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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.
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).
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. In the 1951 Mediterranean Games, he won a silver medal in the same 100 m freestyle event.
Actors: Hartmut Reck (actor), Bud Spencer (actor), Reinhard Kolldehoff (actor), Stan Laurel (actor), Emilio Laguna (actor), Arnold Marquis (actor), Friedrich W. Bauschulte (actor), Terence Hill (actor), Friedrich G. Beckhaus (actor), Pupo De Luca (actor), Hans Jürgen Diedrich (actor), Oliver Hardy (actor), Enzo Cannavale (actor), Frank Wolff (actor), Martin Hirthe (actor),
Genres: Documentary,Actors: Hartmut Reck (actor), Bud Spencer (actor), Reinhard Kolldehoff (actor), Stan Laurel (actor), Emilio Laguna (actor), Arnold Marquis (actor), Friedrich W. Bauschulte (actor), Terence Hill (actor), Friedrich G. Beckhaus (actor), Pupo De Luca (actor), Hans Jürgen Diedrich (actor), Oliver Hardy (actor), Enzo Cannavale (actor), Frank Wolff (actor), Martin Hirthe (actor),
Genres: Documentary,Actors: Hartmut Reck (actor), Bud Spencer (actor), Reinhard Kolldehoff (actor), Stan Laurel (actor), Emilio Laguna (actor), Arnold Marquis (actor), Friedrich W. Bauschulte (actor), Terence Hill (actor), Friedrich G. Beckhaus (actor), Pupo De Luca (actor), Hans Jürgen Diedrich (actor), Oliver Hardy (actor), Enzo Cannavale (actor), Frank Wolff (actor), Martin Hirthe (actor),
Genres: Documentary,Actors: Kevin McNulty (actor), Timothy Webber (actor), Brendan Fletcher (actor), Lawrence Bender (producer), Wendy Partridge (costume designer), Samuel D. Pollard (producer), Ian Somerhalder (actor), Daniel Licht (composer), Ken Roberts (actor), Gabrielle Miller (actress), Abraham Fraser (miscellaneous crew), Matthew Currie Holmes (actor), Jane Sowerby (actress), Amanda Fuller (actress), Busy Philipps (actress),
Plot: Fact-based drama centering on the brutal 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, an openly homosexual college student in Wyoming, by two homophobic, trouble-making teens and their co-conspirator girlfriends which prompted an outcry of support for the Shepard family and tougher hate-crime laws by liberal activists, but also support for Matthew's killers by religious leaders and homophobic activists.
Keywords: based-on-true-story, gay-interest, hate-crime, homophobia, homosexual, matthew-shepard, murder, wyoming, youthActors: Jean-Marie Sénia (composer), Mostéfa Stiti (actor), Mahmoud Zemmouri (actor), Mahmoud Zemmouri (director), Mahmoud Zemmouri (writer), Youcef Tobni (editor), Fawzi B. Saichi (actor), Mazouz Ould-Abderrahmane (actor), Larbi Zekkal (actor), Mostefa Zerguine (actor), Mustapha El Anka (actor), Norbert Letheule (actor), Areski Nebti (actor), Hilmi Said (actor), Quardia Hamtouche (actress),
Genres: Comedy,