Bartolomeo Pagano
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Bartolomeo Pagano | |
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Pagano as Maciste | |
Born | |
Died | 24 June 1947 Genoa, Liguria, Italy | (aged 68)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1914-1929 (film) |
Bartolomeo Pagano (27 September 1878 - 24 June 1947) was an Italian motion picture actor.
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. The actor retired from films in 1926 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)
- 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
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