Acting
Bartolomeo Pagano
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
Judith and Holophernes
Film · 1929
Gli ultimi zar
Film · 1928
The Giant of the Dolomites
Film · 1927
Maciste contro lo sceicco
Film · 1926
Maciste nella gabbia dei leoni
Film · 1926
Maciste in Hell
Film · 1925
Maciste Emperor
Film · 1924
Maciste e il nipote d'America
Film · 1924
Maciste und der Sträfling Nr. 51
Film · 1923
Maciste e la figlia del re dell'argento
Film · 1923
Maciste und die chinesische Truhe
Film · 1923
Man soll es nicht für möglich halten ...
Film · 1922
Maciste salvato dalle acque
Film · 1921
Maciste on His Vacation
Film · 1921
La rivincita di Maciste
Film · 1921
La trilogia di Maciste
Film · 1920
Maciste's Testament
Film · 1920
Maciste's Journey
Film · 1920
Maciste Against Death
Film · 1920
Maciste in Love
Film · 1919
Maciste the Sleepwalker
Film · 1918
Maciste atleta
Film · 1918
Maciste medium
Film · 1918
Maciste poliziotto
Film · 1918
The Warrior
Film · 1916
Maciste the Ranger
Film · 1916
Maciste
Film · 1915
Cabiria
Film · 1914