Terence was born as Mario Girotti in Venice, Italy on March the 29th, 1939.
His mother was German and his father Italian and has a youngerTerence Hill
      alias
Mario Girotti and an
older      brother. As he was 2 years old, his parents went
to Germany, but   they did return after two years because
of the WW II, which devastated the near city Dresden.
Terence went to a nunnery school in Italy. Mario Girotti
changed his Name in 1967, because at that time the film
producers wanted to introduce the Italian movies in the
whole world and it have must look like an American film!
Terence Hill married a few month later, after changed his
name, an American girl called Lori. And in 1969 was born
their son Jess. Terence went in 1971 to the USA with his
 family and lives in a ranch in Massachussetts.