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.
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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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q696570
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Filmography (Movies)
Judith and Holophernes
Character:Holofernes
Release Date:01/01/1929
Gli ultimi zar
Character:
Release Date:01/08/1928
Il gigante delle Dolomiti
Character:Maciste, la guida alpina
Release Date:20/01/1927
Maciste contro lo sceicco
Character:Maciste
Release Date:28/02/1926
Maciste nella gabbia dei leoni
Character:Maciste
Release Date:11/02/1926
Maciste in Hell
Character:Maciste
Release Date:19/10/1925
Maciste Emperor
Character:Maciste
Release Date:01/11/1924
Maciste e il nipote d'America
Character:Maciste
Release Date:01/03/1924
Maciste e la figlia del re dell'argento
Character:Maciste
Release Date:17/11/1923
Maciste und die chinesische Truhe
Character:Maciste
Release Date:01/07/1923
Maciste und der Sträfling Nr. 51
Character:Maciste
Release Date:01/03/1923
Man soll es nicht für möglich halten ...
Character:Maciste
Release Date:01/06/1922
La rivincita di Maciste
Character:Maciste
Release Date:18/08/1921
Maciste on His Vacation
Character:Maciste
Release Date:01/05/1921
Maciste salvato dalle acque
Character:Maciste
Release Date:01/03/1921
Maciste's Testament
Character:Maciste
Release Date:22/11/1920
Maciste's Journey
Character:Maciste
Release Date:16/11/1920
Maciste Against Death
Character:Maciste
Release Date:08/11/1920
La trilogia di Maciste
Character:Maciste
Release Date:01/05/1920
Maciste in Love
Character:Maciste
Release Date:01/05/1919
Maciste atleta
Character:Maciste
Release Date:02/05/1918
Maciste poliziotto
Character:Maciste
Release Date:01/04/1918
Maciste medium
Character:Maciste
Release Date:01/04/1918
Maciste the Sleepwalker
Character:Maciste
Release Date:01/01/1918
The Warrior
Character:
Release Date:06/12/1916
Maciste the Ranger
Character:Maciste
Release Date:01/01/1916
Maciste
Character:Maciste (as Ernest Pagano)
Release Date:02/05/1915
Cabiria
Character:Maciste
Release Date:01/06/1914
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