# Enzo Maggio
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{{Short description|Italian actor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Enzo Maggio
| image = Enzo Maggio - Piedone lo sbirro.png
| imagesize =
| caption = Enzo Maggio in ''[Flatfoot](/source/Flatfoot_(film))'' (1973)
| birth_name = Vincenzo Maggio
| birth_date = {{birth date|1902|10|10|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [Naples](/source/Naples), Kingdom of Italy
| death_date = {{death date and age |1978|7|13|1902|10|10|df=yes}}
| death_place = Naples, Italy
| occupation = Actor
| years_active =
| spouse =
}}
'''Enzo Maggio''' (10 October 1902 – 13 July 1978) was an Italian actor. He was the oldest of the Maggio siblings.
Born '''Vincenzo Maggio''' in [Naples](/source/Naples) into a family of actors, Maggio made a long apprenticeship in the [avanspettacolo](/source/avanspettacolo) theaters before and during the [Second World War](/source/World_War_II).[{{cite book|author1=Enrico Lancia |author2=Roberto Poppi |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli artisti. Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri.|date=2003 |publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=8884402697}}] On stage, he was specialized in [macchiette](/source/Macchietta) and in the impersonation of the comedian [Larry Semon](/source/Larry_Semon) (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 roles](/source/Character_actor).[{{cite book|author1=Massimo Giraldi |author2=Enrico Lancia |author3=Fabio Melelli |title=100 caratteristi del cinema italiano|year=2006 |publisher=Gremese Editore, 2006|isbn=8884403839}}]
Maggio often worked on stage with his brothers and sisters [Dante](/source/Dante_Maggio), [Beniamino](/source/Beniamino_Maggio), [Pupella](/source/Pupella_Maggio) and [Rosalia](/source/Rosalia_Maggio).[
==Partial filmography==
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* ''[A Dog's Life](/source/A_Dog's_Life_(1950_film))'' (1950) - Gigetto
* ''[È arrivato il cavaliere](/source/%C3%88_arrivato_il_cavaliere)'' (1950) - Guardia personale del ministro
* ''[Milano miliardaria](/source/Milano_miliardaria)'' (1951) - Il parruchiere tifoso
* ''[Viva il cinema!](/source/Viva_il_cinema!)'' (1952)
* ''[The White Sheik](/source/The_White_Sheik)'' (1952) - Furio
* ''[La nemica](/source/La_nemica)'' (1952)
* ''[Rimorso](/source/Rimorso)'' (1952)
* ''[Siamo tutti inquilini](/source/Siamo_tutti_inquilini)'' (1953) - Prestanome
* ''Riscatto'' (1953)
* ''[A Husband for Anna](/source/A_Husband_for_Anna)'' (1953) - Il fotografo
* ''[The Walk](/source/The_Walk_(1953_film))'' (1953)
* ''[If You Won a Hundred Million](/source/If_You_Won_a_Hundred_Million)'' (1953) - Beniamino (segment "Il tifoso")
* ''Lasciateci in pace'' (1953)
* ''[Cose da pazzi](/source/Cose_da_pazzi)'' (1954) - Gnauli's assistant
* ''[Ulysses](/source/Ulysses_(1954_film))'' (1954) - (uncredited)
* ''Prima di sera'' (1954) - Fantali - the tailor
* ''[Tripoli, Beautiful Land of Love](/source/Tripoli%2C_Beautiful_Land_of_Love)'' (1954) - Un attore del Caffé-Concerto
* ''Peppino e la vecchia signora'' (1954)
* ''[Napoli piange e ride](/source/Napoli_piange_e_ride)'' (1954) - Fisarmonica player
* ''Il cantante misterioso'' (1955) - Gino
* ''[Graziella](/source/Graziella_(1954_film))'' (1955) - Servitore del console (uncredited)
* ''[I giorni più belli](/source/I_giorni_pi%C3%B9_belli)'' (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](/source/The_Pirate_and_the_Slave_Girl)'' (1959) - Candela
* ''[Ferdinando I, re di Napoli](/source/Ferdinando_I%2C_re_di_Napoli)'' (1959) - The Escort of Pat and Cordelia
* ''[My Friend, Dr. Jekyll](/source/My_Friend%2C_Dr._Jekyll)'' (1960) - Cameriere del night club
* ''Caccia al marito'' (1960) - Salvatore Gargiulo - the hotel valet (uncredited)
* ''[Adua and Her Friends](/source/Adua_and_Her_Friends)'' (1960) - Calypso - Stefano's colleague
* ''[Ghosts of Rome](/source/Ghosts_of_Rome)'' (1961) - Fricandò
* ''[The Joy of Living](/source/The_Joy_of_Living_(film))'' (1961) - Prisoner #888
* ''[Black City](/source/Black_City_(film))'' (1961) - Il ministro Crescenzo
* ''Accroche-toi, y'a du vent!'' (1961)
* ''[Zorro and the Three Musketeers](/source/Zorro_and_the_Three_Musketeers)'' (1963)
* ''[Revenge of the Musketeers](/source/Revenge_of_the_Musketeers_(1964_film))'' (1963)
* ''[Hercules and the Black Pirates](/source/Hercules_and_the_Black_Pirates)'' (1964)
* ''[3 Avengers](/source/3_Avengers)'' (1964) - Manina
* ''[Bullets and the Flesh](/source/Bullets_and_the_Flesh)'' (1964) - Cliente Bar
* ''[Super Seven Calling Cairo](/source/Super_Seven_Calling_Cairo)'' (1965)
* ''[Johnny Colt](/source/Johnny_Colt_(film))'' (1966)
* ''[The Three Fantastic Supermen](/source/The_Three_Fantastic_Supermen)'' (1967) - La Squadra Acrobatica Italiana
* ''[Io non protesto, io amo](/source/Io_non_protesto%2C_io_amo)'' (1967) - Felice
* ''[Kill Me Quick, I'm Cold](/source/Kill_Me_Quick%2C_I'm_Cold)'' (1967)
* ''[Nel sole](/source/Nel_sole_(film))'' (1967) - School attendant
* ''I due vigili'' (1967) - Remo Cesaroni
* ''[I 2 deputati](/source/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](/source/Er_Pi%C3%B9_%E2%80%93_storia_d'amore_e_di_coltello)'' (1971) - Old Garibaldian
* ''[When Men Carried Clubs and Women Played Ding-Dong](/source/When_Men_Carried_Clubs_and_Women_Played_Ding-Dong)'' (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](/source/Flatfoot_(film))'' (1973) - Gennarino
* ''Seven Nuns in Kansas City'' (1973) - Gin
* ''[Flatfoot in Hong Kong](/source/Flatfoot_in_Hong_Kong)'' (1975) - Gennarino (final film role)
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== References ==
== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|0535982}}
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Category:1902 births
Category:1978 deaths
Category:Italian male film actors
Category:Male actors from Naples
Category:Italian male stage actors
Category:20th-century Italian male actors
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