Nestor Paiva
Acting • Born 1905-06-30 – Died 1966-09-09
Biography
Nestor Paiva (June 30, 1905 - September 9, 1966) was a prolific American actor of Portuguese descent who portrayed the innkeeper on Walt Disney's live-action television series Zorro by ABC and its feature film The Sign of Zorro which was shot in Burbank's Walt Disney Studios. Nestor appeared in motion pictures and television shows from the 1930s to the 1960s such as Get Smart, Bonanza, I Spy, Family Affair, Gunsmoke, The Beverly Hillbillies, and The Addams Family. In 1943, he played the Italian Major in the 20th Century Fox wartime movie Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas. He played the part of Lucas (the boat captain) in the 1954 horror film The Creature from the Black Lagoon starring Ben Chapman as the title monster; Paiva would reprise this role in that film's sequel Revenge of the Creature the following year. He appeared in more than 250 movies. Paiva married in 1941 and had two children, Joseph and Caetana, who appeared with him in the 1956 movie Comanche with Dana Andrews. Paiva died of cancer in 1966. He is buried in Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nestor Paiva, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
208 credits
Pier 5, Havana
Movie • 1959
Lopez
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Movie • 1954
Captain Lucas
The Trouble with Women
Movie • 1947
2nd Tony - the Waiter (uncredited)
Fear
Movie • 1946
Detective Shaefer
Follow Me Quietly
Movie • 1949
Benny
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Movie • 1948
Joe Appollonio
Tarantula
Movie • 1955
Sheriff Jack Andrews
Alias Nick Beal
Movie • 1949
Karl
Vice Raid
Movie • 1959
Mob Boss Frank Burke
I Was a Shoplifter
Movie • 1950
Deputy Sheriff Gomez
The Three Stooges in Orbit
Movie • 1962
Chairman
The Great Caruso
Movie • 1951
Egisto Barretto
Young Man with a Horn
Movie • 1950
Louis Galba
Revenge of the Creature
Movie • 1955
Captain Lucas
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
Movie • 1961
Megalos (uncredited)
The Mole People
Movie • 1956
Prof. Etienne Lafarge
Road to Utopia
Movie • 1946
McGurk
New York Confidential
Movie • 1955
Martinelli
Let's Kill Uncle
Movie • 1966
Steward
The Spirit Is Willing
Movie • 1967
Felicity's Father
All That Heaven Allows
Movie • 1955
Manuel
Ramrod
Movie • 1947
Curley
I, the Jury
Movie • 1953
Manuel
Les Girls
Movie • 1957
Spanish Peasant (uncredited)
Pittsburgh
Movie • 1942
Barney, Cafe Proprietor
The Case Against Brooklyn
Movie • 1958
Finelli
Scandal Incorporated
Movie • 1956
Leland Miller, tabloid publisher
The Falcon in Mexico
Movie • 1944
Manuel Romero
Mighty Joe Young
Movie • 1949
Brown
Hold Back the Dawn
Movie • 1941
Flores
The Last Crooked Mile
Movie • 1946
Ferrara
Shoot to Kill
Movie • 1947
Gus Miller
Hell on Frisco Bay
Movie • 1955
Louis Fiaschetti
Double Dynamite
Movie • 1951
'Hot Horse' Harris, the Bookie
The Ballad of a Gunfighter
Movie • 1964
Padre
The Madmen of Mandoras
Movie • 1963
Police Chief Alaniz
The First Texan
Movie • 1956
Priest (uncredited)
Broadway
Movie • 1942
Rinelti
Angels' Alley
Movie • 1948
Tony 'Piggy' Locarno
Comanche
Movie • 1956
Puffer
The Bandits of Corsica
Movie • 1953
Lorenzo
The Lady Takes a Flyer
Movie • 1958
Childreth
Jivaro
Movie • 1954
Jacques
Killer Ape
Movie • 1953
Andrews
Flame Of Stamboul
Movie • 1951
Joe Octavian
The Wild Party
Movie • 1956
Branson
Meet Boston Blackie
Movie • 1941
Martin Vestrick (uncredited)
Johnny Eager
Movie • 1941
Tony Luce (uncredited)
The Flying Jalopy
Movie • 1943
Ben Buzzard (voice) (uncredited)
The Desert Song
Movie • 1943
Benoit
Tornado
Movie • 1943
Big Joe Vlochek
They Saved Hitler's Brain
