Terence Hill and Bud Spencer

Spencer (left) and Hill in They Call Me Trinity by Enzo Barboni (1970)

Terence Hill (born Mario Girotti in 1939) and Bud Spencer (born Carlo Pedersoli, 1929–2016) are Italian actors who made numerous action-comedy and Spaghetti Western films together.[1] They "garnered world acclaim and attracted millions to theater seats".[2] While Hill's characters were agile and youthful, Spencer always played the "phlegmatic, grumpy strong-arm man with a blessed, naive child's laughter and a golden heart".[3]

  1. ^ "Spaghetti western star Bud Spencer dies". BBC News. 28 June 2016. He frequently appeared as part of a double act alongside Terence Hill
  2. ^ Anderson, Ariston (27 June 2016). "Bud Spencer, Italian Spaghetti Western Star, Dies at 86". The Hollywood Reporter.
  3. ^ Translated from German: pflegmatischen, bärbeißigen Haudrauf mit dem selig-naiven Kinderlächeln und dem goldenen Herzen Tagesspiegel