Bud SpencerFilmography

Born:: Italy
Occupation:: Actor
Birth name:: Carlo Pedersoli
Biography:: The popular, bearded, balding, and brawny Bud Spencer has starred and co-starred in numerous spaghetti Westerns and low-budget actioners produced in both Italy and Hollywood. Born Carlo Pedersoli, Spencer was an Olympic silver medalist in swimming at the Helsinki Games of 1948 before becoming an...Read More

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Mord ist mein Geschäft, Liebling

Actors: Rick Kavanian, Nora Tschirner, Janek Rieke, Christian Tramitz

Synopsis: A retired Mafioso takes the misstep of a lifetime -- and inadvertently triggers a most inconvenient love affair between two complete strangers -- in this zany German-language farce from Teutonic director Sebastian Niemann. The hermetic (Don Enrico Puzzo) (screen vet Franco Nero) may have put the Read More

2/26/09
Cantando Dietro I Paraventi

Actors: Bud Spencer, Jun Ichikawa, Sally Ming, Camillo Grassi, Makoto Kobayashi

Synopsis: Directed by veteran helmer Ermanno Olmi, this Chinese folktale revolves around a young man (Davide Dragonetti) who mistakenly enters a brothel while trying to find his way through urban China circa the 1930s. Narrated by Bud Spencer, the young man succumbs to temptation, and the dialogue-free Read More

2003
Fuochi D'Artificio

Actors: Leonardo Pieraccioni, Vanessa Lorenzo, Massimo Ceccherini, Barbara Enrichi, Mandala Tayde

Synopsis: Former cabaret performer Leonardo Pieraccioni (The Cyclone) directed, co-scripted (with Giovanni Veronesi), and stars in this popular Italian film, given the widest opening release in Italian film history. Ottone (Pieraccioni) and beautiful Lorenza (Claudia Gerini) are pet-store partners. He loses Read More

1997
Al Limite

Actors: Juanjo Puigcorbe, Lydia Bosch, Béatrice Dalle, Bud Spencer

Synopsis: This Spanish-French thriller is set in Madrid where latenight radio talk-show host Elena (Beatrice Dalle) gets a call from serial killer Javier Barea (Juanjo Puigcorbe, best-known for his comedy roles) who claims he will kill within the hour. Lawyer Maria Ramos (played by Spanish soap-opera star Lydia Bosch Read More

1997
Troublemakers

Actors: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Ruth Buzzi

Synopsis: Two bounty-hunting brothers attempt to patch up their considerable differences in accordance with their mother's desire that the family reunite for the holidays. The main difference between the brothers is that one specializes in freeing wanted criminals for a hefty price, while the other tries to Read More

1994
Un Piede in Paradiso

1990
Superfantagenio

Actors: Bud Spencer, Luca Venantini, Janet Agren, Umberto Raho

Synopsis: A 14-year-old boy working in a secondhand store after school finds a magic lamp in this comical fantasy adventure. The genie (Bud Spencer) grants Alan his wishes when he asks for a Rolls Royce, vanquishes the local bullies, and becomes a star basketball player. The genie helps get rid of local Read More

12/23/86
Cane e Gatto

Synopsis: Two Miami officers try to thwart the various schemes of a gang, including the kidnapping of a star quarterback, in this Italian film. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

1985
Double Trouble

Actors: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer

1984
Go for It

Actors: Terence Hill, Faith Minton, Bud Spencer

Synopsis: Spaghetti-western stalwarts Terence Hill and Bud Spencer star in the Italian actioner Go For It. The stars play a couple of self-styled "supercops" who take on a demented scientist. The villain has invented an all-powerful "K Bomb," intending to detonate the device in a major metropolis. Hill and Read More

1983
Chi Trova un Amico, Trova un Tesoro

1983
Bomber

Synopsis: Spaghetti western strongman Bud Spencer plays the title role in Michele Lupo's 1982 Italian revenge comedy Bomber. He's Bud "Bomber" Graziano, one-time king of the heavyweight boxing arena, who abandoned his career as a pugilist and hit the high seas, after an ugly defeat at the hands of a U.S. Read More

11/18/82
Banana Joe

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Bud Spencer, Marina Langner

Synopsis: Banana Joe (Bud Spencer) lives in paradisiacal bliss in a tropical village that is untainted by hard-nosed corporate and bureaucratic types, or by corruption, drugs, gangs, and other ills of modern society. When Banana Joe takes his banana boat to the trading post, he is informed he needs a permit Read More

