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Bartolomeo Pagano
Genova, italy
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…
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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.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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1929
Judith and Holophernes
Movie Holofernes
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1928
Gli ultimi zar
Movie
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1927
The Giant of the Dolomites
Movie Maciste, la guida alpina
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1926
Maciste contro lo sceicco
Movie Maciste
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1926
Maciste nella gabbia dei leoni
Movie Maciste
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1925
Maciste in Hell
Movie Maciste
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1924
Maciste Emperor
Movie Maciste
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1924
Maciste e il nipote d'America
Movie Maciste
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1923
Maciste e la figlia del re dell'argento
Movie Maciste
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1923
Maciste und die chinesische Truhe
Movie Maciste
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1923
Maciste und der Sträfling Nr. 51
Movie Maciste
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1922
Man soll es nicht für möglich halten ...
Movie Maciste
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1921
La rivincita di Maciste
Movie Maciste
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1921
Maciste on His Vacation
Movie Maciste
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1921
Maciste salvato dalle acque
Movie Maciste
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1920
Maciste's Testament
Movie Maciste
More credits
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1920
Maciste's Journey
Movie Maciste
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1920
Maciste Against Death
Movie Maciste
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1920
La trilogia di Maciste
Movie Maciste
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1919
Maciste in Love
Movie Maciste
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1918
Maciste atleta
Movie Maciste
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1918
Maciste poliziotto
Movie Maciste
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1918
Maciste medium
Movie Maciste
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1918
Maciste the Sleepwalker
Movie Maciste
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1916
The Warrior
Movie
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1916
Maciste the Ranger
Movie Maciste
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1915
Maciste
Movie Maciste (as Ernest Pagano)
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1914
Cabiria
Movie Maciste
