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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.

Aliases
  • Nestor Caetano Paiva
English
Filmography

The Desert Song

1943
as Benoit

Vice Raid

1959
as Mob Boss Frank Burke

Prisoners of the Casbah

1953
as Marouf

The Guns Of Fort Petticoat

1957
as Tortilla

The Bandits of Corsica

1953
as Lorenzo

The Paleface

1948
as Patient #2

The Inspector General

1949
as Gregor

Creature from the Black Lagoon

1954
as Captain Lucas

The Desert Hawk

1950
as Abdul

Frontier Uprising

1961
as Don Carlos Montalvo

The Falcon in Mexico

1944
as Manuel Romero

Revenge of the Creature

1955
as Captain Lucas

King of the Mounties

1942
as Count Baroni

South Pacific Trail

1952
as Carlos Alvarez

The Case Against Brooklyn

1958
as Finelli

Can-Can

1960
as Bailiff

Background to Danger

1943
as Koylan

Another Thin Man

1939
as West Indies Club Headwaiter

North West Mounted Police

1940
as Half-breed

The Kid from Kansas

1941
as Jamaica

Hell on Frisco Bay

1955
as Louis Fiaschetti

Four Guns to the Border

1954
as Greasy

Angels' Alley

1948
as Tony 'Piggy' Locarno

A Millionaire for Christy

1951
as Mr. Rapello

Road to Utopia

1946
as McGurk

Humoresque

1947
as Orchestra Leader

The Wild Westerners

1962
as Governor John Bullard

Along the Navajo Trail

1945
as Janza

Tarantula

1955
as Sheriff Jack Andrews

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1939
as Man in Street When Gypsies Arrive

