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Bartolomeo Pagano

Acting

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.

Filmography Movies

Acting

Poster for Cabiria
MOVIE

Cabiria

7.2(0.1K)
Cabiria
Maciste
Gli ultimi zarMOVIE
MOVIE

Gli ultimi zar

Gli ultimi zar
Poster for Maciste in Hell
MOVIE

Maciste in Hell

6.8(0.0K)
Maciste in Hell
Maciste
Poster for Maciste
MOVIE

Maciste

5.8(0.0K)
Maciste
Maciste (as Ernest Pagano)
Judith and HolophernesMOVIE
MOVIE

Judith and Holophernes

8.0(0.0K)
Judith and Holophernes
Holofernes
Poster for The Warrior
MOVIE

The Warrior

5.9(0.0K)
The Warrior
Maciste contro lo sceiccoMOVIE
MOVIE

Maciste contro lo sceicco

10.0(0.0K)
Maciste contro lo sceicco
Maciste
Poster for Maciste nella gabbia dei leoni
MOVIE

Maciste nella gabbia dei leoni

7.8(0.0K)
Maciste nella gabbia dei leoni
Maciste
Poster for Maciste the Ranger
MOVIE

Maciste the Ranger

Maciste the Ranger
Maciste
Poster for Maciste the Sleepwalker
MOVIE
Maciste the Sleepwalker
Maciste