Bartolomeo Pagano
Acting
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
1927Il gigante delle Dolomiti
Maciste, la guida alpina
1926Maciste nella gabbia dei leoni
Maciste
1925Maciste in Hell
Maciste
1924Maciste Emperor
Maciste
1924Maciste e il nipote d'America
Maciste
1923Maciste e la figlia del re dell'argento
Maciste
1923Maciste und die chinesische Truhe
Maciste
1922Man soll es nicht für möglich halten ...
Maciste
1921Maciste salvato dalle acque
Maciste
1921Maciste on His Vacation
Maciste
1921La rivincita di Maciste
Maciste
1920La trilogia di Maciste
Maciste
1919Maciste in Love
Maciste
1918Maciste the Sleepwalker
Maciste
1918Maciste poliziotto
Maciste
1918Maciste medium
Maciste
1918Maciste atleta
Maciste
1916The Warrior
1916Maciste the Ranger
Maciste
1915Maciste
Maciste (as Ernest Pagano)
1914Cabiria
Maciste