Nestor Paiva

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Fresno, California, USA, 1905-06-30

Died: 1966-09-09

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1938	Prison Train	Morose	60
2	1939	Midnight	Woman's Escort (uncredited)	73
3	1939	Union Pacific	Canadian Pacific Conductor (uncredited)	65
4	1939	Beau Geste	Corporal Golas (uncredited)	70
5	1939	Unseen Guardians	Mail Order Crook	70
6	1939	Another Thin Man	West Indies Club Headwaiter (uncredited)	71
7	1939	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Man in Street When Gypsies Arrive (uncredited)	73
8	1940	The Marines Fly High	Pedro Fernandez	55
9	1940	Primrose Path	Bluebell Manager (uncredited)	65
10	1940	Phantom Raiders	Policeman at Morris' Office & at Finale	61
11	1940	The Sea Hawk	First Slavemaster	71
12	1940	Boom Town	Venezuelan Officer (uncredited)	69
13	1940	He Stayed for Breakfast	Gendarme	0
14	1940	They Knew What They Wanted	Tony's Pal at Table (uncredited)	56
15	1940	North West Mounted Police	Half-breed	63
16	1940	Arise, My Love	Uniformed Clerk (Uncredited)	63
17	1940	Dark Streets of Cairo	Ahmend, waiter-thug	60
18	1940	Santa Fe Trail	Abolitionist Noticing Army Horse Brand (uncredited)	57
19	1940	The Green Hornet Strikes Again!	Rufus - Henchman in Hawaii	62
20	1941	Meet Boston Blackie	Martin Vestrick (uncredited)	63
21	1941	Pot o' Gold	Canadian Guide (uncredited)	55
22	1941	Hold That Ghost	Glum (uncredited)	68
23	1941	Hold Back the Dawn	Flores	67
24	1941	Johnny Eager	Tony Luce (uncredited)	61
25	1942	Fly By Night	Grube	64
26	1942	The Lady Has Plans	Portuguese Porter (uncredited)	52
27	1942	The Adventures of Martin Eden		60
28	1942	The Girl from Alaska	Geroux	60
29	1942	Broadway	Rinelti	55
30	1942	Timber!	Jules Fabian	0
31	1942	King of the Mounties	Count Baroni	0
32	1942	For Me and My Gal	Nick (uncredited)	64
33	1942	Road to Morocco	Sausage Vendor (uncredited)	69
34	1942	Pittsburgh	Barney, Cafe Proprietor	62
35	1942	American Empire	Defense Attorney	38
36	1943	The Hard Way	Max Wade (Uncredited)	66
37	1943	The Flying Jalopy	Ben Buzzard (voice) (uncredited)	66
38	1943	Don Winslow of the Coast Guard	The Scorpion	0
39	1943	Rhythm of the Islands	Chief Nataro	40
40	1943	Background to Danger	Koylan	66
41	1943	Tornado	Big Joe Vlochek	55
42	1943	The Dancing Masters	Silvio - Ringleader (uncredited)	60
43	1943	The Desert Song	Benoit	59
44	1943	True to Life	Kapopolis (uncredited)	60
45	1944	The Falcon in Mexico	Manuel Romero	53
46	1945	A Medal for Benny	Frank Alviso (uncredited)	45
47	1945	Salome, Where She Danced	Panatela	37
48	1945	The Southerner	Bartender	65
49	1945	Nob Hill	Luigi	57
50	1945	A Thousand and One Nights	Kahim	57
51	1945	Along the Navajo Trail	Janza	0
52	1945	Sensation Hunters	Lew Davis	47
53	1945	Cornered	Police Official (uncredited)	60
54	1946	Road to Utopia	McGurk	66
55	1946	Fear	Detective Shaefer	45
56	1946	Badman's Territory	Sam Bass	57
57	1946	The Well Groomed Bride	Fernandez	40
58	1946	The Last Crooked Mile	Ferrara	51
59	1947	The Lone Wolf in Mexico	Police Capt. Carlos Rodriguez	57
60	1947	Humoresque	Orchestra Leader	71
61	1947	Shoot to Kill	Gus Miller	47
62	1947	Carnival in Costa Rica	Padre Rafael	60
63	1947	A Likely Story	Tiny	42
64	1947	Ramrod	Curley	65
65	1947	The Trouble with Women	2nd Tony - the Waiter (uncredited)	0
66	1947	Robin Hood of Monterey	The Alcalde	59
67	1947	Road to Rio	Cardoso	67
68	1948	Adventures of Casanova	Prefecture Police	50
69	1948	Angels' Alley	Tony 'Piggy' Locarno	40
