Bartolomeo Pagano
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 Appearances
Cabiria
as Maciste
1914
Gli ultimi zar
1928
Maciste in Hell
as Maciste
1925
Maciste
as Maciste (as Ernest Pagano)
1915
Judith and Holophernes
as Holofernes
1929
The Warrior
1916
Maciste contro lo sceicco
as Maciste
1926
Maciste nella gabbia dei leoni
as Maciste
1926
Maciste the Ranger
as Maciste
1916
Maciste the Sleepwalker
as Maciste
1918
Man soll es nicht für möglich halten ...
as Maciste
1922
Maciste in Love
as Maciste
1919
Maciste atleta
as Maciste
1918
Maciste salvato dalle acque
as Maciste
1921
Maciste medium
as Maciste
1918
Maciste poliziotto
as Maciste
1918
Maciste on His Vacation
as Maciste
1921
La trilogia di Maciste
as Maciste
1920
Maciste und der Sträfling Nr. 51
as Maciste
1923
Maciste e la figlia del re dell'argento
as Maciste
1923