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