Bartolomeo Pagano

Known for ActingBorn 1878-09-27Died 1947-06-24Genova, italy

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Maciste contro lo sceicco

Il gigante delle Dolomiti

Man soll es nicht für möglich halten ...

Maciste's Testament

Judith and Holophernes

Maciste's Journey

Maciste Against Death

Maciste nella gabbia dei leoni

Cabiria

Maciste in Hell

The Warrior

Maciste

Gli ultimi zar

Maciste Emperor

Maciste e il nipote d'America

Maciste und der Sträfling Nr. 51

Maciste e la figlia del re dell'argento

Maciste und die chinesische Truhe

Maciste salvato dalle acque

Maciste on His Vacation

La rivincita di Maciste

La trilogia di Maciste

Maciste in Love

Maciste the Sleepwalker

Maciste atleta

Maciste medium

Maciste poliziotto

Maciste the Ranger