Terence Hill was an Italian actor, director, author and producer who was born in Venice, Italy on March 29, 1939 as Mario Girotti. He began his artistic activity at the age of 12 and continued to work in small roles to obtain money in order to complete his studies and satisfy his hobby of riding motorcycles. After studying literature at the University of Rome, he decided to devote himself to working in cinema. He changed his name to Terrence Hill and meets his Italian compatriot, Bud Spencer, and they form a successful comedy duo . In 1967, he married the American girl of German origin Lori Zwicklbauer , and in the eighties he entered the field of production, but it did not last long, and in the nineties he directed some of his films and wrote the story of the movie "Renegade" in 1987.