70	1948	Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House	Joe Appollonio	70
71	1948	Mr. Reckless	Gus	45
72	1948	The Paleface	Patient #2	61
73	1948	Joan of Arc	Henri le Royer, Catherine's husband	61
74	1949	Alias Nick Beal	Karl	69
75	1949	Bride of Vengeance	Mayor	50
76	1949	Señor Droopy	Bullfight Attender (voice) (uncredited)	68
77	1949	Follow Me Quietly	Benny	62
78	1949	Mighty Joe Young	Brown	64
79	1949	The Inspector General	Gregor (uncredited)	65
80	1950	Young Man with a Horn	Louis Galba	63
81	1950	I Was a Shoplifter	Deputy Sheriff Gomez	53
82	1950	The Desert Hawk	Abdul	51
83	1951	Flame Of Stamboul	Joe Octavian	45
84	1951	The Great Caruso	Egisto Barretto	57
85	1951	A Millionaire for Christy	Mr. Rapello	64
86	1951	The Lady Pays Off	Manuel	70
87	1951	Double Dynamite	'Hot Horse' Harris, the Bookie	62
88	1952	The Living Bible	Herod Antipas	60
89	1952	Phone Call from a Stranger		64
90	1952	Viva Zapata!	New General (uncredited)	69
91	1952	5 Fingers		76
92	1952	The Fabulous Senorita	José Rodriguez	60
93	1952	Mara Maru	Captain Van Hoten (uncredited)	48
94	1952	South Pacific Trail	Carlos Alvarez	0
95	1952	April in Paris		49
96	1953	The Bandits of Corsica	Lorenzo	58
97	1953	I, the Jury	Manuel	57
98	1953	Prisoners of the Casbah	Marouf	54
99	1953	Killer Ape	Andrews	43
100	1954	Jivaro	Jacques	52
101	1954	Anything Goes	Dr. Henry T. Dobson	60
102	1954	Creature from the Black Lagoon	Captain Lucas	68
103	1954	Casanova's Big Night	Gnocchi	61
104	1954	Moby Dick	Capt. Peleg	0
105	1954	The Desperado	Captain Jake Thornton	66
106	1954	Thunder Pass	Daniel Slaughter	60
107	1954	Four Guns to the Border	Greasy	46
108	1955	Revenge of the Creature	Captain Lucas	56
109	1955	New York Confidential	Martinelli	58
110	1955	Tarantula	Sheriff Jack Andrews	65
111	1955	All That Heaven Allows	Manuel	73
112	1955	Hell on Frisco Bay	Louis Fiaschetti	52
113	1956	Menace from Outer Space	Prof. Cardos	33
114	1956	Comanche	Puffer	50
115	1956	The First Texan	Priest (uncredited)	61
116	1956	Scandal Incorporated	Leland Miller, tabloid publisher	30
117	1956	The Mole People	Prof. Etienne Lafarge	51
118	1956	Ride The High Iron	Yard Boss	0
119	1956	The Wild Party	Branson	58
120	1957	The Guns of Fort Petticoat	Tortilla	63
121	1957	Ten Thousand Bedrooms	Alfredo - the Jeweler (uncredited)	50
122	1957	Les Girls	Spanish Peasant (uncredited)	64
123	1958	Outcasts of the City	Pastor Skira	0
124	1958	The Deep Six	Pappa Tatos	54
125	1958	The Lady Takes a Flyer	Childreth	41
126	1958	The Left Handed Gun	Pete Maxwell	61
127	1958	The Case Against Brooklyn	Finelli	58
128	1959	Alias Jesse James	Grigsby (uncredited)	59
129	1959	Pier 5, Havana	Lopez	46
130	1959	Vice Raid	Mob Boss Frank Burke	62
131	1959	The Purple Gang	Orlofsky	63
132	1960	Can-Can	Bailiff	66
133	1961	Frontier Uprising	Don Carlos Montalvo	48
134	1961	Gold of the Seven Saints	Gondora Henchman	70
135	1961	Atlantis: The Lost Continent	Megalos (uncredited)	52
136	1962	The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse	Miguel	60
137	1962	The Wild Westerners	John Bullard	70
138	1962	The Three Stooges in Orbit	Chairman	52
139	1963	California	Gen. Micheltorena	30
140	1963	The Madmen of Mandoras	Police Chief Alaniz	30
141	1964	The Ballad of a Gunfighter	Padre	35
142	1966	Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter	Saloon Owner	41
143	1966	Let's Kill Uncle	Steward	55
144	1967	The Spirit Is Willing	Felicity's Father	54
145	1968	They Saved Hitler's Brain	Police Chief Alaniz	22

