Lamberto Maggiorani

He found occasional work as a bricklayer, but continued to try to get roles in movies, with little success; even de Sica was reluctant to employ him as anything other than an extra. Pier Paolo Pasolini gave him a bit part in the film Mamma Roma (1962) due to his iconic status in Italian cinema. Cesare Zavattini, the screenwriter for Bicycle Thieves, aware of Maggiorani's predicament, wrote a screenplay about him titled "Tu, Maggiorani", in an attempt to demonstrate the limits of neorealist film's capacity to change the world. Maggiorani died in Rome in 1983 at the San Giovanni hospital without ever regaining his first success as a film actor.

• Name — Lamberto Maggiorani • Born — 28 August 1909 • Birthplace — Rome, Italy • Died — 22 April 1983 • Place of death — Rome, Italy • Years Active — 1948–1970

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1948 — Bicycle Thieves — Antonio • 1949 — Twenty Years • 1950 — Women Without Names — Anna's Fiancé • 1951 — A Tale of Five Cities • 1951 — Attention! Bandits! — Marco • 1951 — Anna — Il malato ferito allo stomaco • 1951 — Salvate mia figlia • 1952 — Umberto D. — Uncredited • 1954 — Via Padova 46 — The Porter in Via Padova • 1954 — Vacation with a Gangster — Il galeotto innocente N. 5823 • 1955 — Don Camillo's Last Round • 1956 — Toto, Peppino and the Outlaws — Un bandito • 1961 — The Last Judgment — Poor man • 1962 — Mamma Roma — Un malato (Sick man) • 1963 — Mad Sea — L'uomo che paga l'ingaggio • 1970 — Ostia — Padre di Monica — (final film role)