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.
28 acting credits
Acting · 28
Cabiria
1914
The Warrior
1916
Maciste in Hell
1925
Maciste
1915
Maciste Against Death
1920
Man soll es nicht für möglich halten ...
1922
Maciste Emperor
1924
Maciste in Love
1919
Maciste contro lo sceicco
1926
Il gigante delle Dolomiti
1927
Maciste on His Vacation
1921
Judith and Holophernes
1929
Maciste's Testament
1920
Maciste medium
1918
La trilogia di Maciste
1920
Maciste e il nipote d'America
1924
Maciste und die chinesische Truhe
1923
La rivincita di Maciste
1921
Maciste nella gabbia dei leoni
1926
Maciste und der Sträfling Nr. 51
1923
Maciste poliziotto
1918
Maciste atleta
1918
Maciste the Ranger
1916
Maciste e la figlia del re dell'argento
1923
Maciste's Journey
1920
Maciste salvato dalle acque
1921
Maciste the Sleepwalker
1918
Gli ultimi zar
1928