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 Three Stooges in Orbit
as Chairman
(1962)
The Wild Westerners
as John Bullard
(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)
Comanche
as Puffer
(1956)
The Mole People
as Prof. Etienne Lafarge
(1956)
Menace from Outer Space
as Prof. Cardos
(1956)
The First Texan
as Priest (uncredited)
(1956)
Ride The High Iron
as Yard Boss
(1956)
The Wild Party
as Branson
(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)
Jivaro
as Jacques
(1954)
The Desperado
as Captain Jake Thornton
(1954)
Anything Goes
as Dr. Henry T. Dobson
(1954)
Moby Dick
as Capt. Peleg
(1954)
Four Guns to the Border
as Greasy
(1954)
Thunder Pass
as Daniel Slaughter
(1953)
I, the Jury
as Manuel
(1953)
The Bandits of Corsica
as Lorenzo
(1953)
Killer Ape
as Andrews
(1953)
Prisoners of the Casbah
as Marouf
(1952)
Viva Zapata!
as New General (uncredited)
(1952)
(1952)
Mara Maru
as Captain Van Hoten (uncredited)
(1952)
(1952)
(1952)
The Living Bible
as Herod Antipas
(1952)
South Pacific Trail
as Carlos Alvarez
(1952)
The Fabulous Senorita
as José Rodriguez
(1951)
Double Dynamite
as 'Hot Horse' Harris, the Bookie
(1951)
The Great Caruso
as Egisto Barretto
(1951)
Flame Of Stamboul
as Joe Octavian
(1951)
A Millionaire for Christy
as Mr. Rapello
(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)
The Inspector General
as Gregor (uncredited)
(1949)
Alias Nick Beal
as Karl
(1949)
Follow Me Quietly
as Benny
(1949)
Bride of Vengeance
as Mayor
(1949)
Señor Droopy
as Bullfight Attender (voice) (uncredited)
(1948)
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
as Joe Appollonio
(1948)
Joan of Arc
as Henri le Royer, Catherine's husband
(1948)
The Paleface
as Patient #2
(1948)
Mr. Reckless
as Gus
(1948)
Angels' Alley
as Tony 'Piggy' Locarno
(1948)
Adventures of Casanova
as Prefecture Police
(1947)
Humoresque
as Orchestra Leader
(1947)
Ramrod
as Curley
(1947)
A Likely Story
as Tiny
(1947)
Shoot to Kill
as Gus Miller
(1947)
Road to Rio
as Cardoso
(1947)
The Lone Wolf in Mexico
as Police Capt. Carlos Rodriguez
(1947)
The Trouble with Women
as 2nd Tony - the Waiter (uncredited)
(1947)
Carnival in Costa Rica
as Padre Rafael
(1947)
Robin Hood of Monterey
as The Alcalde
(1946)
Fear
as Detective Shaefer
(1946)
Road to Utopia
as McGurk
(1946)
Badman's Territory
as Sam Bass
(1946)
The Well Groomed Bride
as Fernandez
(1946)
The Last Crooked Mile
as Ferrara
(1945)
Salome, Where She Danced
as Panatela
(1945)
A Medal for Benny
as Frank Alviso (uncredited)
(1945)
The Southerner
as Bartender
(1945)
A Thousand and One Nights
as Kahim
(1945)
Cornered
as Police Official (uncredited)
(1945)
Along the Navajo Trail
as Janza
(1945)
Sensation Hunters
as Lew Davis
(1945)
Nob Hill
as Luigi
(1944)
The Falcon in Mexico
as Manuel Romero
(1943)
Background to Danger
as Koylan
(1943)
Tornado
as Big Joe Vlochek
(1943)
The Hard Way
as Max Wade (Uncredited)
(1943)
The Dancing Masters
as Silvio - Ringleader (uncredited)
(1943)
The Flying Jalopy
as Ben Buzzard (voice) (uncredited)
(1943)
The Desert Song
as Benoit
(1943)
True to Life
as Kapopolis (uncredited)
(1943)
Rhythm of the Islands
as Chief Nataro
(1943)
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard
as The Scorpion
(1942)
Road to Morocco
as Sausage Vendor (uncredited)
(1942)
American Empire
as Defense Attorney
(1942)
Timber!
as Jules Fabian
(1942)
Broadway
as Rinelti
(1942)
The Lady Has Plans
as Portuguese Porter (uncredited)
(1942)
Pittsburgh
as Barney, Cafe Proprietor
(1942)
For Me and My Gal
as Nick (uncredited)
(1942)
Fly By Night
as Grube
(1942)
(1942)
King of the Mounties
as Count Baroni
(1942)
The Girl from Alaska
as Geroux
(1941)
Hold That Ghost
as Glum (uncredited)
(1941)
Johnny Eager
as Tony Luce (uncredited)
(1941)
Hold Back the Dawn
as Flores
(1941)
Pot o' Gold
as Canadian Guide (uncredited)
(1941)
Meet Boston Blackie
as Martin Vestrick (uncredited)
(1940)
The Sea Hawk
as First Slavemaster
(1940)
Santa Fe Trail
as Abolitionist Noticing Army Horse Brand (uncredited)
(1940)
Boom Town
as Venezuelan Officer (uncredited)
(1940)
North West Mounted Police
as Half-breed
(1940)
Primrose Path
as Bluebell Manager (uncredited)
(1940)
Arise, My Love
as Uniformed Clerk (Uncredited)
(1940)
Phantom Raiders
as Policeman at Morris' Office & at Finale
(1940)
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
as Rufus - Henchman in Hawaii
(1940)
He Stayed for Breakfast
as Gendarme
(1940)
They Knew What They Wanted
as Tony's Pal at Table (uncredited)
(1940)
The Marines Fly High
as Pedro Fernandez
(1940)
Dark Streets of Cairo
as Ahmend, waiter-thug
(1939)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Man in Street When Gypsies Arrive (uncredited)
(1939)
Union Pacific
as Canadian Pacific Conductor (uncredited)
(1939)
Another Thin Man
as West Indies Club Headwaiter (uncredited)
(1939)
Beau Geste
as Corporal Golas (uncredited)
(1939)
Midnight
as Woman's Escort (uncredited)
(1939)
Unseen Guardians
as Mail Order Crook
(1938)
Prison Train
as Morose