Bartolomeo Pagano

As the originator of this role, he went on to play the character many more times in a series of sequels that continued until 1926. However, some friends and associates disputed this explanation, and fans have speculated in the years since as to whether his death was actually a murder, and if so, at whose hand, or whether he faked his own death and disappeared. There, he was discovered and selected to play the role of Maciste, a muscular slave, in the silent movie classic Cabiria in 1914. An official inquiry concluded that the death was suicide. Before his cinema career, Pagano was a longshoreman who worked at the port of Genoa. Shortly thereafter, a shot rang out, and he was found dead in his bedroom with a gunshot wound to the head. Bartolomeo Pagano (1878 - 1947) was an Italian motion picture actor. In the early morning hours of June 16, 1959, three days before a planned wedding to Lenore Lemmon, he went to bed after a long night with guests.

. During World War II, Reeves enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps and appeared in war training films. Besides playing Superman on TV, he also had minor roles in a number of movies, including Gone With the Wind, and From Here to Eternity. George Bessolo Reeves (born George Keefer Brewer) (January 6, 1914–June 16, 1959) was an American actor, best known for playing the role of Superman on television in the 1950s.