Scandal Incorporated

1956
as Leland Miller

American Empire

1942
as Defense Attorney

A Likely Story

1947
as Tiny McBride

Adventures of Casanova

1948
as Prefecture Police

Unseen Guardians

1939
as Mail Order Crook

The Sea Hawk

1940
as First Slavemaster

They Saved Hitler's Brain

1968
as Police Chief Alaniz

Let's Kill Uncle

1966
as Steward

Island Captives

1937
as Taro - Carsons' Servant

Phantom Raiders

1940
as Policeman at Morris' Office & at Finale

Double Dynamite

1951
as 'Hot Horse' Harris, the Bookie

They Knew What They Wanted

1940
as Tony's Pal at Table

Pittsburgh

1942
as Barney, Cafe Proprietor

The Spirit Is Willing

1967
as Felicity's Father

Casanova's Big Night

1954
as Gnocchi

California

1963
as Gen. Micheltorena

Jivaro

1954
as Jacques

The Girl from Alaska

1942
as Geroux

Shoot to Kill

1947
as Gus Miller

The Ballad of a Gunfighter

1964
as Padre

Follow Me Quietly

1949
as Benny

Killer Ape

1953
as Andrews

A Medal For Benny

1945
as Frank Alviso

True to Life

1943
as Kapopolis

Mighty Joe Young

1949
as Brown

Salome, Where She Danced

1945
as Panatela

The Well Groomed Bride

1946
as Fernandez

Flame Of Stamboul

1951
as Joe Octavian

The Last Crooked Mile

1946
as Ferrara

The Lady Pays Off

1951
as Manuel

Hold Back the Dawn

1941
as Fred Flores

Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter

1966
as Saloon Owner

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

1948
as Joe Appollonio

The Mole People

1956
as Prof. Etienne Lafarge

The Fabulous Senorita

1952
as José Rodriguez

The Lady Takes a Flyer

1958
as Childreth

The Madmen of Mandoras

1963
as Police Chief Alaniz

Santa Fe Trail

1940
as Abolitionist Noticing Army Horse Brand

Arise, My Love

1940
as Uniformed Clerk

Dark Streets of Cairo

1940
as Ahmend

The Lone Wolf in Mexico

1947
as Police Capt. Carlos Rodriguez

Rhythm of the Islands

1943
as Chief Nataro

A Thousand and One Nights

1945
as Kahim

All That Heaven Allows

1955
as Manuel

New York Confidential

1955
as Martinelli

The Wild Party

1956
as Branson

I, the Jury

1953
as Manuel

Fear

1946
as Detective Shaefer

Road to Rio

1947
as Cardoso

Thunder Pass

1954
as Daniel Slaughter

Atlantis: the Lost Continent

1961
as Megalos

Carnival in Costa Rica

1947
as Padre Rafael

Comanche

1956
as Puffer

Pier 5, Havana

1959
as Lopez

Ramrod

1947
as Curley

Broadway

1942
as Rinelti

Prison Train

1938
as Morose

Gold Of The Seven Saints

1961
as Gondora Henchman

Tornado

1943
as Big Joe Vlochek

Alias Nick Beal

1949
as Karl

Fly-By-Night

1942
as Grube, smaller thug

Robin Hood of Monterey

1947
as The Alcalde

The Purple Gang

1959
as Laurence Orlofsky

Mr. Reckless

1948
as Gus

Mara Maru

1952
as Captain Van Hoten

The Marines Fly High

1940
as Pedro Fernandez

Young Man with a Horn

1950
as Louis Galba

Nob Hill

1945
as Luigi

The Southerner

1945
as Bartender

Outcasts of the City

1958
as Pastor Skira

Guest Star

Episode Burke's Law
Deadlier than the Male 		1965
Episode Jonny Quest
Pursuit of the Po-Ho 		1964
Episode Elfego Baca
Four Down and Five Lives to Go 		1958
Episode M Squad
The Outsider 		1959
Episode Tales of Wells Fargo
The Bounty 		1957
Episode Have Gun, Will Travel
Genesis 		1962
Episode David Niven Show
Backtrack 		1959
Episode Wagon Train
The Jim Bridger Story 		1961
Episode Hong Kong
Suitable for Framing 		1961
Episode Wagon Train
The Jane Hawkins Story 		1960
Episode Jonny Quest
Treasure of the Temple 		1964
Episode Have Gun, Will Travel
Face of a Shadow 		1963
Episode Perry Mason
The Case of the Crying Comedian 		1961
Episode The Lone Ranger (1949)
The Whimsical Bandit 		1950
Episode Have Gun, Will Travel
Season 6 All Episodes 		1962
Episode Wagon Train
The Clementine Jones Story 		1961
Episode Jonny Quest
The Mystery of the Lizard Men 		1964
Episode Cheyenne
The Wedding Rings 		1962
Episode The Texan
The Dishonest Posse 		1959
Episode Rawhide
The Captain's Wife 		1962
Episode Lawman
The Friend 		1959
Episode Broken Arrow
The Rescue 		1957
Episode Sugarfoot
Quicksilver 		1957
Episode Sea Hunt
The Saint Story 		1961
Episode Burke's Law
Who Killed the Rest? 		1965
Episode The Adventures of Jim Bowie
The Secessionist 		1956
Episode Bonanza
Ponderosa Matador 		1964
Episode The Andy Griffith Show
The Haunted House 		1963
Episode Richard Diamond, Private Detective
The Hideout 		1959
Episode I'm the Law
The Killer 		1953
Episode Richard Diamond, Private Detective
The Client 		1959
Episode Tales of Wells Fargo
The Renegade 		1958
Episode Mackenzie's Raiders
The Lucinda Cabot Affair 		1959
Episode Daniel Boone
The Peace Tree 		1965
Episode Sheena, Queen of the Jungle
Touch of Death 		1955
Episode Whirlybirds
Rampage 		1957
Episode Wanted: Dead or Alive
Triple Vice 		1960
Episode Mystery Science Theater 3000
The Mole People 		1997
Episode The Restless Gun
The Crisis at Easter Creek 		1958
Episode The Lone Ranger (1949)
Dan Reid's Fight for Life 		1954
Episode Maverick
The Thirty-Ninth Star 		1958
Episode Cheyenne
Born Bad 		1957
Episode I Spy
Turkish Delight 		1966
Episode Broken Arrow
The Arsenal 		1957
Episode Droopy
Señor Droopy 		1949
Episode Wagon Train
The Eli Bancroft Story 		1963
Episode Broken Arrow
Shadow of Cochise 		1958
Episode Cheyenne
Mustang Trail 		1956
Episode U.S. Border Patrol
The Blackmail Case 		1959
Episode The Untouchables
The Spoiler 		1963
Episode Gunsmoke
Winner Take All 		1965
Episode The Addams Family
The Great Treasure Hunt 		1966
Episode Get Smart
Our Man in Leotards 		1965
Episode Wagon Train
The Dan Hogan Story 		1958
Episode Tombstone Territory
Revenge Town 		1957
Episode Wagon Train
The Colonel Harris Story 		1960
Episode Elfego Baca
The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca 		1958