Movie • 1968
Police Chief Alaniz
The Fabulous Senorita
Movie • 1952
José Rodriguez
Carnival in Costa Rica
Movie • 1947
Padre Rafael
Four Guns to the Border
Movie • 1954
Greasy
Nob Hill
Movie • 1945
Luigi
Mr. Reckless
Movie • 1948
Gus
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
Movie • 1966
Saloon Owner
Ride The High Iron
Movie • 1956
Yard Boss
Casanova's Big Night
Movie • 1954
Gnocchi
Adventures of Casanova
Movie • 1948
Prefecture Police
South Pacific Trail
Movie • 1952
Carlos Alvarez
The Marines Fly High
Movie • 1940
Pedro Fernandez
The Purple Gang
Movie • 1959
Orlofsky
Prisoners of the Casbah
Movie • 1953
Marouf
Pot o' Gold
Movie • 1941
Canadian Guide (uncredited)
A Medal for Benny
Movie • 1945
Frank Alviso (uncredited)
The Living Bible
Movie • 1952
Herod Antipas
Midnight
Movie • 1939
Woman's Escort (uncredited)
Union Pacific
Movie • 1939
Canadian Pacific Conductor (uncredited)
Another Thin Man
Movie • 1939
West Indies Club Headwaiter (uncredited)
Beau Geste
Movie • 1939
Corporal Golas (uncredited)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Movie • 1939
Man in Street When Gypsies Arrive (uncredited)
Phone Call from a Stranger
Movie • 1952
The Hard Way
Movie • 1943
Max Wade (Uncredited)
Bride of Vengeance
Movie • 1949
Mayor
Along the Navajo Trail
Movie • 1945
Janza
5 Fingers
Movie • 1952
Sensation Hunters
Movie • 1945
Lew Davis
Fly By Night
Movie • 1942
Grube
Viva Zapata!
Movie • 1952
New General (uncredited)
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
Movie • 1940
Rufus - Henchman in Hawaii
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
Movie • 1957
Tortilla
The Southerner
Movie • 1945
Bartender
A Millionaire for Christy
Movie • 1951
Mr. Rapello
Outcasts of the City
Movie • 1958
Pastor Skira
The Desperado
Movie • 1954
Captain Jake Thornton
A Likely Story
Movie • 1947
Tiny
Rhythm of the Islands
Movie • 1943
Chief Nataro
The Lone Wolf in Mexico
Movie • 1947
Police Capt. Carlos Rodriguez
Santa Fe Trail
Movie • 1940
Abolitionist Noticing Army Horse Brand (uncredited)
Boom Town
Movie • 1940
Venezuelan Officer (uncredited)
The Dancing Masters
Movie • 1943
Silvio - Ringleader (uncredited)
Road to Rio
Movie • 1947
Cardoso
North West Mounted Police
Movie • 1940
Half-breed
Salome, Where She Danced
Movie • 1945
Panatela
The Sea Hawk
Movie • 1940
First Slavemaster
Can-Can
Movie • 1960
Bailiff
Arise, My Love
Movie • 1940
Uniformed Clerk (uncredited)
Phantom Raiders
Movie • 1940
Policeman at Morris' Office & at Finale
They Knew What They Wanted
Movie • 1940
Tony's Pal at Table (uncredited)
Primrose Path
Movie • 1940
Bluebell Manager (uncredited)
He Stayed for Breakfast
Movie • 1940
Gendarme
Dark Streets of Cairo
Movie • 1940
Ahmend, waiter-thug
Gold of the Seven Saints
Movie • 1961
Gondora Henchman
Unseen Guardians
Movie • 1939
Mail Order Crook
Mara Maru
Movie • 1952
Captain Van Hoten (uncredited)
The Lady Has Plans
Movie • 1942
Portuguese Porter (uncredited)
The Lady Pays Off
Movie • 1951
Manuel
The Desert Hawk
Movie • 1950
Abdul
King of the Mounties
Movie • 1942
Count Baroni
Robin Hood of Monterey
Movie • 1947
The Alcalde
American Empire
Movie • 1942
Defense Attorney
Thunder Pass
Movie • 1954
Daniel Slaughter
Frontier Uprising
Movie • 1961
Don Carlos Montalvo
The Wild Westerners
Movie • 1962
John Bullard
California
Movie • 1963
Gen. Micheltorena
Hold That Ghost
Movie • 1941
Glum (uncredited)
Humoresque
Movie • 1947
Orchestra Leader
A Thousand and One Nights
Movie • 1945
Kahim
The Paleface
Movie • 1948
Patient #2
The Well Groomed Bride
Movie • 1946
Fernandez
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard
Movie • 1943
The Scorpion
Background to Danger
