Terence Hill
Italian actor, director, producer (born 1939) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Terence Hill (born Mario Girotti; 29 March 1939) is an Italian actor, film director, screenwriter and producer.[1] He began his career as a child actor and gained international fame for starring roles in action and comedy films, many with longtime film partner and friend Bud Spencer. During the height of his popularity, Hill was among Italy's highest-paid actors.[2]
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Born | Mario Girotti (1939-03-29) 29 March 1939 (age 85) |
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Years active | 1951–present |
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Lori Zwicklbauer (m. 1967) |
Children | 2 |
Website | www |
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His most widely seen films include comic and standard spaghetti Westerns, some based on popular novels by German author Karl May about the Wild West. Of these, the most famous are Lo chiamavano Trinità (They Call Me Trinity, 1970); …continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità (Trinity Is Still My Name, 1971), the highest grossing Italian film to date; and Il mio nome è Nessuno (My Name Is Nobody, 1973), co-starring Henry Fonda. Hill, whose stage name was the product of a publicity stunt by film producers, also went on to a successful television career in Italy, playing the title character in the long-running Rai 1 series Don Matteo from 2000 until 2021.