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1950	The Colgate Comedy Hour	Self	68
2	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Captain Peleg	86
3	1952	China Smith		0
4	1952	Dangerous Assignment		35
5	1952	Four Star Playhouse	Judge Le Beau	63
6	1952	Four Star Playhouse	Mr. Davis	63
7	1952	Four Star Playhouse	Rocco	63
8	1952	Four Star Playhouse	Mario	63
9	1952	Cavalcade of America	Senor Alverez	35
10	1953	General Electric Theater	Perino	63
11	1953	General Electric Theater		63
12	1953	General Electric Theater	Pinero	63
13	1953	I'm the Law		57
14	1953	Letter to Loretta	Victor Russo	65
15	1954	Passport to Danger		60
16	1954	Lassie	Michael Zolenko	61
17	1954	December Bride		55
18	1954	Climax!		33
19	1955	The Millionaire	Art Gallery Prop. Pataberes	50
20	1955	Gunsmoke	Barman	66
21	1955	Cheyenne		58
22	1956	The Count of Monte Cristo		44
23	1956	Telephone Time		63
24	1956	The Adventures of Jim Bowie		45
25	1956	Hey, Jeannie!	Gino	55
26	1956	Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers		50
27	1957	Whirlybirds	Ed Fenton	55
28	1957	Richard Diamond, Private Detective	Axel	62
29	1957	Richard Diamond, Private Detective	Emilio Tomas	62
30	1957	Have Gun, Will Travel	Dan Tibner	74
31	1957	Sugarfoot	Senor Contreras	48
32	1957	Perry Mason	Nico	77
33	1957	Maverick	Louie	68
34	1957	Alcoa Theatre	Aubert	65
35	1957	Zorro		75
36	1957	Zorro	Teo Gonzales (uncredited)	75
37	1957	The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour	Jailer	86
38	1958	Sea Hunt		66
39	1958	Wanted: Dead or Alive	Mexican Policeman (uncredited)	69
40	1958	The Texan		55
41	1958	Behind Closed Doors		0
42	1958	Lawman		56
43	1958	Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse		58
44	1959	Rawhide	Hagerty	72
45	1959	Tightrope		55
46	1959	Bonanza	Francisco Tenino	75
47	1959	Wichita Town		42
48	1960	Johnny Midnight		0
49	1960	The Barbara Stanwyck Show	Joe	62
50	1960	The Andy Griffith Show	Big Jack Anderson	76
51	1961	Target: The Corruptors!		35
52	1962	The Virginian	Charley Sanchez	65
53	1962	The Beverly Hillbillies	Auctioneer	69
54	1962	The Lucy Show	Perkins	70
55	1963	Burke's Law	Padre Emiliano	60
56	1963	Burke's Law	Dr. Gonzales	60
57	1963	The Bill Dana Show		60
58	1964	The Addams Family	Captain Grimby	80
59	1964	Daniel Boone	Menewa	69
60	1965	Get Smart		79
61	1966	Family Affair		66

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