Terence Hill was born as Mario Girotti on March 29, 1939 in Venice, Italy to a chemist. His mother was German, and as a child the family lived in Dresden, Saxony, Germany where they survived the ally bombings of world War II. Italian film-maker Dino Risi discovered him at a swimming meet and he made his first film at the age of 12, Vacanze col gangster (1951) (HOLIDAY FOR GANGSTERS). He continued acting to finance his studies and motorcycle hobby. After studying classical literature at the U ...[Read Story]