Jacques Stany was born on 4 April 1930 in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, USSR [now Belarus]. He was an actor and writer, known for Maciste, gladiatore di Sparta (1964), The Erotic Dreams of Cleopatra (1985) and Tous les chemins mènent à l'homme (1974). He died on 19 July 2016 in Rome, Italy.