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    Bartolomeo Pagano

    1878-09-27 (146 years old) in Genova, 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.

    Movies

    actor
    Giuditta e Oloferne
    0 %|Jan 1, 1929
    actor
    Gli ultimi zar
    0 %|Aug 1, 1928
    poster
    Il gigante delle Dolomiti
    0 %|Jan 20, 1927
    Drama, Action, Adventure
    poster
    Maciste contro lo sceicco
    0 %|Feb 28, 1926
    Action, Adventure
    poster
    Maciste nella gabbia dei leoni
    68 %|Feb 11, 1926
    Adventure
    poster
    Maciste in Hell
    66 %|Oct 19, 1925
    Fantasy, Horror, Drama
    poster
    Maciste Emperor
    0 %|Nov 1, 1924
    Action, Adventure
    poster
    Maciste e il nipote d'America
    0 %|Mar 1, 1924
    Comedy, Action
    poster
    Maciste e la figlia del re dell'argento
    0 %|Nov 17, 1923
    Action, Adventure
    poster
    Maciste und die chinesische Truhe
    0 %|Jul 1, 1923
    Action, Drama
    actor
    Maciste und der Sträfling Nr. 51
    0 %|Mar 1, 1923
    Drama, Action
    poster
    Man soll es nicht für möglich halten ...
    0 %|Jun 1, 1922
    Action, Adventure
    poster
    La rivincita di Maciste
    0 %|Aug 18, 1921
    Comedy, Action
    poster
    Maciste on His Vacation
    0 %|May 1, 1921
    Action, Adventure, Comedy
    poster
    Maciste salvato dalle acque
    0 %|Mar 1, 1921
    Action, Adventure
    actor
    Maciste's Testament
    0 %|Nov 22, 1920
    actor
    Maciste's Journey
    0 %|Nov 16, 1920
    actor
    Maciste Against Death
    0 %|Nov 8, 1920
    poster
    La trilogia di Maciste
    0 %|May 1, 1920
    Action, Drama
    poster
    Maciste in Love
    0 %|May 1, 1919
    Action, Romance, Adventure
    poster
    Maciste atleta
    0 %|May 2, 1918
    Action, Adventure
    poster
    Maciste poliziotto
    0 %|Apr 1, 1918
    Action, Adventure
    poster
    Maciste medium
    0 %|Apr 1, 1918
    poster
    The Warrior
    59 %|Dec 6, 1916
    War, Comedy, Action
    poster
    Maciste the Ranger
    0 %|Jan 1, 1916
    poster
    Maciste
    58 %|May 2, 1915
    Adventure, Comedy, Thriller, Action
    poster
    Cabiria
    72 %|Jun 1, 1914
    Drama, History

    Series