Nestor Paiva
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1905-06-30
Day of Death
1966-09-09 (61 years old)
Place of Birth
Fresno, California, USA
Nestor Paiva
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.
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Known For
Acting
(1968)
They Saved Hitler's Brain
as Police Chief Alaniz
(1967)
The Spirit Is Willing
as Felicity's Father
(1966)
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
as Saloon Owner
(1966)
Let's Kill Uncle
as Steward
(1964)
The Ballad of a Gunfighter
as Padre
(1963)
The Madmen of Mandoras
as Police Chief Alaniz
(1963)
California
as Gen. Micheltorena
(1962)
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
as Miguel
(1962)
The Wild Westerners
as John Bullard
(1962)
The Three Stooges in Orbit
as Chairman
(1961)
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
as Megalos (uncredited)
(1961)
Gold of the Seven Saints
as Gondora Henchman
(1961)
Frontier Uprising
as Don Carlos Montalvo
(1960)
Can-Can
as Bailiff
(1959)
Alias Jesse James
as Grigsby (uncredited)
(1959)
Vice Raid
as Mob Boss Frank Burke
(1959)
The Purple Gang
as Orlofsky
(1959)
Pier 5, Havana
as Lopez
(1958)
The Left Handed Gun
as Pete Maxwell
(1958)
The Deep Six
as Pappa Tatos
(1958)
The Case Against Brooklyn
as Finelli
(1958)
The Lady Takes a Flyer
as Childreth
(1958)
Outcasts of the City
as Pastor Skira
(1957)
Les Girls
as Spanish Peasant (uncredited)
(1957)
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
as Tortilla
(1957)
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
as Alfredo - the Jeweler (uncredited)
(1956)
The First Texan
as Priest (uncredited)
(1956)
Comanche
as Puffer
(1956)
The Wild Party
as Branson
(1956)
The Mole People
as Prof. Etienne Lafarge
(1956)
Ride The High Iron
as Yard Boss
(1956)
Menace from Outer Space
as Prof. Cardos
(1956)
Scandal Incorporated
as Leland Miller, tabloid publisher
(1955)
All That Heaven Allows
as Manuel
(1955)
Tarantula
as Sheriff Jack Andrews
(1955)
Revenge of the Creature
as Captain Lucas
(1955)
New York Confidential
as Martinelli
(1955)
Hell on Frisco Bay
as Louis Fiaschetti
(1954)
Creature from the Black Lagoon
as Captain Lucas
(1954)
Casanova's Big Night
as Gnocchi
(1954)
Four Guns to the Border
as Greasy
(1954)
Jivaro
as Jacques
(1954)
Anything Goes
as Dr. Henry T. Dobson
(1954)
The Desperado
as Captain Jake Thornton
(1954)
Thunder Pass
as Daniel Slaughter
(1954)
Moby Dick
as Capt. Peleg
(1953)
The Bandits of Corsica
as Lorenzo
(1953)
Prisoners of the Casbah
as Marouf
(1953)
I, the Jury
as Manuel
(1953)
Killer Ape
as Andrews
(1952)
(1952)
Viva Zapata!
