Bartolomeo Pagano

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Bartolomeo Pagano (September 27, 1878 - June 24, 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 in Italy. Maciste died at the age of 68, and is buried on the family estate in Italy.

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Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 39571233 LCCN: nr2001001548 ISNI: 0000 0000 6654 3383 GND: 138977674 BNF: cb139847747

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Name	Pagano, Bartolomeo
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Short description	Italian actor
Date of birth	September 27, 1878
Place of birth
Date of death	June 24, 1947
Place of death

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Bartolomeo Pagano

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