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Pedersoli was back to Italy in 1949 to play [[water polo]] in Rome for [[Società Sportiva Lazio Nuoto]] and won the Italian swimming championships in freestyle and mixed relay teams. As a professional swimmer in his youth, Spencer was the first Italian to swim the 100 m [[Freestyle swimming|freestyle]] in less than one minute. He achieved this on 19 September 1950 in [[Salsomaggiore]], when he swam the 100 m in 59.5 s.<ref name="AgendaDiana Salsomaggiore">{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20070318143329/http://www.agendadiana.com/visualizza_gara.php?id_gara=5789| |
Pedersoli was back to Italy in 1949 to play [[water polo]] in Rome for [[Società Sportiva Lazio Nuoto]] and won the Italian swimming championships in freestyle and mixed relay teams. As a professional swimmer in his youth, Spencer was the first Italian to swim the 100 m [[Freestyle swimming|freestyle]] in less than one minute. He achieved this on 19 September 1950 in [[Salsomaggiore]], when he swam the 100 m in 59.5 s.<ref name="AgendaDiana Salsomaggiore">{{cite web|url=http://www.agendadiana.com/visualizza_gara.php?id_gara=5789 |title=Italian swimming records |website=agendadiana.com |deadurl=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070318143329/http://www.agendadiana.com/visualizza_gara.php?id_gara=5789 |archivedate=18 March 2007 }}</ref> In 1949 he made his international debut and a year later he was called up for the European championships in Vienna where he swam in two finals, fifth in the 100 m and fourth in the relay 4 × 200 m. |
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In the [[1951 Mediterranean Games]] in [[Alexandria]] (Egypt), he won a silver medal in the same 100 m freestyle event.<ref name=sr/><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070319021411/http://www.agendadiana.com/visualizza_gara.php?id_gara=8211 Mediterranean Games, 1951]. agendadiana.com</ref> Pedersoli participated in the [[1952 Summer Olympics]] in Helsinki, Finland, reaching the semi-finals in the 100 m freestyle (58.8 s heats, 58.9 s semi final).<ref name="Helsinki 1952">[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1952/OR1952.pdf Helsinki 1952 official report]. la84foundation.org.</ref> [[1956 Summer Olympics|Four years later]], in Melbourne, he also entered the semi-finals in the same category (58.5 s heat, 59.0 s semi final).<ref name=sr/><ref name="Melbourne 1956">[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1956/OR1956.pdf Melbourne 1956 official report]. la84foundation.org.</ref> |
In the [[1951 Mediterranean Games]] in [[Alexandria]] (Egypt), he won a silver medal in the same 100 m freestyle event.<ref name=sr/><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070319021411/http://www.agendadiana.com/visualizza_gara.php?id_gara=8211 Mediterranean Games, 1951]. agendadiana.com</ref> Pedersoli participated in the [[1952 Summer Olympics]] in Helsinki, Finland, reaching the semi-finals in the 100 m freestyle (58.8 s heats, 58.9 s semi final).<ref name="Helsinki 1952">[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1952/OR1952.pdf Helsinki 1952 official report]. la84foundation.org.</ref> [[1956 Summer Olympics|Four years later]], in Melbourne, he also entered the semi-finals in the same category (58.5 s heat, 59.0 s semi final).<ref name=sr/><ref name="Melbourne 1956">[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1956/OR1956.pdf Melbourne 1956 official report]. la84foundation.org.</ref> |
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Bud Spencer | |
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Born | Carlo Pedersoli 31 October 1929 Naples, Italy |
Died | 27 June 2016 Rome, Italy | (aged 86)
Other names | Bud Tibi |
Occupation(s) | Actor, filmmaker |
Years active | 1951–2010 |
Height | 194 cm (6 ft 4 in)[1] |
Spouse |
Maria Amato (m. 1960–2016) |
Children | 3 |
Bud Spencer (born Carlo Pedersoli; 31 October 1929 – 27 June 2016) was an Italian actor, filmmaker and professional swimmer. He is known for action-comedy roles with his long-time film partner Terence Hill. A successful swimmer in his youth, he obtained a degree in law and registered several patents. Spencer also became a certified commercial airline and helicopter pilot, and supported and funded many children's charities, including the Spencer Scholarship Fund.[2]
Spencer and Hill appeared in, produced and directed over 20 films together.
