
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
MOVIE • 1914

Maciste e il nipote d'America
MOVIE • 1924

Maciste salvato dalle acque
MOVIE • 1921

Maciste the Sleepwalker
MOVIE • 1918

Maciste the Ranger
MOVIE • 1916

Maciste contro lo sceicco
MOVIE • 1926

Maciste in Hell
MOVIE • 1925

Maciste on His Vacation
MOVIE • 1921

Maciste
MOVIE • 1915

The Warrior
MOVIE • 1916

Man soll es nicht für möglich halten ...
MOVIE • 1922

Maciste e la figlia del re dell'argento
MOVIE • 1923

Il gigante delle Dolomiti
MOVIE • 1927

La rivincita di Maciste
MOVIE • 1921

Maciste Emperor
MOVIE • 1924

La trilogia di Maciste
MOVIE • 1920

Maciste und die chinesische Truhe
MOVIE • 1923

Maciste medium
MOVIE • 1918