Bartolomeo Pagano

Acting

28 Movies

Born

September 27, 1878

Died

June 24, 1947

Place of Birth

Genova, italy

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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 internationa…