Bartolomeo Pagano [41610] Gender: Male Popularity: 0.1801 Birthplace: Genova, italy Birthday: 1878-09-27 Deathday: 1947-06-24 Age: 68 years Movies: 28 Links: Homepage, IMDB 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. Giuditta e Olofe1929-01-01 Gli ultimi zar1928-08-01 Il gigante delle1927-01-20 Maciste contro l1926-02-28 Maciste nella ga1926-02-11 Maciste in Hell1925-10-19 Maciste Emperor1924-11-01 Maciste e il nip1924-03-01 Maciste e la fig1923-11-17 Maciste und die 1923-07-01 Maciste und der 1923-03-01 Man soll es nich1922-06-01 La rivincita di 1921-08-18 Maciste on His V1921-05-01 Maciste salvato 1921-03-01 Maciste's Testam1920-11-22 Maciste's Journe1920-11-16 Maciste Against 1920-11-08 La trilogia di M1920-05-01 Maciste in Love1919-05-01 Maciste atleta1918-05-02 Maciste medium1918-04-01 Maciste poliziot1918-04-01 Maciste the Slee1918-01-01 The Warrior1916-12-06 Maciste the Rang1916-01-01 Maciste1915-05-02 Cabiria1914-06-01