Franco Fantasia was born on March 5, 1924 in Rhodes, Italy [now Rhodes, Dodecanese, South Aegean, Greece]. He is known for Hercules Against the Sons of the Sun (1964), D'Artagnan contro i 3 moschettieri (1963) and The Black Corsair (1976). He died on November 10, 2002 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.