4/8/82
Occhio Alla Penna

Synopsis: Trinity series star Bud Spencer returns to the Wild West in director Michele Lupo's comic tale of an outlaw drifter, Buddy, who is mistaken for a doctor after his Indian companion inadvertently steals a bag of surgical instruments. When a band of murderous outlaws attempts to overrun the Read More

3/6/81
Piedone d'egitto

3/1/80
I'm for the Hippopotamus

1979
The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid

Synopsis: The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid is an Italian comedy western, not so much "spaghetti" as "pablum." Tough sheriff Bud Spencer experiences a Close Encounter on the lone prairie. From out of a visiting spacecraft steps Cary Guffey, who befriends Spencer on the spot. Gaining a reputation as "The Read More

1979
Pari E Dispari

Synopsis: Late Late Show devotees probably know this tongue-in-cheek actioner by its English-language title: Odds and Ends. Spaghetti-western regulars Terence Hill and Bud Spencer star as a couple of rebellious Miami cops. Badges? They don't need no stinkin' badges as they go merrily about busting Read More

10/28/78
Lo Chiamavano Bulldozer

Synopsis: A retired football great heads back to the gridiron to coach a fledgling team and prove he still has that magic touch in this classic Bud Spencer sports comedy. "The Bulldozer" (Spencer) was a football giant with an ego the size of Texas. Refusing to believe that he could ever be defeated out on Read More

9/15/78
Piedone l'Africano

Synopsis: Flatfoot was also released as The Knock-Out Cop. By any name, this Italian crime meller stars Baldwyn Dakile as Bodo, a tough, no-frills police officer. Determined to bring a gang of drug smugglers to justice, Bodo is ordered to lay off by his superiors. It's not likely that he will obey orders Read More

3/22/78
Odds and Evens

Synopsis: In this Italian police drama, specially trained officers head for Miami to bring a nefarious international crime ring to justice. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1978
Sceriffo Extraterrestre - Poco Extra E Molto Terrestre, Uno

1978
I due superpiedi quasi piatti

Actors: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Luciano Catenacci

Synopsis: Matt (Terence Hill) and Wilber (Bud Spencer) decide to try their hand at crime and attempt to rob a supermarket. To their chagrin, however, they stumble onto a police recruiting campaign. They stoically endure being on the right side of the law, finally becoming heroes during a drug bust. ~ Clarke Read More

4/6/77
Charleston

Actors: Bud Spencer, Herbert Lom, James Coco

Synopsis: In this poorly dubbed English-language Italian film, shot in England, Charleston (Bud Spencer) is a gangster who is trying to arrange a transaction which will result in the transfer of ownership of a huge yacht. It means a lot to him, because his freedom is at stake. It means a lot to the Texan (James Coco Read More

3/5/77
Soldier of Fortune

Actors: Bud Spencer

Synopsis: Spaghetti Western icon Bud Spencer (They Call Me Trinity) stars in this sword-and-sandal adventure-comedy from Italian director Pasquale Festa Campanile. The comedic hijinks center around a medieval mercenary named Ettore (Spencer) as he travels around Europe plying his warrior skills to the Read More

1976
Piedone a Hong Kong

3/27/75
Two Missionaries

1975
Porgi l'Altra Guancia

Actors: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer

Synopsis: Among the spice plantations of Columbia are to be found any number of abused peasant farmers. Normally, the great landlords expect the church to support them and at the same time keep the natives quiet. In this Italian family comedy, the ruthless spice masters are instead saddled with two of the Read More

12/21/74
Altrimenti Ci Arrabbiamo

3/29/74
Watch Out, We're Mad

Synopsis: This film is a madcap slapstick comedy about a pair of racing drivers who tangle with crooks and get themselves into all manner of perilous situations. ~ Mark Hockley, All Movie Guide Read More

1974
Una Ragione Per Vivere E Una Per Morire

Actors: James Coburn, Bud Spencer, Telly Savalas, Georges Géret

Synopsis: Having relinquished Fort Holman to the Confederacy without a shot being fired, Col. Pembroke (James Coburn) is in danger of a court-martial finding him guilty of treason. To escape certain death, he agrees to try to retake the lost fort using the services of seven men already condemned to death. Read More

1974
Piedone Lo Sbirro

Synopsis: The action comedy Piedone Lo Sbirro concerns a police officer who goes to great and unusual lengths to put some nasty drug dealers behind bars. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

10/25/73
Anche Gli Angeli Mangiano Fagioli

2/22/73
All the Way, Boys

Synopsis: Italian action star Terence Hill aims for the breadbasket while playing for laughs in All the Way Boys. Hill and his frequent filmic cohort Bud Spencer play a couple of what-the-hell flyboys, working for a ramshackle air freight line. Ordered to navigate the treacherous Andes, Hill and Spencer Read More

