
Cabiria
1914
as Maciste
Acting
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. 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.

1914
as Maciste

1926
as Maciste

1925
as Maciste

1916

1915
as Maciste (as Ernest Pagano)

1918
as Maciste

1918
as Maciste

1921
as Maciste

1921
as Maciste

1920
as Maciste

1921
as Maciste

1923
as Maciste
1923
as Maciste

1923
as Maciste

1924
as Maciste

1924
as Maciste

1927
as Maciste, la guida alpina
1929
as Holofernes

1916
as Maciste

1918
as Maciste
1920
as Maciste
1920
as Maciste
1928
1920
as Maciste

1926
as Maciste

1922
as Maciste

1919
as Maciste

1918
as Maciste
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