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