1973
Piu Forte, Ragazzi!

12/22/72
Torino Nera

9/28/72
En el Oeste Se Puede Hacer... Amigo

Actors: Jack Palance, Dany Saval, Bud Spencer

Synopsis: Italian action hero Bud Spencer stars in Maurizio Lucidi's comedy Western The Big and the Bad. While wandering through the West (which looks a lot like Spain), Spencer becomes intimate with the gorgeous Dany Saval -- discovering, all too late, that she is the younger sister of vengeful gunslinger Jack Palance Read More

3/31/72
Quattro Mosche di Velluto Grigio

Actors: Michael Brandon

Synopsis: After wrapping up a recording session with his garage band, drummer Roberto (Michael Brandon) follows and confronts a mysterious stranger who has been stalking him to an abandoned theater where Roberto impulsively stabs him. A grinning puppet-like figure takes photos of the attack from a mezzanine Read More

1972
The Fifth Day of Peace

Synopsis: In the uncertain days following the end of World War II, disillusioned German soldiers wander aimlessly over the charred countryside of Italy. Two of these soldiers are rounded up by their superiors and charged with desertion--surrender or no surrender. Despite an Allied edict that the Germans are Read More

1972
The Black Pirate

1972
Amigo Mon Colt A Deux Mots A Te Dire

Actors: Francisco Rabal, Bud Spencer, Jack Palance, Renato Cestie

1972
Trinity Is Still My Name

Actors: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer

Synopsis: In this comic Italian Western, the third of the "Trinity" series, Trinity (Terence Hill) and his brother Bambino (Bud Spencer) abandon their law-enforcement duties and try to join the world of horse thieves and criminals. Despite their bad intentions, and their own unbelievable klutziness, they Read More

10/21/71
They Call Me Trinity

Synopsis: In order to protect a group of Mormons from Mexican bandidos, two brothers are forced to convert in this comedic spoof of spaghetti westerns. Trinity is Still My Name is the title of the sequel. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

12/22/70
Un Esercito di Cinque Uomini

Actors: Peter Graves, James Daly, Bud Spencer, Nino Castelnuovo, Tetsuro Tamba

Synopsis: Five Man Army can best be described as a marked-down Magnificent Seven. Peter Graves, James Daly, Bud Spencer, Testuro Tamba and Nino Castelnuovo play the quintet of the title. Caught in the middle of the 1914 Mexican Revolution, the five men pool their individual skills in hopes of Read More

1970
Boot Hill

Actors: Victor Buono, Terence Hill, Bud Spencer

Synopsis: A tough adventurer and his sidekick find outlaws and rowdy women in this action-filled spaghetti western. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

12/20/69
Ace High

Actors: Eli Wallach, Bud Spencer, Brock Peters, Kevin McCarthy

Synopsis: There isn't much disagreement as to whether this spaghetti western is styled after the Director Sergio Leone's Clint Eastwood blockbuster, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. Ace High, directed by Giuseppe Colizzi, and filmed in Almeria, Spain, is missing at least two ingredients that could possibly Read More

10/31/68
Beyond the Law

Actors: Lee Van Cleef, Antonio Sabato, Gordon Mitchell, Lionel Stander, Bud Spencer

Synopsis: Unlike Clint Eastwood, who in the 1960s was cast as the Man With No Name, Beyond the Law star Lee Van Cleef has a name, and a very functional one. Van Cleef is known to one and all as Bandit Turned Sheriff. Actually, a more appropriate cognomen would be Bandit Turned Sheriff But Still a Bandit Read More

4/10/68
Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die!

Synopsis: After a rancher serves his prison sentence for a crime he did not commit, he contracts a gang of killers to hunt down the man who framed him. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

3/28/68
Revenge at El Paso

Synopsis: In this exciting western, a condemned killer is just about to swing when a bank president hires him to find the outlaws who just robbed his bank. The man must be very careful though, as these outlaws are quite clever. Action ensues. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1968
Dio Perdona...Io No!

Actors: Terence Hill, Frank Wolff, Bud Spencer, Gina Rovere, Jose Manuel Martin

Synopsis: In this grim spaghetti western a murderous robber hijacks a payroll train, murders everyone aboard and then stashes his loot. A gunslinger learns about it and decides he wants the money for himself and so hatches an elaborate plot to get at it. He lures the crook into a rigged poker game, and Read More

10/31/67
Come Listen Awhile

1963

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