Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
28
Gender
Male
Birthday
September 27, 1878 ( 69 years old )
Place of Birth
Genova, italy
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.
Known For
Cabiria
1914-06-01Gli ultimi zar
1928-08-01Maciste all'inferno
1925-10-19Maciste
1915-05-02Giuditta e Oloferne
1929-01-01Maciste Alpino
1916-12-06Maciste nella gabbia dei leoni
1926-02-11Maciste Contro Lo Sceicco
1926-02-28Maciste bersagliere
1916-01-01Maciste sonnambulo
1918-01-01