Acting
Bartolomeo Pagano
Birth Date
September 27, 1878
Death Date
June 24, 1947
(passed away at 68)
Place of Birth
Genova, italy
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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.
Cabiria
Maciste
1914
Maciste the Sleepwalker
Maciste
1918
Maciste the Ranger
Maciste
1916
Maciste in Hell
Maciste
1925
Maciste contro lo sceicco
Maciste
1926
Maciste
Maciste (as Ernest Pagano)
1915
Maciste e il nipote d'America
Maciste
1924
Gli ultimi zar
1928
Man soll es nicht für möglich halten ...
Maciste
1922
The Giant of the Dolomites
Maciste, la guida alpina
1927
Maciste und die chinesische Truhe
Maciste
1923
Maciste salvato dalle acque
Maciste
1921
Maciste e la figlia del re dell'argento
Maciste
1923
Maciste nella gabbia dei leoni
Maciste
1926
Maciste Against Death
Maciste
1920
The Warrior
1916
Maciste on His Vacation
Maciste
1921
Judith and Holophernes
Holofernes
1929
Maciste's Journey
Maciste
1920
La trilogia di Maciste
Maciste
1920