Terence Hill - The Legendary Actor

Terence Hill is an Italian actor, film director, screenwriter, and producer. His original name is Mario Girotti. He began his career as a child actor and gained international fame for starring roles in action and comedy films, many with his longtime film partner and friend Bud Spencer. During the height of his popularity, Hill was among Italy's highest-paid actors.

Hill was born on 29 March 1939 in Venice, Italy. Hill's mother, Hildegard Girotti was German, from Dresden; his father, Girolamo Girotti, was Italian, and a chemist by occupation.

During his childhood, Hill lived in the small town of Lommatzsch, Saxony. He was there through the end of the second World War from 1943–1945 period and survived the Bombing of Dresden.

He was discovered by Italian filmmaker Dino Risi at a swimming meet at the age of 12, and became a child actor, appearing in Risi's ‘Vacation with a Gangster’ in 1951 as Gianni the orphan gang leader. "They were looking for a boy gang leader and they found me," he later said.

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