Actor

Bartolomeo Pagano

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Movies: 22Series: 0

TMDB ID: 41610

IMDb ID: nm0656034

Known for: Acting

Born: September 27, 1878

Died: June 24, 1947

Age: 68

Place of birth: Genova, italy

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1914 - 1927

Years active: 14

Average TMDB rating: 6.93

Wikidata: Q696570

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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.