Hill was a leading man in a musical Western Crazy Westerners (1968), again with Rita Pavone, then was reunited with Spencer in Ace High (1968), a sequel to God Forgives with a cast including several American actors such as Eli Wallach. Hill followed it with a musicarello, The Crazy Kids of the War (1967) with Rita Pavone, then did a Western, Django, Prepare a Coffin (1968) for director Ferdinando Baldi, a sequel to Django (1966) with Hill playing the role done by Franco Nero in the original it co-starred Horst Frank and George Eastman (and would be featured, much later, at the 64th Venice Film Festival, in 2007). In 1967, he returned to Italy to make Io non protesto, io amo (1967), co starring Caterina Caselli. These included Last of the Renegades (1964) with Lex Barker three films with Stewart Granger, Amongst Vultures (1964), The Oil Prince (1965) and Old Surehand (1965) Shots in 3/4 Time (1965) Duel at Sundown (1965) with Peter Van Eyck Call of the Forest (1965), an Austrian movie Die Nibelungen, Teil 1 - Siegfried (1965) and Die Nibelungen, Teil 2 - Kriemhilds Rache (1967). In 1964, he returned to Germany and there appeared in a series of Heimatfilme, adventure and western films, based on novels by German author Karl May. During this time he studied classical literature for three years at an Italian university. Girotti secured a substantial supporting role in Luchino Visconti's film epic The Leopard (1963) alongside Burt Lancaster and Alain Delon, in which he unsuccessfully tries to court the daughter of Lancaster's character. Girotti had support parts in The Wonders of Aladdin (1961) with Donald O'Connor and directed by Henry Levin and Mario Bava, Pecado de amor (1961), Seven Seas to Calais (1962) with Rod Taylor, and The Shortest Day (1963). It was back to support roles with Carthage in Flames (1960), Un militare e mezzo (1960), and The Story of Joseph and His Brethren (1961) with Geoffrey Horne and Robert Morley, directed by Irving Rapper. Girotti had the lead roles in Spavaldi e innamorati (1959) and Cerasella (1959), a teen comedy. He had support parts in Il padrone delle ferriere (1959) with Virna Lisi, Juke box - Urli d'amore (1959), and Hannibal (1959) with Victor Mature and Carlo Pedersoli, who would later become known as Bud Spencer. Girotti did Anna of Brooklyn (1958) with Gina Lollobrigida, The Sword and the Cross (1958) with Yvonne de Carlo (playing Lazarus of Bethany), and a TV version of The Picture of Dorian Gray (1958). He could also be seen in Mamma sconosciuta (1956), I vagabondi delle stelle (1956), La grande strada azzurra (1956) with Yves Montand and Alida Valli, and Lazzarella (1957). Girotti had his first lead in Guaglione (1956). He was in Golden Vein (1954) with Märta Torén and Richard Basehart, The Abandoned (1955) and Folgore Division (1955). He had small roles in Voice of Silence (1953) with Jean Marais, Too Young for Love (1953), and It Happened in the Park (1953), and had a particularly good part in Vacation with a Gangster (1953) with an imported star, Marc Lawrence. "They were looking for a boy gang leader and they found me," he later said. 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 (1951) as Gianni the orphan gang leader. He was there through the end of World War II (1943–1945) and survived the Bombing of Dresden. ĭuring his childhood, Hill lived in the small town of Lommatzsch, Saxony. Hill's mother, Hildegard Girotti ( née Thieme), was German, from Dresden his father, Girolamo Girotti, was Italian, and a chemist by occupation. Hill was born on 29 March 1939 in Venice, Italy. 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 since 2000. 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. 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. During the height of his popularity Hill was among Italy's highest-paid actors. 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. Terence Hill (born Mario Girotti 29 March 1939) is an Italian actor, film director, screenwriter and producer.
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