Franco Fantasia

Franco Fantasia
Born	5 March 1924 Rhodes, Kingdom of Italy (now Greece)
Died	10 November 2002(2002-11-10) (aged 78) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1951–2002

Franco Fantasia (5 March 1924 – 10 November 2002) was an Italian film actor, stuntman and fencing master. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1951 to 2002. He was the brother of actor Andrea Fantasia.

Illness and death

September 29, 2002, Fantasia announced he had been diagnosed with lung cancer. Fantasia died of a heart attack on November 10, 2002, at Rome, Italy at the age of 78.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1951	Il capitano nero
	Quo Vadis	Minor Role	Uncredited
	Tizio, Caio, Sempronio
1954	The Egyptian	Hittite Officer	Uncredited
	The Two Orphans	Roger de Vaudrey's Friend
	Too Bad She's Bad	Un uomo	Uncredited
1955	The Sign of Venus	Dottore
	Il mantello rosso
	Motivo in maschera
1956	The Railroad Man	L'autista	Uncredited
1958	Il cocco di mamma	The Man seen with a Telescope
	The Sword and the Cross	Ezra
1959	Il cavaliere senza terra
	Cavalier in Devil's Castle
	The Son of the Red Corsair	Dorado
	Devil's Cavaliers	Duneil the Swordsman
	L'arciere nero	Raniero
	Due selvaggi a corte
	The Pirate and the Slave Girl	Captain Volan
	Ben-Hur	Roman Soldier Who Brings Crown to Gratus	Uncredited
	The Giant of Marathon	Senator
	I Reali di Francia	Miguel
1960	Terror of the Red Mask	Egidio
	The Cossacks	Military Strategy Officer
	The Angel Wore Red	Cabaret Customer	Uncredited
	Le signore
	Il cavaliere dai cento volti	Capitano d'Argentero / Silver Knight
	Space Men	Sullivan
	Queen of the Pirates	Pirate Who Likes Sandra
1961	Constantine and the Cross	Roman Soldier
	Revolt of the Mercenaries	Ilario
	Drakut il vendicatore
	The Centurion	Corinthian Aristicrat
	El Cid	Soldier
	The Vengeance of Ursus	Captain of the Guard
	Rage of the Buccaneers	Officer on the slave ship
1962	Zorro alla corte di Spagna	Manuel Garcia
	Damon and Pythias	Rumius
	The Secret Mark of D'Artagnan	Savignac
1963	The Black Duke	Veniero
	Zorro and the Three Musketeers	Count of Sevilla
	The Executioner of Venice	Pietro
	Le tre spade di Zorro	Coronel Martinez
	The Lion of St. Mark	Vipera
	Hercules, Samson and Ulysses		Uncredited
	Revenge of the Musketeers	Athos
1964	Hero of Rome	Claudius
	Hercules Against the Sons of the Sun	King Ata Hualpa
	Sandokan Against the Leopard of Sarawak	Kuron
	Il figlio di Cleopatra	Vetero
1965	Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West	George
	Fire Over Rome	Clodius
	Red Dragon	Robert Grant
	Blood for a Silver Dollar	Sheriff Anderson
	La magnifica sfida	Atatur
	Ich kauf' mir lieber einen Tirolerhut	Journalist	Uncredited
	Canadian Wilderness	Leo Limoux
	Una ráfaga de plomo
1966	Seven Dollars on the Red	Sheriff of Wishville
	Anónima de asesinos	Boris
	El Greco	Fencing Master
	The Drums of Tabu	Padre Lorenzo
	One Thousand Dollars on the Black	Sheriff
	Kriminal	Commissario Murad
1967	Avenger X	Inspector Roux
	Desert Commandos	Major Dalio
	The Rover	French Admiral
	On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who...	Warrior	Uncredited
	A Handful of Heroes	Steffen
1968	Kommissar X - Drei blaue Panther	Robert Hillary / Arthur Hillary
	A Long Ride from Hell	Castleman
	Sangue chiama sangue	Capitano Roy
	Il marchio di Kriminal		Uncredited
	Hate Thy Neighbor	Sheriff
	Persecución hasta Valencia
	Wrath of God	Mark
	Il lungo giorno del massacro	Clay
	Don Chisciotte and Sancio Panza	Fencing master
	The Nephews of Zorro	Don Diego de La Vega
1969	Zorro in the Court of England	Captain Wells
	Battle of the Commandos	Schiwers
1970	Sartana's Here… Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin		Uncredited
	Angeli senza paradiso	Bauer
	Adiós, Sabata	Señor Ocaño
	Waterloo	Delessart	Uncredited
1971	Nights and Loves of Don Juan	Mahid
	Cross Current	Professor Mauri
	Return of Sabata	Circus owner
	Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!	Camel Driver
1972	I leoni di Pietroburgo
	The Sicilian Checkmate
	Amico, stammi lontano almeno un palmo	Sheriff Robbins	Uncredited
	Seven Blood-Stained Orchids	Lieutenant Renzi
	Justine de Sade	Saint-Florent
	La mansión de la niebla	Mr. Porter
	Knife of Ice	Inspector Duran
	La grande avventura di Scaramouche	D'Arcy
	La calandria	Il Bargello
	The Grand Duel	Bounty Killer	Uncredited
1973	Gang War in Milan	Chief Inspector Contalvi
	The Big Family	Chief of Police
	Sinbad and the Caliph of Baghdad
	Women in Cell Block 7	Chief Inspector
	Man with the Golden Winchester	Captain François Bardeau
	Long Lasting Days	Manolo
1974	Carambola!	Professor
1976	Street People	Priest
	The Black Corsair	Van Stiller
	Fear in the City	Rinaldi
1977	The Heroin Busters	Jewelry Store Manager	Uncredited
	California	Man offering work
	Il prefetto di ferro	Colonel
	La tigre è ancora viva: Sandokan alla riscossa!	English Colonel	TV movie
1978	Slave of the Cannibal God	Father Moses
	L'inquilina del piano di sopra	Maître d'
1979	From Hell to Victory	Captain Vanderkreut
	Zombi 2	Matthias	Uncredited
1980	Eaten Alive!	Reeves
	Lion of the Desert	Graziani's Aide
	Febbre a 40!		Uncredited
1984	Claretta
1985	Liberté, Égalité, Choucroute
	Wild Team	Guillermo Cordura
1986	Vendetta dal futuro	Rev. Arthur Mosely	Uncredited
1987	The Inquiry
1990	Cop Target	Garcia, assistant to the Chief of Police	Uncredited
	Killer Crocodile 2	Russel	Uncredited
1991	Caccia allo scorpione d'oro	Killer
	Buck ai confini del cielo	André Savall
1996	3	Marchese De Carolis
1998	Something to Believe In	Professor Dervol
	Incontri proibiti	Dott. Attilio Velardi
1999	Li chiamarono... briganti!
2000	L'ombra del gigante	Medico

External links

• Franco Fantasia at IMDb