Early life
Son of Alessandro Pedersoli and Rosa Facchetti, Carlo Pedersoli was born on 31 October 1929 in Santa Lucia, a historical rione of the city of Naples[3] and in the same building of the writer Luciano De Crescenzo, with which in 1935 he began to attend the primary school in his hometown, with good results. He played different sports, in particular swimming, for which he showed a great disposition, immediately winning some prizes. In 1940, due to his father's work, he moved to Rome, where he attended the high school and joined a swimming club. After completing his studies with the highest marks, not yet seventeen years old he enrolled at the Sapienza University of Rome, where he studied chemistry. In January 1947, the family moved in South America[4] , and Pedersoli was therefore obliged to leave his studies. From 1947 to 1949, he worked in the Italian consulate in Recife, Brazil,[5] where he learned fluent Portuguese.
Swimming and water polo career
Personal information | |
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National team | Italy |
Born | Naples, Italy | October 31, 1929
Died | June 27, 2016 Rome | (aged 86)
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) |
Weight | 125 kg (125 kg)* |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Freestyle, water polo |
Club | Società Sportiva Lazio Nuoto |
Pedersoli was back to Italy in 1949 to play water polo in Rome for Società Sportiva Lazio Nuoto and won the Italian swimming championships in freestyle and mixed relay teams. As a professional swimmer in his youth, Spencer was the first Italian to swim the 100 m freestyle in less than one minute. He achieved this on 19 September 1950 in Salsomaggiore, when he swam the 100 m in 59.5 s.[6] In 1949 he made his international debut and a year later he was called up for the European championships in Vienna where he swam in two finals, fifth in the 100 m and fourth in the relay 4 × 200 m.
In the 1951 Mediterranean Games in Alexandria (Egypt), he won a silver medal in the same 100 m freestyle event.[1][7] Pedersoli participated in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, reaching the semi-finals in the 100 m freestyle (58.8 s heats, 58.9 s semi final).[8] Four years later, in Melbourne, he also entered the semi-finals in the same category (58.5 s heat, 59.0 s semi final).[1][9]
In the summer of 1960 he participated in the Olympic Games in Rome.
As a water polo player, he won the Italian Championship in 1954 with S.S. Lazio[1] and the gold medal at 1955 Mediterranean Games in Barcellona with the Italian national team. His swimming career ended abruptly[clarification needed] in 1957.[citation needed]
On 17 January 2005, he was awarded with the Caimano d'oro (Gold Caiman) by the Italian Swimming Federation.[10] On 24 January 2007, he received from the Italian Swimming Federation's president Paolo Barelli, swim and water polo coach diplomas.[11]
Acting career
Pedersoli massive physique was noted by cinematography.
Pedersoli's first film role was in Quel fantasma di mio marito, an Italian comedy shot in 1949 and released in 1950.
In 1951 he played a member of the Praetorian Guard in Quo Vadis, a fampus epic film shot in Italy made by MGM and directed Mervyn LeRoy.[2] Later he played occasionally in small pieces, the best known of which was Mario Monicelli's movie A Hero of Our Times, with Alberto Sordi. In the 1954 played, with Raf Vallone, in the war film Human Torpedoes.
During the 1950s and part of the 1960s, Spencer appeared in some Italian films but "his career was strictly minor league until the late 1960s."[2]
In 1960, after the summer olimpic games, Pedersoli married Maria Amato, daughter of the famous italian film producer Giuseppe Amato[12] (La dolce vita), but initially he was not interested about cinema; nevertheless he signed a contract with RCA Records to write lyrics for famous Italian singers, such as Ornella Vanoni and Nico Fidenco and some soundtrack. In the following years, his son Giuseppe was born (1961), followed by Christiana (1962), and his contract with RCA expires and the father-in-law died (1964). This situation made Pedersoli to change his life, becoming a producer of documentaries for national public broadcasting RAI.
