Nestor Paiva

Nestor Paiva

  • Birthday: 1905-06-30
  • Deathday: 1966-09-09
  • Place of birth: Fresno, California, USA
  • Also know as: Nestor Caetano 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nestor Paiva, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

The Flying Jalopy

1943

As Ben Buzzard (voice) (uncredited)

Angels' Alley

1948

As Tony 'Piggy' Locarno

Comanche

1956

As Puffer

The Fabulous Senorita

1952

As José Rodriguez

Unseen Guardians

1939

As Mail Order Crook

Follow Me Quietly

1949

As Benny

Tarantula

1955

As Sheriff Jack Andrews

Revenge of the Creature

1955

As Captain Lucas

The Falcon in Mexico

1944

As Manuel Romero

Flame Of Stamboul

1951

As Joe Octavian

Tornado

1943

As Big Joe Vlochek

Outcasts of the City

1958

As Pastor Skira

Frontier Uprising

1961

As Don Carlos Montalvo

Señor Droopy

1949

As Bullfight Attender (voice) (uncredited)

Creature from the Black Lagoon

1954

As Captain Lucas

Fear

1946

As Detective Shaefer

The Mole People

1956

As Prof. Etienne Lafarge

Killer Ape

1953

As Andrews

South Pacific Trail

1952

As Carlos Alvarez

Anything Goes

1954

As Dr. Henry T. Dobson

The Living Bible

1952

As Herod Antipas

Shoot to Kill

1947

As Gus Miller

Double Dynamite

1951

As 'Hot Horse' Harris, the Bookie

Mr. Reckless

1948

As Gus

Sensation Hunters

1945

As Lew Davis

A Likely Story

1947

As Tiny

The Lady Pays Off

1951

As Manuel

Ride The High Iron

1956

As Yard Boss

Pier 5, Havana

1959

As Lopez

Let's Kill Uncle

1966

As Steward

The Last Crooked Mile

1946

As Ferrara

The Desperado

1954

As Captain Jake Thornton

Timber!

1942

As Jules Fabian

Young Man with a Horn

1950

As Louis Galba

Road to Utopia

1946

As McGurk

Scandal Incorporated

1956

As Leland Miller, tabloid publisher

Mighty Joe Young

1949

As Brown

The Bandits of Corsica

1953

As Lorenzo

The Wild Party

1956

As Branson

Rhythm of the Islands

1943

As Chief Nataro

The Lone Wolf in Mexico

1947

As Police Capt. Carlos Rodriguez

Can-Can

1960

As Bailiff

King of the Mounties

1942

As Count Baroni

California

1963

As Gen. Micheltorena

The Wild Westerners

1962

As John Bullard

The Well Groomed Bride

1946

As Fernandez

Alias Nick Beal

1949

As Karl

Ramrod

1947

As Curley

Hold Back the Dawn

1941

As Flores

Hell on Frisco Bay

1955

As Louis Fiaschetti

The Madmen of Mandoras

1963

As Police Chief Alaniz

They Saved Hitler's Brain

1968

As Police Chief Alaniz

Nob Hill

1945

As Luigi

Adventures of Casanova

1948

As Prefecture Police

The Hard Way

1943

As Max Wade (Uncredited)

A Millionaire for Christy

1951

As Mr. Rapello

The Dancing Masters

1943

As Silvio - Ringleader (uncredited)

Road to Rio

1947

As Cardoso

Robin Hood of Monterey

1947

As The Alcalde

Thunder Pass

1954

As Daniel Slaughter

The Girl from Alaska

1942

As Geroux

Prison Train

1938

As Morose

The Spirit Is Willing

1967

As Felicity's Father

The Lady Takes a Flyer

1958

As Childreth

Fly-By-Night

1942

As Grube

Gold of the Seven Saints

1961

As Gondora Henchman

Don Winslow of the Coast Guard

1943

As The Scorpion

Meet Boston Blackie

1941

As Martin Vestrick (uncredited)

Les Girls

1957

As Spanish Peasant (uncredited)

The Desert Song

1943

As Benoit

Carnival in Costa Rica

1947

As Padre Rafael

The Marines Fly High

1940

As Pedro Fernandez

Dark Streets of Cairo

1940

As Ahmend, waiter-thug

Vice Raid

1959

As Mob Boss Frank Burke

Moby Dick

1954

As Capt. Peleg

I Was a Shoplifter

1950

As Deputy Sheriff Gomez

Atlantis: The Lost Continent

1961

As Megalos (uncredited)

The Purple Gang

1959

As Orlofsky

Salome, Where She Danced

1945

As Panatela

Mara Maru

1952

As Captain Van Hoten (uncredited)

Menace from Outer Space

1956

As Prof. Cardos

Pittsburgh

1942

As Barney, Cafe Proprietor

Jivaro

1954

As Jacques

New York Confidential

1955

As Martinelli

All That Heaven Allows

1955

As Manuel

I, the Jury

1953

As Manuel

Broadway

1942

As Rinelti

The Southerner

1945

As Bartender

Joan of Arc

1948

As Henri le Royer, Catherine's husband

The Left Handed Gun

1958

As Pete Maxwell

The Deep Six

1958

As Pappa Tatos

Bride of Vengeance

1949

As Mayor

The Trouble with Women

1947

As 2nd Tony - the Waiter (uncredited)

Humoresque

1947

As Orchestra Leader

Badman's Territory

1946

As Sam Bass

The First Texan

1956

As Priest (uncredited)

Casanova's Big Night

1954

As Gnocchi

Cornered

1945

As Police Official (uncredited)

A Medal for Benny

1945

As Frank Alviso (uncredited)

They Knew What They Wanted

1940

As Tony's Pal at Table (uncredited)

The Paleface

1948

As Patient #2

5 Fingers

1952

As

American Empire

1942

As Defense Attorney

He Stayed for Breakfast

1940

As Gendarme

Primrose Path

1940

As Bluebell Manager

For Me and My Gal

1942

As Nick (uncredited)

Phantom Raiders

1940

As Policeman at Morris' Office & at Finale

Hold That Ghost

1941

As Glum (uncredited)

The Inspector General

1949

As Gregor (uncredited)

Alias Jesse James

1959

As Grigsby (uncredited)

Midnight

1939

As Woman's Escort (uncredited)

The Desert Hawk

1950

As Abdul

Road to Morocco

1942

As Sausage Vendor (uncredited)

Beau Geste

1939

As Corporal Golas (uncredited)

Johnny Eager

1941

As Tony Luce (uncredited)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1939

As Man in Street When Gypsies Arrive (uncredited)

The Sea Hawk

1940

As First Slavemaster

Background to Danger

1943

As Koylan

True to Life

1943

As Kapopolis (uncredited)

Pot o' Gold

1941

As Canadian Guide (uncredited)

Arise, My Love

1940

As Uniformed Clerk (Uncredited)

The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

1940

As Rufus - Henchman in Hawaii

Boom Town

1940

As Venezuelan Officer (uncredited)

Ten Thousand Bedrooms

1957

As Alfredo - the Jeweler (uncredited)

Santa Fe Trail

1940

As Abolitionist Noticing Army Horse Brand (uncredited)

Another Thin Man

1939

As West Indies Club Headwaiter (uncredited)

North West Mounted Police

1940

As Half-breed

Union Pacific

1939

As Canadian Pacific Conductor (uncredited)

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