
Bartolomeo Pagano
Biography
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.
Acting (22 movies)

Cabiria
1914

Maciste in Hell
1925

Maciste
1915

The Warrior
1916

Maciste contro lo sceicco
1926

Maciste nella gabbia dei leoni
1926

Maciste the Ranger
1916

Maciste the Sleepwalker
1918

Man soll es nicht für möglich halten ...
1922

Maciste in Love
1919

Maciste poliziotto
1918

Maciste medium
1918

Maciste atleta
1918

Maciste salvato dalle acque
1921

Maciste on His Vacation
1921

La trilogia di Maciste
1920

La rivincita di Maciste
1921

Maciste e la figlia del re dell'argento
1923

Maciste und die chinesische Truhe
1923

Maciste Emperor
1924

Maciste e il nipote d'America
1924

Il gigante delle Dolomiti
1927
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