Bartolomeo Pagano
September 27, 1878 (146 years old) in Genova, italy
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.
Known For
Credits
- 1929 · Giuditta e Oloferne as Holofernes
- 1928 · Gli ultimi zar as
- 1927 · Il gigante delle Dolomiti as Maciste, la guida alpina
- 1926 · Maciste contro lo sceicco as Maciste
- 1926 · Maciste nella gabbia dei leoni as Maciste
- 1925 · Maciste in Hell as Maciste
- 1924 · Maciste Emperor as Maciste
- 1924 · Maciste e il nipote d'America as Maciste
- 1923 · Maciste e la figlia del re dell'argento as Maciste
- 1923 · Maciste und die chinesische Truhe as Maciste
- 1923 · Maciste und der Sträfling Nr. 51 as Maciste
- 1922 · Man soll es nicht für möglich halten ... as Maciste
- 1921 · La rivincita di Maciste as Maciste
- 1921 · Maciste on His Vacation as Maciste
- 1921 · Maciste salvato dalle acque as Maciste
- 1920 · Maciste's Testament as Maciste
- 1920 · Maciste's Journey as Maciste
- 1920 · Maciste Against Death as Maciste
- 1920 · La trilogia di Maciste as Maciste
- 1919 · Maciste in Love as Maciste
- 1918 · Maciste atleta as Maciste
- 1918 · Maciste medium as Maciste
- 1918 · Maciste poliziotto as Maciste
- 1918 · Maciste the Sleepwalker as Maciste
- 1916 · The Warrior as
- 1916 · Maciste the Ranger as Maciste
- 1915 · Maciste as Maciste (as Ernest Pagano)
- 1914 · Cabiria as Maciste