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 (28 titles)
Judith and Holophernes
Holofernes · 1929
Gli ultimi zar
1928
9.0MovieIl gigante delle Dolomiti
Maciste, la guida alpina · 1927
Maciste contro lo sceicco
Maciste · 1926
7.8MovieMaciste nella gabbia dei leoni
Maciste · 1926
6.8MovieMaciste in Hell
Maciste · 1925
MovieMaciste Emperor
Maciste · 1924
MovieMaciste e il nipote d'America
Maciste · 1924
MovieMaciste e la figlia del re dell'argento
Maciste · 1923
MovieMaciste und die chinesische Truhe
Maciste · 1923
Maciste und der Sträfling Nr. 51
Maciste · 1923
9.0MovieMan soll es nicht für möglich halten ...
Maciste · 1922
MovieLa rivincita di Maciste
Maciste · 1921
MovieMaciste on His Vacation
Maciste · 1921
MovieMaciste salvato dalle acque
Maciste · 1921
Maciste's Testament
Maciste · 1920
Maciste's Journey
Maciste · 1920
Maciste Against Death
Maciste · 1920
MovieLa trilogia di Maciste
Maciste · 1920
MovieMaciste in Love
Maciste · 1919
MovieMaciste atleta
Maciste · 1918
MovieMaciste poliziotto
Maciste · 1918
MovieMaciste medium
Maciste · 1918
MovieMaciste the Sleepwalker
Maciste · 1918
5.9MovieThe Warrior
1916
MovieMaciste the Ranger
Maciste · 1916
5.8MovieMaciste
Maciste (as Ernest Pagano) · 1915
7.1MovieCabiria
Maciste · 1914