as New General (uncredited)
(1952)
(1952)
Mara Maru
as Captain Van Hoten (uncredited)
(1952)
(1952)
The Living Bible
as Herod Antipas
(1952)
South Pacific Trail
as Carlos Alvarez
(1952)
The Fabulous Senorita
as José Rodriguez
(1951)
The Great Caruso
as Egisto Barretto
(1951)
Double Dynamite
as 'Hot Horse' Harris, the Bookie
(1951)
A Millionaire for Christy
as Mr. Rapello
(1951)
Flame Of Stamboul
as Joe Octavian
(1951)
The Lady Pays Off
as Manuel
(1950)
Young Man with a Horn
as Louis Galba
(1950)
I Was a Shoplifter
as Deputy Sheriff Gomez
(1950)
The Desert Hawk
as Abdul
(1949)
Mighty Joe Young
as Brown
(1949)
Alias Nick Beal
as Karl
(1949)
Bride of Vengeance
as Mayor
(1949)
The Inspector General
as Gregor (uncredited)
(1949)
Follow Me Quietly
as Benny
(1949)
Señor Droopy
as Bullfight Attender (voice) (uncredited)
(1948)
Joan of Arc
as Henri le Royer, Catherine's husband
(1948)
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
as Joe Appollonio
(1948)
The Paleface
as Patient #2
(1948)
Adventures of Casanova
as Prefecture Police
(1948)
Angels' Alley
as Tony 'Piggy' Locarno
(1948)
Mr. Reckless
as Gus
(1947)
Ramrod
as Curley
(1947)
Humoresque
as Orchestra Leader
(1947)
The Trouble with Women
as 2nd Tony - the Waiter (uncredited)
(1947)
Road to Rio
as Cardoso
(1947)
Carnival in Costa Rica
as Padre Rafael
(1947)
A Likely Story
as Tiny
(1947)
Robin Hood of Monterey
as The Alcalde
(1947)
Shoot to Kill
as Gus Miller
(1947)
The Lone Wolf in Mexico
as Police Capt. Carlos Rodriguez
(1946)
Badman's Territory
as Sam Bass
(1946)
The Well Groomed Bride
as Fernandez
(1946)
Road to Utopia
as McGurk
(1946)
The Last Crooked Mile
as Ferrara
(1946)
Fear
as Detective Shaefer
(1945)
The Southerner
as Bartender
(1945)
Sensation Hunters
as Lew Davis
(1945)
Cornered
as Police Official (uncredited)
(1945)
A Thousand and One Nights
as Kahim
(1945)
Salome, Where She Danced
as Panatela
(1945)
A Medal for Benny
as Frank Alviso (uncredited)
(1945)
Nob Hill
as Luigi
(1945)
Along the Navajo Trail
as Janza
(1944)
The Falcon in Mexico
as Manuel Romero
(1943)
The Flying Jalopy
as Ben Buzzard (voice) (uncredited)
(1943)
The Hard Way
as Max Wade (Uncredited)
(1943)
True to Life
as Kapopolis (uncredited)
(1943)
Background to Danger
as Koylan
(1943)
Tornado
as Big Joe Vlochek
(1943)
The Dancing Masters
as Silvio - Ringleader (uncredited)
(1943)
The Desert Song
as Benoit
(1943)
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard
as The Scorpion
(1943)
Rhythm of the Islands
as Chief Nataro
(1942)
American Empire
as Defense Attorney
(1942)
Road to Morocco
as Sausage Vendor (uncredited)
(1942)
For Me and My Gal
as Nick (uncredited)
(1942)
Pittsburgh
as Barney, Cafe Proprietor
(1942)
Fly By Night
as Grube
(1942)
Broadway
as Rinelti
(1942)
King of the Mounties
as Count Baroni
(1942)
The Lady Has Plans
as Portuguese Porter (uncredited)
(1942)
(1942)
Timber!
as Jules Fabian
(1942)
The Girl from Alaska
as Geroux
(1941)
Pot o' Gold
as Canadian Guide (uncredited)
(1941)
Johnny Eager
as Tony Luce (uncredited)
(1941)
Hold That Ghost
as Glum (uncredited)
(1941)
Hold Back the Dawn
as Flores
(1941)
Meet Boston Blackie
as Martin Vestrick (uncredited)
(1940)
Santa Fe Trail
as Abolitionist Noticing Army Horse Brand (uncredited)
(1940)
The Sea Hawk
as First Slavemaster
(1940)
Boom Town
as Venezuelan Officer (uncredited)
(1940)
Primrose Path
as Bluebell Manager (uncredited)
(1940)
North West Mounted Police
as Half-breed
(1940)
They Knew What They Wanted
as Tony's Pal at Table (uncredited)
(1940)
Arise, My Love
as Uniformed Clerk (Uncredited)
(1940)
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
as Rufus - Henchman in Hawaii
(1940)
Phantom Raiders
as Policeman at Morris' Office & at Finale
(1940)
The Marines Fly High
as Pedro Fernandez
(1940)
Dark Streets of Cairo
as Ahmend, waiter-thug
(1940)
He Stayed for Breakfast
as Gendarme
(1939)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Man in Street When Gypsies Arrive (uncredited)
(1939)
Midnight
as Woman's Escort (uncredited)
(1939)
Another Thin Man
as West Indies Club Headwaiter (uncredited)
(1939)
Union Pacific
as Canadian Pacific Conductor (uncredited)
(1939)
Beau Geste
as Corporal Golas (uncredited)
(1939)
Unseen Guardians
as Mail Order Crook
(1938)
Prison Train
as Morose