Bartolomeo Pagano
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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.1494 |
| Birthday | 1878-09-27 |
| Place of Birth | Genova, italy |
| Also Known As |
1914
Cabiria
7.2/142
Young Cabiria is kidnapped by pirates and sold as a slave in Carthage. Just as she's to be sacrificed to Moloch, Cabiria is rescued by Fulvius Axilla,...
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Cabiria
1928
Gli ultimi zar
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A real anti-communist potboiler directer by Italian director Baldassarre Negroni.
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Gli ultimi zar
1925
Maciste in Hell
6.795/22
The devil takes Maciste down to hell in an attempt to corrupt and ruin his morality.
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Maciste in Hell
1915
Maciste
5.8/16
A young girl, pursued by a band of conspirators, hides in a movie theatre where she watches the film Cabiria. She determines to seek the aid of that f...
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Maciste
1929
Judith and Holophernes
8/1
Giuditta e Oloferne is a 1929 Italian silent historical film directed by Baldassarre Negroni and starring Bartolomeo Pagano, Jia Ruskaja and Franz Sal...
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Judith and Holophernes
1916
The Warrior
5.9/9
A soldier of near-superhuman strength fights battles in the First World War and wages a private war to rescue a young woman from the castle where she...
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The Warrior
1926
Maciste contro lo sceicco
10/1
A young girl is abducted by her tutor, and they set off in a ship which has a sheik on board, who tries to molest her, but she is saved by a sailor. H...
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Maciste contro lo sceicco
1926
Maciste nella gabbia dei leoni
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Bartolomeo Pagano as Maciste in Maciste in the Lions' Den. A Italian silent from 1926.
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Maciste nella gabbia dei leoni
1916
Maciste the Ranger
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Silent Maciste film from Italy.
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Maciste the Ranger
1918
Maciste the Sleepwalker
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Maciste the Sleepwalker
1922
Man soll es nicht für möglich halten ...
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Man soll es nicht für möglich halten ...
1919
Maciste in Love
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Maciste, for the first time, suddenly discovers to be in love. The object of his love is Ada, the daughter of Thompson, an enlightened industrialist p...
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Maciste in Love
1918
Maciste atleta
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Maciste atleta
1921
Maciste salvato dalle acque
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Maciste salvato dalle acque
1918
Maciste medium
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Maciste medium
1918
Maciste poliziotto
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Maciste poliziotto
1921
Maciste on His Vacation
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The most explosive and surreal episode of the Maciste series in which we see the hero up against the hardships of the average man: stress, women and c...
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Maciste on His Vacation
1920
La trilogia di Maciste
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La trilogia di Maciste
1923
Maciste und der Sträfling Nr. 51
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Maciste und der Sträfling Nr. 51
1923
Maciste e la figlia del re dell'argento
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Maciste e la figlia del re dell'argento
1924
Maciste Emperor
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Maciste takes advantage again of a break of acting in order to wash away injustice and castigate the wicked, this time in the name of dynastic legitim...
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Maciste Emperor
1921
La rivincita di Maciste
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La rivincita di Maciste
1923
Maciste und die chinesische Truhe
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Maciste und die chinesische Truhe
1924
Maciste e il nipote d'America
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Maciste e il nipote d'America
1927
Il gigante delle Dolomiti
9/1
The Giant of the Dolomites (Italian: Il gigante delle Dolomiti) is a 1927 Italian silent adventure film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Bartol...
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Il gigante delle Dolomiti
1920
Maciste's Testament
9/1
A 1920 silent film directed by and starring Carlo Campogalliani who supports Bartolomeo Pagano in the role of Maciste.
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Maciste's Testament
1920
Maciste's Journey
8/1
A 1920 silent film directed by and starring Carlo Campogalliani, starring Bartolomeo Pagano in the role of Maciste.
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Maciste's Journey
1920
Maciste Against Death
8/1
Maciste is on the trail of a gang of criminals who have kidnapped the beautiful princess Maria Letícia de Livonia, traveling to Rome, and go to hide n...
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