Italian character actor Enzo Petito died in Rome, Italy on July 6, 2014. He was 103. Born Vincenzo Squatriti on February 19, 1911 in Naples Italy. A theatre actor under Eduardo De Filippo in the 1950s in the Teatro San Ferdinando of Naples, Petito played minor roles in some memorable Italian comedy movies in the 1950s and 1960s. Although never a leading actor, he made a number of small appearances as character actors alongside Italy's leading film stars in films throughout the early to mid-1960s and is arguably best known in world cinema for his role as the store keeper in the Sergio Leone classic Spaghetti Western film “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” in 1966. His roles ranged from storekeepers and cobblers to priests and homeless men.PETITO, Enzo (Vincenzo Squatriti)
Born: 2/19/1911, Naples, Campania, Italy
Died: 7/6/2014, Rome, Lazio, Italy
Enzo Petito’s western – actor:
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – 1966 (Milton)