In 1967 film director Giuseppe Colizzi offers him a role in God Forgives... I Don't!, but initially he refused pretending more money to play. Then the conversation with the film director had not gone particularly well, because Pedersoli did not yet grow the beard and he did not horseriding. Despite that, the director could not find anyone with his physical structure, so after some time recalled him and reoffered him the role with the economic conditions that Pedersoli requested. On the set, he met another unknown young actor, Mario Girotti (Terence Hill). The film director asked to the two actors to change their names, because their were too italian for a western-movie: Pedersoli chose Bud Spencer to pay homage to Spencer Tracy as well as his favorite beer, Budweiser.[13]
Spencer met his future film partner, Terence Hill, on the set of Hannibal in 1959. They went on to work together on over 20 films, including (named using their most common U.S. titles):
- Hannibal (1959), as Carlo Pedersoli together with Mario Girotti
- God Forgives... I Don't! (1967), first time as Bud Spencer together with Terence Hill
- Ace High (1968)
- Boot Hill (1969)
- They Call Me Trinity (1970)
- Blackie the Pirate (1971)
- Trinity Is Still My Name (1971)
- All the Way, Boys (1972)
- Watch Out, We're Mad (1974)
- Two Missionaries (1975)
- Crime Busters (1976)
- Odds and Evens (1978)
- I'm For the Hippopotamus (1979)
- Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure (1981)
- Go For It! (1983)
- Double Trouble (1984)
- Miami Supercops (1985)
- Troublemakers (1994)
Films with Spencer alone include:
- The Five Man Army (1969)
- The Fifth Day of Peace (1969)
- It Can Be Done Amigo (1972)
- Flatfoot (1973)
- They Call Him Bulldozer (1978)
- The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid (1979)
- Everything Happens to Me (1980)
- Banana Joe (1982)
- Bomber (1982)
- Superfantagenio (1986)
Many of these have alternative titles, depending upon the country and distributor. Some have longer Italian versions that were edited for release abroad. These films gathered popularity for both actors, especially in Europe.[2] In an interview, Spencer said: "Terence is like a brother to me, and like brothers we don't always agree, and he can be a pain in the neck sometimes." [laughs] "... our relationship I suppose is reflected in our movies, but he can always count on me as I can on him. We always enjoyed working together, probably why we made so many films together."[citation needed]
The main dubber of Bud Spencer in Italy is Glauco Onorato who, with his characteristic voice, successfully enriched the character of Bud Spencer. Sergio Fiorentini dubbed Spencer in Troublemakers, To the Limit (1997) and the series of Detective Extralarge, (1991–93) while in the movie Everything Happens to Me the dubber is Ferruccio Amendola.[citation needed]
Spencer wrote the complete or partial screenplay for some of his movies. His feature film career slowed down after 1983, shifting more toward television. In the 1990s, he acted in the Television action-drama Extralarge. His autobiography was published by Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf in 2011. In addition, Spencer also published a recipe book including his favorite dishes.[14]
Political career
In 2005, he entered politics, unsuccessfully standing as regional counselor in Lazio for the Forza Italia party. Spencer stated: "In my life, I've done everything. There are only three things I haven't been – a ballet dancer, a jockey and a politician. Given that the first two jobs are out of the question, I'll throw myself into politics."[2] The opposition criticised him for engaging in "politica spettacolo" ("showbiz politics").[2]
Personal life
