Bartolomeo Pagano (27 September 1878 – 24 June 1947) was an Italian motion picture actor.

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Bartolomeo Pagano
Pagano as Maciste
Born	(1878-09-27)27 September 1878 Genoa, Liguria, Italy
Died	24 June 1947(1947-06-24) (aged 68) Genoa, Liguria, Italy
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1914–1929 (film)

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, and legally changed his name to Maciste. In the 1920s he was one of the most well paid actors in Italy, receiving up to 600.000 lire a year.[1] 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.^{[citation needed]}

Selected filmography

• Cabiria (1914)
• The Warrior (1916)
• Maciste the Policeman (1918)
• Maciste the Athlete (1918)
• Maciste on Vacation (1921)
• The Revenge of Maciste (1921)
• Maciste and the Silver King's Daughter (1922)
• Maciste and the Javanese (1922)
• Maciste and the Chinese Chest (1923)
• Maciste and Prisoner 51 (1923)
• Emperor Maciste (1924)
• Maciste's American Nephew (1924)
• Maciste against the Sheik (1926)
• Maciste in the Lion's Cage (1926)
• The Giant of the Dolomites (1927)
• The Courier of Moncenisio (1927)
• The Last Tsars (1928)
• Judith and Holofernes (1929)

See also

• Sword-and-sandal

References

External links

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[ru] Пагано, Бартоломео