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3 | Mario Girotti (born 29 March 1939 in UsefulNotes/{{Venice}}), [[StageNames better known as]] Terence Hill, is an Italian actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer. |
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5 | Filmmaker Dino Risi noticed him at a swimming meet at the age of 12 and made him a child actor, appearing in Risi's ''Il viale della speranza'' in 1953. He would get his first leading role in ''Guaglione'' in 1956. The 1967 SpaghettiWestern ''God Forgives... I Don't!'' paired him for the first time with one Carlo Pedersoli, better known as Creator/BudSpencer, and a prolific screen collaboration between the two would ensue. They became friends and ended up [[ThoseTwoActors headlining seventeen movies together]], mostly spaghetti westerns and action comedies. |
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7 | He chose an American pseudonym for himself to give the films he starred in a better chance of selling in English speaking countries. He took "Hill" from his wife's mother's name and "Terence" from a book on Roman poets. |
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9 | A BeatEmUp video game titled ''VideoGame/SlapsAndBeans'' has been made in homage to Spencer and Hill's most famous collaborations. |
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11 | !!Partial filmography: |
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13 | * ''Film/WinnetouII'' (1964) |
14 | * ''[[Film/GodForgivesIDont God Forgives... I Don't!]]'' (1967) |
15 | * ''Film/AceHigh'' (1968) |
16 | * ''[[Film/{{Trinity}} They Call Me Trinity]]'' (1971) |
17 | ** ''[[Film/{{Trinity}} Trinity Is STILL My Name!]]'' (1972) |
18 | * ''[[Film/MyNameIsNobody My Name Is Nobody]]'' (1973) |
19 | * ''Film/WatchOutWereMad'' (1974) |
20 | * ''Film/GoForIt'' (1983) |
21 | * ''Literature/DonCamillo'' (1983, also directed, written and produced by him) |
22 | * ''Franchise/LuckyLuke'' (1991, also directed and produced by him) |
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24 | !!His roles provide examples of: |
25 | * FatAndSkinny: Whenever he paired up with Bud Spencer, he played the lithe, athletic guy next to Spencer's [[StoutStrength big burly guy]]. |
26 | * FragileSpeedster: Again paired with Bud Spencer, where Spencer's fighting style was MightyGlacier, Hill's character would bob and weave through the melee, dodging everything coming his way and deal out quick punches. |
27 | * OddCouple: Stock part of his movies with Bud Spencer, as the two almost always played stock characters: Bud's characters tend to be level-headed, talk little and are content to take things slow and steady. Hill's characters are often quick-witted talkers, and usually his eagerness to jump in the middle of a situation and drag Bud along is what sets off the plot. |
28 | * [[invoked]]ProductionPosse: Many of his action comedies with Bud Spencer were directed by Enzo Barboni. |
29 | * RedOniBlueOni: The red to Bud Spencer's blue. |
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