Bartolomeo Pagano
- Acting
- September 27, 1878 · Genova, italy
- June 24, 1947
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Judith and Holophernes · Holofernes
- Gli ultimi zar
- The Giant of the Dolomites · Maciste, la guida alpina
- Maciste contro lo sceicco · Maciste
- Maciste nella gabbia dei leoni · Maciste
- Maciste in Hell · Maciste
- Maciste Emperor · Maciste
- Maciste e il nipote d'America · Maciste
- Maciste e la figlia del re dell'argento · Maciste
- Maciste und die chinesische Truhe · Maciste
- Maciste und der Sträfling Nr. 51 · Maciste
- Man soll es nicht für möglich halten ... · Maciste
- La rivincita di Maciste · Maciste
- Maciste on His Vacation · Maciste
- Maciste salvato dalle acque · Maciste
- Maciste's Testament · Maciste
- Maciste's Journey · Maciste
- Maciste Against Death · Maciste
- La trilogia di Maciste · Maciste
- Maciste in Love · Maciste
- Maciste atleta · Maciste
- Maciste medium · Maciste
- Maciste poliziotto · Maciste
- Maciste the Sleepwalker · Maciste
- The Warrior
- Maciste the Ranger · Maciste
- Maciste · Maciste (as Ernest Pagano)
- Cabiria · Maciste