His godfather and great uncle was actor and former Mr. Universe Mickey Hargitay.
The actors who played Hercules in these films were Steve Reeves, Gordon Scott, Kirk Morris, Mickey Hargitay, Mark Forest, Alan Steel, Dan Vadis, Brad Harris, Reg Park, Peter Lupus (billed as Rock Stevens) and Michael Lane.
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Pupillo also directed two other horror films that same year, Bloody Pit of Horror (starring Mickey Hargitay) and "The Revenge of Lady Morgan".
Mansfield was offered the film while she was shooting The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw in Spain; she agreed on the condition that her husband Mickey Hargitay played Hercules.