Spencer married Maria Amato in 1960, with whom he had three children: Giuseppe (1961), Christine (1962) and Diamante (1972). After appearing in Più forte, ragazzi!, Spencer became a jet airplane and helicopter pilot.[2] He established Mistral Air in 1984, an air-mail company that also transports pilgrims, but later sold it to Poste Italiane to buy a textile mill that produced clothes for children.[citation needed]
Death
Spencer died aged 86 on 27 June 2016 in Rome. As son Giuseppe Pedersoli stated, his father "died without pain in presence of his family and his last word was 'grazie'".[15] He was survived by his wife, three children, five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.[13]
Filmography
Title | Date | Role |
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Quo Vadis (as Carlo Pedersoli) | 1951 | Imperial Guard |
Siluri umani (English title: Human Torpedoes) (as Carlo Pederzoli) | 1954 | Magrini |
Un Eroe dei nostri tempi (English title: A Hero of Our Times) (as Carlo Pedersoli) | 1955 | Fernando |
Il Cocco di mamma (English title: Mamma's Boy) (as Carlo Pedersoli) | 1957 | Oscar |
A Farewell to Arms (as Carlo Pedersoli) | 1957 | Carabiniere |
Annibale (English title: Hannibal) (as Carlo Pedersoli) | 1960 | |
Dio perdona... Io no! (English title: God Forgives... I Don't!) | 1967 | Hutch Bessy |
Oggi a me... domani a te! (English title: Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die) | 1968 | O'Bannion |
Al di là della legge (English title: Beyond the Law) | 1968 | James Cooper |
Ace High (Italian title: I Quattro dell'Ave Maria) | 1968 | Hutch Bessy |
Dio è con noi (English title: The Fifth Day of Peace) | 1969 | Cpl. Jelinek |
Un Esercito di cinque uomini (English title: The Five Man Army) | 1969 | Mesito |
La Collina degli stivali (English title: Boot Hill) | 1969 | Hutch Bessy |
Lo chiamavano Trinità (English title: They Call Me Trinity) | 1970 | Bambino |
Il corsaro nero (English title: Blackie the Pirate) | 1971 | Skull |
...continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità (English title: Trinity Is Still My Name) | 1971 | Bambino |
4 mosche di velluto grigio (English title: Four Flies on Grey Velvet) | 1971 | Godfrey "God" |
Torino nera (English title: Black Turin) | 1972 | Rosario Rao |
Più forte, ragazzi! (English title: All the Way Boys) | 1972 | Salud |
Si può fare... amigo (English title: It Can Be Done Amigo) | 1972 | Hiram Coburn |
Una Ragione per vivere e una per morire (English title: A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die) | 1972 | Eli Sampson |
Anche gli angeli mangiano fagioli (English title: Even Angels Eat Beans) | 1973 | Charlie Smith |
Piedone lo sbirro (English title: Flatfoot) | 1973 | Inspector "Flatfoot" Rizzo |
Porgi l'altra guancia (English title: Two Missionaries) | 1974 | Father/Padre Pedro |
Altrimenti ci arrabbiamo (English title: Watch Out, We're Mad) | 1974 | Ben |
Piedone a Hong Kong (English title: Flatfoot in Hong Kong) | 1975 | Inspector "Flatfoot" Rizzo |
Il soldato di ventura (English title: Soldier of Fortune) | 1976 | Hector Fieramosca |
Charleston | 1977 | Charleston |
I due superpiedi quasi piatti (English title: Crime Busters) | 1977 | Wilbur Walsh |
Piedone l'africano (English title: Flatfoot in Africa aka The Knock-Out Cop) | 1978 | Inspector "Flatfoot" Rizzo |
Lo chiamavano Bulldozer (English title: They Called Him Bulldozer) | 1978 | Bulldozer |
Pari e dispari (English title: Odds and Evens) | 1978 | Charlie Firpo |
Uno sceriffo extraterrestre – poco extra e molto terrestre (English title: The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid) | 1979 | Sceriffo Scott (Sheriff Hall) |
Piedone d'Egitto (English title: Flatfoot in Egypt) | 1979 | Inspector 'Flatfoot' Rizzo |
Io sto con gli ippopotami (English title: I'm for the Hippopotamus) | 1979 | Tom |
Chissà perché... capitano tutte a me (English title: Everything Happens to Me) | 1980 | Sheriff Hall |
Occhio alla penna (English title: Buddy Goes West) | 1981 | Buddy |
