Bartolomeo Pagano
Acting • Born 1878-09-27 – Died 1947-06-24
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
28 credits
Cabiria
Movie • 1914
Maciste
Gli ultimi zar
Movie • 1928
Maciste in Hell
Movie • 1925
Maciste
Maciste
Movie • 1915
Maciste (as Ernest Pagano)
Judith and Holophernes
Movie • 1929
Holofernes
The Warrior
Movie • 1916
Maciste contro lo sceicco
Movie • 1926
Maciste
Maciste nella gabbia dei leoni
Movie • 1926
Maciste
Maciste the Ranger
Movie • 1916
Maciste
Maciste the Sleepwalker
Movie • 1918
Maciste
Man soll es nicht für möglich halten ...
Movie • 1922
Maciste
Maciste in Love
Movie • 1919
Maciste
Maciste atleta
Movie • 1918
Maciste
Maciste salvato dalle acque
Movie • 1921
Maciste
Maciste medium
Movie • 1918
Maciste
Maciste poliziotto
Movie • 1918
Maciste
Maciste on His Vacation
Movie • 1921
Maciste
La trilogia di Maciste
Movie • 1920
Maciste
Maciste und der Sträfling Nr. 51
Movie • 1923
Maciste
Maciste e la figlia del re dell'argento
Movie • 1923
Maciste
Maciste Emperor
Movie • 1924
Maciste
La rivincita di Maciste
Movie • 1921
Maciste
Maciste und die chinesische Truhe
Movie • 1923
Maciste
Maciste e il nipote d'America
Movie • 1924
Maciste
Il gigante delle Dolomiti
Movie • 1927
Maciste, la guida alpina
Maciste's Testament
Movie • 1920
Maciste
Maciste's Journey
Movie • 1920
Maciste
Maciste Against Death
Movie • 1920
Maciste