Biography
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.
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Il gigante delle Dolomiti
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Maciste nella gabbia dei leoni
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Maciste in Hell
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Maciste Emperor
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Maciste e il nipote d'America
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Maciste e la figlia del re dell'argento
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Maciste und die chinesische Truhe
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Man soll es nicht für möglich halten ...
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La rivincita di Maciste
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Maciste on His Vacation
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Maciste salvato dalle acque
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La trilogia di Maciste
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Maciste in Love
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Maciste atleta
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Maciste poliziotto
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Maciste medium
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Maciste the Sleepwalker
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The Warrior
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Maciste the Ranger
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Maciste