Chi trova un amico, trova un tesoro (English title: Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure) | 1981 | Charlie O'Brien |
Cane e gatto (English title: Cat and Dog) | 1982 | Sergeant Parker |
Banana Joe | 1982 | Banana Joe |
Bomber | 1982 | Bud Graziano |
Nati con la camicia (English title: Go for It) | 1983 | Doug O'Riordan alias Mason |
Double Trouble (Italian title: Non c'è due senza quattro) | 1984 | Greg Wonder/Antonio Coimbra de la Coronilla y Azevedo |
Miami Supercops | 1985 | Steve Forest |
Superfantagenio (USA title: Aladdin) | 1986 | Genie |
Big Man (TV Series) | 1988–1989 | Jack Clementi |
Extralarge (TV Series) | 1990–1993 | Jack "Extralarge" Costello |
Un piede in paradiso (English title: Standing in Paradise aka Speaking of the Devil) | 1991 | John "Bull" Webster |
Botte di Natale (English title: The Fight Before Christmas aka Troublemakers) | 1994 | Moses |
Noi siamo angeli (English title: We Are Angels) (Mini TV Series) | 1997 | Orso |
Fuochi d'artificio (English title: Fireworks) | 1997 | The blind singer |
Al limite (English title: To the Limit) | 1997 | Elorza |
Hijos del viento (English title: Sons of the Wind) | 2000 | Quintero |
Tre per sempre (English title: 3–4 Ever) | 2002 | Bops |
Cantando dietro i paraventi (English title: Singing Behind Screens) | 2003 | Il vecchio capitano |
Padre Speranza (English title: Father Hope) (TV) | 2005 | Padre Speranza |
Mord ist mein Geschäft, Liebling (English title: Murder Is My Business, Honey) | 2009 | Pepe |
I delitti del cuoco (TV Series) | 2010 | Carlo Banci |
Writer
- Banana Joe (1982, credited as Carlo Pedersoli)
- Big Man (credited as Carlo Pedersoli)
- La Fanciulla che ride (1988) (TV)
- Diva (1989) (TV)
- Boomerang (1989) (TV)
- Extralarge (credited as Carlo Pedersoli)
- Ninja Shadow (1993) (TV)
- Diamonds (1993) (TV)
References
- ^ a b c d Carlo Pedersoli. sports-reference.com
- ^ a b c d e f g Bud Spencer on imdb.com[unreliable source?]
- ^ Ilaria Galateria (16 April 2015). "Pronto, parlo con Bud Spencer?" (in Italian).
- ^ "Carlo Pedersoli: Cartão de imigração". familysearch.org (in Portuguese).
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(help) - ^ Edgar Welzel (21 June 2012). "Meu encontro com Bud Spencer". revistabula.com (in Portuguese). Bula Revista.
- ^ "Italian swimming records". agendadiana.com. Archived from the original on 18 March 2007.
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suggested) (help) - ^ Mediterranean Games, 1951. agendadiana.com
- ^ Helsinki 1952 official report. la84foundation.org.
- ^ Melbourne 1956 official report. la84foundation.org.
- ^ Fomiconi e Pedersoli Caimano d'Oro. federnuoto.it (17 January 2005) Template:It icon
- ^ Coach Spencer Le foto più belle. federnuoto.it (30 January 2007) Template:It icon
- ^ "Bud Spencer :" Totò è diventato uno scenziato di tutto ciò"". libero.it (in Italian).
- ^ a b http://www.euronews.com/2016/06/27/italian-actor-and-filmmaker-bud-spencer-dies-at-the-age-of-86/
- ^ Bud Spencer at Schwarzkopf&Schwarzkopf
- ^ "Cinema, è morto Bud Spencer, il grande buono del cinema italiano". La Repubblica. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
External links
- Media related to Bud Spencer at Wikimedia Commons
- Italian Wikiquote has quotations related to: Bud Spencer
- Bud Spencer official website
- Bud Spencer at IMDb
- Hill & Spencer website Template:Fr icon
- Carlo Pedersoli at sports-reference.com
- 1929 births
- 2016 deaths
- People from Naples
- Italian male film actors
- Male Spaghetti Western actors
- Male Western (genre) film actors
- Swimmers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Terence Hill and Bud Spencer
- Olympic swimmers of Italy
- David di Donatello Career Award winners
- Swimmers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- S.S. Lazio players
- Actors from Naples