adua and Her Friends'' (1960) - Calypso - Stefano's colleague
* '' Ghosts of Rome'' (1961) - Fricandò
* ''The Joy of Living
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Plot
The story is set in Rome, in the year 1921. Ul ...
'' (1961) - Prisoner #888
* '' Black City'' (1961) - Il ministro Crescenzo
* ''Accroche-toi, y'a du vent!'' (1961)
* ''Zorro and the Three Musketeers
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...
'' (1963)
* '' Revenge of the Musketeers'' (1963)
* ''Hercules and the Black Pirates
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'' (1964)
* '' 3 Avengers'' (1964) - Manina
* '' Bullets and the Flesh'' (1964) - Cliente Bar
* '' Super Seven Calling Cairo'' (1965)
* ''Star Black'' (1966)
* ''The Three Fantastic Supermen
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Cast
* Luciano Stella as Tony
* Brad Harris as Brad McCallum
* ...
'' (1967) - La Squadra Acrobatica Italiana
* '' Io non protesto, io amo'' (1967) - Felice
* '' Kill Me Quick, I'm Cold'' (1967)
* ''Nel sole
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'' (1967) - School attendant
* ''I due vigili'' (1967) - Remo Cesaroni
* ''I 2 deputati'' (1968)
* ''Ombre roventi'' (1970)
* ''Brother Outlaw'' (1971)
* ''Il furto è l'anima del commercio!?...'' (1971) - Agente Lo Cascio
* ''Er Più – storia d'amore e di coltello
''Er Più – storia d'amore e di coltello'' is a 1971 Italian black comedy film directed by Sergio Corbucci.
The film is inspired by the true story of roman Romeo Ottaviani bully called ''er Tinèa''.
Plot summary
The story is set in Rome i ...
'' (1971) - Old Garibaldian
* ''Quando gli uomini armarono la clava e... con le donne fecero din don'' (1971)
* ''Pistol Packin' Preacher'' (1971) - Doctor
* ''Trinity and Sartana Are Coming'' (1972) - Jeremiah (uncredited)
* ''Gli altri racconti di Canterbury'' (1972) - Beppe (segment 'Il pescatore')
* '' Flatfoot'' (1973) - Gennarino
* ''Seven Nuns in Kansas City'' (1973) - Gin
* ''Flatfoot in Hong Kong
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'' (1975) - Gennarino (final film role)
References
External links
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1902 births
1978 deaths
Italian male film actors
Male actors from Naples
Italian male stage actors
20th-century Italian male actors