Bartolomeo Pagano

Actor

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.

Personal Info

Occupation Actor

Place of Birth Genova, italy

Birthday 1878-09-27

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Filmography by Year

1929

1927

1926

1925

1924

1923

1922

1921

1920

1919

1918

1916

1915

1914