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.
28 movies
Judith and Holophernes
1929·8.0
Gli ultimi zar
1928·0.0
Il gigante delle Dolomiti
1927·9.0
Maciste contro lo sceicco
1926·10.0
Maciste nella gabbia dei leoni
1926·7.8
Maciste in Hell
1925·6.8
Maciste Emperor
1924·0.0
Maciste e il nipote d'America
1924·0.0
Maciste e la figlia del re dell'argento
1923·0.0
Maciste und die chinesische Truhe
1923·0.0
Maciste und der Sträfling Nr. 51
1923·0.0
Man soll es nicht für möglich halten ...
1922·9.0
La rivincita di Maciste
1921·0.0
Maciste on His Vacation
1921·0.0
Maciste salvato dalle acque
1921·0.0
Maciste's Testament
1920·9.0
Maciste's Journey
1920·8.0
Maciste Against Death
1920·8.0
La trilogia di Maciste
1920·0.0
Maciste in Love
1919·0.0
Maciste atleta
1918·0.0
Maciste poliziotto
1918·0.0
Maciste medium
1918·0.0
Maciste the Sleepwalker
1918·0.0
The Warrior
1916·5.9
Maciste the Ranger
1916·0.0
Maciste
1915·5.8
Cabiria
1914·7.2