Bartolomeo Pagano
Born: 1878-09-27 in Genova, italy
Died: 1947-06-24
Known For: 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
1929
- Judith and Holophernes as Holofernes
1928
1927
- Il gigante delle Dolomiti as Maciste, la guida alpina
1926
- Maciste contro lo sceicco as Maciste
- Maciste nella gabbia dei leoni as Maciste
1925
- Maciste in Hell as Maciste
1924
- Maciste e il nipote d'America as Maciste
- Maciste Emperor as Maciste
1923
- Maciste e la figlia del re dell'argento as Maciste
- Maciste und die chinesische Truhe as Maciste
- 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
- Maciste salvato dalle acque as Maciste
- Maciste on His Vacation as Maciste
1920
- Maciste's Testament as Maciste
- Maciste Against Death as Maciste
- La trilogia di Maciste as Maciste
- Maciste's Journey as Maciste
1919
- Maciste in Love as Maciste
1918
- Maciste medium as Maciste
- Maciste the Sleepwalker as Maciste
- Maciste poliziotto as Maciste
- Maciste atleta as Maciste
1916
- The Warrior
- Maciste the Ranger as Maciste
1915
- Maciste as Maciste (as Ernest Pagano)
1914
- Cabiria as Maciste