Bartolomeo Pagano
Actor, Film actor
1878 – 1947
Who was Bartolomeo Pagano?
Bartolomeo Pagano 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 in Italy. Maciste died at the age of 68, and is buried on the family estate in Italy.
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- Born
- Sep 27, 1878
Genoa - Also known as
- Maciste
- Ernesto Pagani
- Spouses
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Italy
- Italy
- Profession
- Died
- Jun 24, 1947
Genoa
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on July 23, 2013
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