Bartolomeo Pagano, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Italian actor (1878-1947)
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Place of Birth: Genoa, Liguria, Italy
About Bartolomeo Pagano
- 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.
- The actor retired from films in 1926 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.
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