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- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- September 27, 1878
- Place of Birth
- Genova, italy
- Died
- June 24, 1947
Bartolomeo Pagano
Italian motion picture actor of the Silent Era. Before his cinema career, Pagano was a stevedore who worked at the port of Genoa. There, he was discovered and selected to play the role of Maciste, a muscular slave, in the silent movie classic Cabiria in 1914. As the originator of this role, he went on to play the character for the next 14 years in a series of sequels. Pagano became an international star. In the 1920s he was one of the most well paid actors in Italy, receiving up to 600.000 lire a year. The actor retired from films in 1929 to marry and raise a family in his home town of Genoa. He died there, aged 68, and is buried on the family estate in Italy.
Filmography
Judith and Holophernes
movieJudith and Holophernes
1929 · Holofernes
Gli ultimi zar
movieGli ultimi zar
1928
movieIl gigante delle Dolomiti
1927 · Maciste, la guida alpina
Maciste contro lo sceicco
movieMaciste contro lo sceicco
1926 · Maciste
movieMaciste nella gabbia dei leoni
1926 · Maciste
movieMaciste in Hell
1925 · Maciste
movieMaciste Emperor
1924 · Maciste
movieMaciste e il nipote d'America
1924 · Maciste
movieMaciste e la figlia del re dell'argento
1923 · Maciste
movieMaciste und die chinesische Truhe
1923 · Maciste
Maciste und der Sträfling Nr. 51
movieMaciste und der Sträfling Nr. 51
1923 · Maciste
movieMan soll es nicht für möglich halten ...
1922 · Maciste
movieLa rivincita di Maciste
1921 · Maciste
movieMaciste on His Vacation
1921 · Maciste
movieMaciste salvato dalle acque
1921 · Maciste
Maciste's Testament
movieMaciste's Testament
1920 · Maciste
Maciste's Journey
movieMaciste's Journey
1920 · Maciste
Maciste Against Death
movieMaciste Against Death
1920 · Maciste
movieLa trilogia di Maciste
1920 · Maciste
movieMaciste in Love
1919 · Maciste
movieMaciste atleta
1918 · Maciste
movieMaciste poliziotto
1918 · Maciste
movieMaciste medium
1918 · Maciste
movieMaciste the Sleepwalker
1918 · Maciste
movieThe Warrior
1916
movieMaciste the Ranger
1916 · Maciste
movieMaciste
1915 · Maciste (as Ernest Pagano)
movieCabiria
1914 · Maciste