Movie • 1943
Koylan
Señor Droopy
Movie • 1949
Bullfight Attender (voice) (uncredited)
True to Life
Movie • 1943
Kapopolis (uncredited)
The Inspector General
Movie • 1949
Gregor (uncredited)
Road to Morocco
Movie • 1942
Sausage Vendor (uncredited)
Alias Jesse James
Movie • 1959
Grigsby (uncredited)
Badman's Territory
Movie • 1946
Sam Bass
The Girl from Alaska
Movie • 1942
Geroux
Cornered
Movie • 1945
Police Official (uncredited)
Anything Goes
Movie • 1954
Dr. Henry T. Dobson
Menace from Outer Space
Movie • 1956
Prof. Cardos
Prison Train
Movie • 1938
Morose
The Adventures of Martin Eden
Movie • 1942
Joan of Arc
Movie • 1948
Henri le Royer, Catherine's husband
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Movie • 1962
Miguel
Timber!
Movie • 1942
Jules Fabian
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
Movie • 1957
Alfredo - the Jeweler (uncredited)
For Me and My Gal
Movie • 1942
Nick (uncredited)
The Left Handed Gun
Movie • 1958
Pete Maxwell
Moby Dick
Movie • 1954
Capt. Peleg
April in Paris
Movie • 1952
The Deep Six
Movie • 1958
Pappa Tatos
Shine on Harvest Moon
Movie • 1944
Romero (uncredited)
Jim Thorpe – All-American
Movie • 1951
The Andy Griffith Show
TV • 1960
Big Jack Anderson
Family Affair
TV • 1966
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Padre Emiliano
Cheyenne
TV • 1955
December Bride
TV • 1954
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV • 1950
Self
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
TV • 1957
Jailer
The Lucy Show
TV • 1962
Perkins
The Beverly Hillbillies
TV • 1962
Auctioneer
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Nico
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Barman
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Perino
Lassie
TV • 1954
Michael Zolenko
Zorro
TV • 1957
Get Smart
TV • 1965
Doorman
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Captain Peleg
Sea Hunt
TV • 1958
Target: The Corruptors!
TV • 1961
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV • 1958
China Smith
TV • 1952
Rawhide
TV • 1959
Hagerty
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV • 1957
Dan Tibner
Daniel Boone
TV • 1964
Menewa
The Count of Monte Cristo
TV • 1956
The Millionaire
TV • 1955
Art Gallery Prop. Pataberes
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Charley Sanchez
Climax!
TV • 1954
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
TV • 1957
Axel
Alcoa Theatre
TV • 1957
Aubert
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
TV • 1956
Wanted: Dead or Alive
TV • 1958
Mexican Policeman (uncredited)
Sugarfoot
TV • 1957
Senor Contreras
Lawman
TV • 1958
The Addams Family
TV • 1964
Captain Grimby
The Texan
TV • 1958
Wichita Town
TV • 1959
The Bill Dana Show
TV • 1963
Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
TV • 1956
Cavalcade of America
TV • 1952
Senor Alverez
Tightrope
TV • 1959
I'm the Law
TV • 1953
Telephone Time
TV • 1956
Dangerous Assignment
TV • 1952
Johnny Midnight
TV • 1960
Letter to Loretta
TV • 1953
Victor Russo
Passport to Danger
TV • 1954
Behind Closed Doors
TV • 1958
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
TV • 1960
Joe
Hey, Jeannie!
TV • 1956
Gino
Maverick
TV • 1957
Louie
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
TV • 1957
Emilio Tomas
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Pinero
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Dr. Gonzales
Four Star Playhouse
TV • 1952
Judge Le Beau
Four Star Playhouse
TV • 1952
Mr. Davis
Four Star Playhouse
TV • 1952
Rocco
Four Star Playhouse
TV • 1952
Mario
Zorro
TV • 1957
Teo Gonzales (uncredited)
Whirlybirds
TV • 1957
Ed Fenton
Bonanza
TV • 1959
Francisco Tenino