Actor info
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Name :
Bartolomeo Pagano
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Born :
September 27, 1878 in Genova, italy (68 years at death)
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Died :
June 24, 1947
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Known for :
Acting
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Gender :
Male
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Film career :
28 films (1914–1929)
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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.
Notable films
- Maciste contro lo sceicco (1926) as Maciste
- Maciste in Hell (1925) as Maciste
- Maciste e il nipote d'America (1924) as Maciste
- Maciste (1915) as Maciste (as Ernest Pagano)
- Cabiria (1914) as Maciste
