Acting
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.
Cabiria
1914 · Movie
Maciste in Hell
1925 · Movie
Maciste atleta
1918 · Movie
Il gigante delle Dolomiti
1927 · Movie
Maciste Emperor
1924 · Movie
Maciste medium
1918 · Movie
Maciste on His Vacation
1921 · Movie
Maciste poliziotto
1918 · Movie
Maciste und die chinesische Truhe
1923 · Movie
Maciste
1915 · Movie
La rivincita di Maciste
1921 · Movie
Maciste nella gabbia dei leoni
1926 · Movie
Maciste salvato dalle acque
1921 · Movie
Maciste e la figlia del re dell'argento
1923 · Movie
The Warrior
1916 · Movie
Maciste e il nipote d'America
1924 · Movie
Maciste the Sleepwalker
1918 · Movie
Maciste the Ranger
1916 · Movie
Maciste in Love
1919 · Movie
Man soll es nicht für möglich halten ...
1922 · Movie
La trilogia di Maciste
1920 · Movie
