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