Marc S. Seriff (born May 5, 1948, in Austin, Texas) is best known as the CTO and co-founder America Online,^[1] along with Jim Kimsey (CEO) and Steve Case.

Seriff received his B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Texas at Austin in 1971 and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1974.^[2]

In 1974 he was one of the first dozen people at Telenet Communications.^[1] He later served as an executive of several audio and data communications companies, including GTE Corporation, Venture Technology, Digital Music, Inc., and Control Video Corporation. In 1985, he co-founded Quantum Computer Services (later known as America Online), where he served as a Senior Vice President until 1996.^[2]

From August 1997 to May 1998 he was a director of InteliHome, which merged with Global Converging Technologies. From January to June 1998 he was CEO of Eos Management, LLC. He also served as a director of U.S. Online Communications.^[2]

In a 2007 interview, Seriff cited two people who influenced him at a young age: J.C.R. Licklider, one of his professors in graduate school at MIT, and Larry Roberts, whom he met and worked for at Telenet.^[1]

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Bud Spencer
Spencer in December 2009
Born	Carlo Pedersoli (1929-10-31) 31 October 1929 (age 82) Naples, Italy
Other names	Carl Spencer
Occupation	Writer, Actor, former Swimmer, Singer, Composer, Jurist, Screenplaywriter, Fashion designer, Record producer
Years active	1951–2011
Spouse	Maria Amato (1960–present)

Bud Spencer (born Carlo Pedersoli; 31 October 1929) is an Italian actor, filmmaker and former swimmer (he was the first Italian to swim 100m in less than a minute). He is known for past roles in action-comedy films together with his long time film partner Terence Hill. Growing from a successful swimmer in his youth, he got a degree in law, and has registered several patents.^[1]

Biography[link]

Spencer was born in Santa Lucia, a historical rione of the city of Naples. He married Maria Amato in 1960, with whom he had three children: Giuseppe (1961), Christine (1962) and Diamante (1972). From 1947 to 1949 he worked in the Italian consulate in Recife, Brazil, where he learned fluent Portuguese. He changed his screen name in 1967 reportedly chosen to pay homage to Spencer Tracy as well as his favorite beer, Budweiser. Other sources report that he found it funny to call himself "bud" despite his weight and his imposing height at almost 6 ft 4 in (192 cm).^[1]

Swimming and water polo career[link]

A successful 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, when he swam the 100 m in 59.5 s.^[2] In the 1951 Mediterranean Games, he won a silver medal in the same 100 m freestyle event.^[3]

Spencer participated in the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland, reaching the semi-finals in the 100 m freestyle (58.8 s heats, 58.9 s semi final).^[4] Four years later, in Melbourne, he also entered the semi-finals in the same category (58.5 s heat, 59.0 s semi final).^[5] As a water polo player, he won the Italian Championship in 1954, with S.S. Lazio. His swimming career ended abruptly in 1957.

On 17 January 2005 he was awarded with the Caimano d'oro (Gold Caiman) by the Italian Swimming Federation.^[6] On 24 January 2007, he received from the Italian Swimming Federation's president Paolo Barelli, swim and water polo coach diplomas.^[7]

Acting career[link]

Spencer's first movie role was that of a member of the Praetorian guard in Quo Vadis, a film shot in Italy, in 1951.^[1] 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."^[1]

Spencer met Terence Hill, with whom he made a large number of Italian Westerns and other films together, including (named using their most common US titles):

1. Hannibal (1959), as Carlo Pedersoli together with Mario Girotti
2. God Forgives... I Don't! (1967), first time as Bud Spencer together with Terence Hill
3. Ace High (1968)
4. Boot Hill (1969)
5. They Call Me Trinity (1970)
6. Blackie the Pirate (1971)
7. Trinity Is Still My Name (1971)
8. All the Way, Boys (1972)
9. Watch Out, We're Mad (1974)
10. Two Missionaries (1975)
11. Crime Busters (1976)
12. Odds and Evens (1978)
13. I'm For the Hippopotamus (1979)
14. Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure (1981)
15. Go For It! (1983)
16. Double Trouble (1984)
17. Miami Supercops (1985)
18. Troublemakers (1994)

Films with Spencer in solo performance include:

1. The Five Man Army (1969)
2. The Fifth Day of Peace (1969)
3. It Can Be Done Amigo (1972)
4. Piedone, the cop (1973)
5. They Call Him Bulldozer (1978)
6. The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid (1979)
7. Everything Happens to Me (1980)
8. Why Did You Pick On Me (1980)
9. Banana Joe (1982)
10. Bomber (1982)
11. Superfantagenio (1986)

Many of these have alternate 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.^[1]

The main dubber of Bud Spencer in Italy is Glauco Onorato who, with his characteristic voice, successfully enriched the character of Bud Spencer with many particularities. In some movies the dubber is Sergio Fiorentini (Botte di Natale, Al limite and the series of Detective Extralarge). In the movie Oggi a te domani a me the dubber is Ferruccio Amendola

Spencer also wrote the complete or partial screenplay for some of his movies. His fan base is particularly large in Europe. His feature film career slowed down after 1983, shifting more toward television. In the 1990s, he acted in the TV action-drama "Extralarge".

Personal life[link]

After appearing in Più forte, ragazzi!, Spencer became a jet airplane and helicopter pilot.^[1] 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.

Career in politics[link]

In 2005, Pedersoli entered politics, unsuccessfully standing as regional counselor in Lazio for the Forza Italia party. Spencer has 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."^[1] The opposition criticised him for engaging in "politica spettacolo" ("showbiz politics").^[1] He worked for many years at Italian Embassy in Brazil.

Filmography[link]

Writer: 1990s[link]

• Banana Joe (1982)
• Big Man
  • La Fanciulla che ride (1988) (TV)
  • Diva (1989) (TV)
  • Boomerang (1989) (TV)
• Extralarge
  • Ninja Shadow (1993) (TV)
  • Diamonds (1993) (TV)

(in the 1980s, he was credited as Carlo Pedersoli)

Image gallery[link]

• Angelo-Romani Carlo-Pedersoli.jpg

  Pedersoli (right) with the Olympic swimmer Angelo Romani

• Italian waterpolo team circa 1950.jpg

  The Italian water polo team, early 50s

• Geninio-Ognio Carlo-Pedersoli Siro-Banchelli Pennecchini.jpg

  Left to right: Geminio Ognio, Carlo Pedersoli, Sirio Banchelli, Pennecchini

• Paolo-Galletti Carlo-Pedersoli Angelo-Romani Osvaldo-Berti Giorgio-Grilz.jpg

  Left to right: Paolo Galletti, Carlo Pedersoli, Angelo Romani, Osvaldo Berti, Giorgio Grilz

References[link]

External links[link]

• Bud Spencer at the Internet Movie Database
• Budterence.it - Bud Spencer & Terence Hill Italian Website (Italian)
• Hill & Spencer website (French)
• Carlo Pedersoli at sports-reference.com

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