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person_profile-Bartolomeo Pagano

Bartolomeo Pagano Died at age: 68

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Bartolomeo Pagano

Date of Birth:

Sep 27, 1878

Country of birth:

Italy

Died:

Jun 24, 1947

Biography of

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.

Photos of

Bartolomeo Pagano

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Filmography of

Bartolomeo Pagano

Found 11 Movies in total

Il gigante delle Dolomiti

Maciste, la guida alpina ( Actor )

... 1927

Maciste contro lo sceicco

Maciste ( Actor )

... 1926

Maciste in Hell

Maciste ( Actor )

... 1925

Maciste Emperor

Maciste ( Actor )

... 1924

Maciste on His Vacation

Maciste ( Actor )

... 1921

Maciste in Love

Maciste ( Actor )

... 1919

Maciste the Sleepwalker

Maciste ( Actor )

... 1918

... 1916

Maciste the Ranger

Maciste ( Actor )

... 1916

Maciste

Maciste (as Ernest Pagano) ( Actor )

... 1915

Cabiria

Maciste ( Actor )

... 1914