Bud Spencer, the popular Italian movie actor who starred in innumerable spaghetti Westerns and action-packed potboilers during the 1960s and '70s, was born Carlo Pedersoli on October 31, 1929 in Naples. The first Italian to swim the 100 meter freestyle in less than a minute, the 6' 5 Spencer competed as a swimmer on the Italian National Team at the Olympic Summer games in both Helsinki, Finland in 1952 and Melbourne, Australia in 1956. He was also an Olympic-class water polo player.Educated ...[Read Story]