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.
Filmography
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Movies 25
Oloferne
Giuditta e Oloferne (1929)
Movie
Gli ultimi zar (1928)
Movie
Maciste, la guida alpina
Il gigante delle Dolomiti (1927)
Movie
Maciste
Maciste Contro Lo Sceicco (1926)
Movie
Maciste
Maciste nella gabbia dei leoni (1926)
Movie
Maciste
Maciste in Hell (1925)
Movie
Maciste
Maciste imperatore (1924)
Movie
Maciste
Maciste e il Nipote d'America (1924)
Movie
Maciste
Maciste e la figlia del re dell'argento (1923)
Movie
Maciste
Maciste und die chinesische Truhe (1923)
Movie
Maciste
Maciste und der Sträfling Nr. 51 (1923)
Movie
Maciste
Man soll es nicht für möglich halten ... (1922)
Movie
Maciste
La Rivincita di Maciste (1921)
Movie
Maciste
Maciste in vacanza (1921)
Movie
Maciste
Maciste Salvato dalle Acque (1921)
Movie
Maciste
La trilogia di Maciste (1920)
Movie
Maciste
Maciste innamorato (1919)
Movie
Maciste
Maciste atleta (1918)
Movie
Maciste
Maciste medium (1918)
Movie
Maciste
Maciste Poliziotto (1918)
Movie
Maciste
Maciste the Sleepwalker (1918)
Movie
The Warrior (1916)
Movie
Maciste
Maciste the Ranger (1916)
Movie
Maciste (as Ernest Pagano)
Maciste (1915)
Movie
Maciste - Axilla's Slave
Cabiria (1914)
Movie
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1878-09-27
Deathday1947-06-24 (68 years old)
Birth PlaceGenoa, Italy
CitizenshipsKingdom of Italy, Italy
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