There is never a need for a special introduction for a Bud Spencer and Terence Hill essay. The two Italian actors have films that are always on TV, so we chose this time to focus on the folks who surround them rather than the two Italian actors themselves. Followed by the most famous Hill/Spencer sidekicks!
No Two Without Four in Tango
As you would expect in a Hill/Spencer film, Tango is a terribly clumsy mobster whose boss vainly expects him to take care of the Coimbra cousins. Rumor has it that he is a big cop and treats everyone who gets in his way terribly, but it also turns out that whoever calls himself Tango in the country of samba is a gigantic badass.
Like many of Bud Spencer and Terence Hill’s supporting actors, Nello Pazzafini was primarily a stuntman, which is partly why he appeared on the cast list of 200 films – mainly in spaghetti westerns and ancient stories. He only played in this one film of the legendary duo, but we also met him in several of Bud Spencer’s solo films (Piedone the Cop, Banana Joe, Bombay Boxer). He died of diabetes in 1997.
Mr. Ormond (I’m with the Hippos)
“Jack Ormond is a tyrant who tramples the law and human rights,” he says, describing the local African samizda. the ones that gain control through corruption.” He also intends to bribe the two cousins, Tom and Slim, but after having invited them to a lavish supper, he cuts them with his knife. Joe Bugner was born József Kreul close to Szeged, and after the 1956 revolution, he and his parents fled the country. He rose to fame as a boxer, faced Muhammad Ali on multiple occasions, and then tried his hand at acting in movies.
He appeared alongside Spencer in Sheriff from the Sky, They Called Bulldozer and Goldilocks in Yucca, later in Street Fighter opposite Jean-Claude Van Damme, and for a while he was rumored to be Ivan Drago in Rocky IV.
K1 (Press after!)
A power-hungry skunk with a same level of affection for the planet as Krapulax from the Pif & Herkules comics. Of course, K1 uses mediocre assassins and operatives, and his army is made up of idiots. That is why a ventriloquist may trick them.
The Italian-American actress Buffy Dee, whose actual name is Anthony DeSantolo, has a law degree and was a skilled drummer before becoming addicted to acting. He also made appearances in Miami Vice, Super Saiyans, Super Heroes, and an episode of Extralarge, just like several other Hill/Spencer veterans. He also passed away in 1995, like Lester.
Captain McBride (Criminal Hunters)
A police chief armed with rather stereotypical features, but the outwardly tough exterior hides a naturally sensitive heart. He has an unwavering faith in the quality of his own training, and when his rather self-righteous subordinates do something wrong, he chalks it up to his own success. He doesn’t tolerate patronizing, but he himself tends to be biased: among the newcomers, he almost names Kirby as his favorite, while he constantly teases Walsh.
David Huddleston, also nominated for an Emmy Award, has played in many TV series (e.g. Columbo, Petrocelli, Magnum or Star Trek) and has also appeared relatively often on the film screen. He starred in Bright Saddles, Earth Space Travel, and Madness, and Hungarian viewers, apart from the Hill/Spencer comedies Bűndászok and Nyomás őnyő, best remember him from The Big Lebowski, where he played the wealthy namesake Töki.
Anulu (Treasure that is not there)
Let’s face it, Anulu is not a rational being. His Japanese father disowned him, and his mother doesn’t think too much of the slightly hyperactive “child” who plays the role of a kind of court fool in the tribe. However, if you have to go to war, you can count on him to some extent, but we wouldn’t dare put the leadership of an army in his hands. It is important to note that the character would probably be much less effective without József Székhelyi’s crazy dubbing.
We have to admit, it didn’t occur to us for a long time that Anulu is played by the same Salvatore Borghese who played Nynfas in the movie And we get angry again (another interesting fact: John Fujioka, who plays the father, is only 12 years older than Borghese). He also started as a stuntman and acrobat, then came the bigger roles. He also starred alongside Hill and Spencer in films such as Pirate Wars and Super Cop, had a cameo in The Godfather 3, and Hill even worked with him later in Don Matteo.
The gray-haired script (in almost every movie)
The character who is frequently assaulted in films. He has gray (or white) hair that is typically short and mostly mustache-covered, though he occasionally sports a beard. He occasionally goes by the name Jeff in the opening chapter of The Devil’s Right and Left Hand, and he goes by the name Spider in the film Afterward, but most of the time you don’t need a name because he’s always working for some demon that slaps people and knocks out their teeth.
After watching the wrestling, we can readily believe that Riccardo Pizzuti also started out as a stuntman because he can fall, rise up, and engage in slaps with amazing plausibility. He was obviously most frequently seen in the Hill/Spencer pictures, as the Italian star combo paired him in nine of them, but he also frequently showed up in their solo films (nine for Spencer, one for Hill). He reportedly retired to France and ceased making movies around 1995.