Bartolomeo Pagano
Date of birth: 1878-09-27
Place of birth: Genova, italy
Known for: Acting
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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.
Movie Credits
Cabiria
1914-06-01
Young Cabiria is kidnapped by pirates and sold as a slave in Carthage. Just as she's to be sacrifice
Gli ultimi zar
1928-08-01
A real anti-communist potboiler directer by Italian director Baldassarre Negroni.
Maciste in Hell
1925-10-19
The devil takes Maciste down to hell in an attempt to corrupt and ruin his morality.
Maciste
1915-05-02
A young girl, pursued by a band of conspirators, hides in a movie theatre where she watches the film
Judith and Holophernes
1929-01-01
Giuditta e Oloferne is a 1929 Italian silent historical film directed by Baldassarre Negroni and sta
The Warrior
1916-12-06
A soldier of near-superhuman strength fights battles in the First World War and wages a private war
Maciste contro lo sceicco
1926-02-28
A young girl is abducted by her tutor, and they set off in a ship which has a sheik on board, who tr
Maciste nella gabbia dei leoni
1926-02-11
Bartolomeo Pagano as Maciste in Maciste in the Lions' Den. A Italian silent from 1926.
Maciste the Ranger
1916-01-01
Silent Maciste film from Italy.
Maciste the Sleepwalker
1918-01-01
Man soll es nicht für möglich halten ...
1922-06-01
Maciste in Love
1919-05-01
Maciste, for the first time, suddenly discovers to be in love. The object of his love is Ada, the da
Maciste poliziotto
1918-04-01
Maciste medium
1918-04-01
Maciste atleta
1918-05-02
Maciste salvato dalle acque
1921-03-01
Maciste on His Vacation
1921-05-01
The most explosive and surreal episode of the Maciste series in which we see the hero up against the
La trilogia di Maciste
1920-05-01
La rivincita di Maciste
1921-08-18
Maciste e la figlia del re dell'argento
1923-11-17
Maciste und der Sträfling Nr. 51
1923-03-01
Maciste und die chinesische Truhe
1923-07-01
Maciste Emperor
1924-11-01
Maciste takes advantage again of a break of acting in order to wash away injustice and castigate the
Maciste e il nipote d'America
1924-03-01
Il gigante delle Dolomiti
1927-01-20
The Giant of the Dolomites (Italian: Il gigante delle Dolomiti) is a 1927 Italian silent adventure f
Maciste's Testament
1920-11-22
A 1920 silent film directed by and starring Carlo Campogalliani who supports Bartolomeo Pagano in th
Maciste's Journey
1920-11-16
A 1920 silent film directed by and starring Carlo Campogalliani, starring Bartolomeo Pagano in the r
Maciste Against Death
1920-11-08
Maciste is on the trail of a gang of criminals who have kidnapped the beautiful princess Maria LetÃc