Nestor Paiva
Known for Acting · 204 credits
- Born
- 1905-06-30
- Died
- 1966-09-09
- Place of birth
- Fresno, California, USA
- Also known 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.
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Known For
TV Shows (57)
Perry Mason
1957
as Nico
Bonanza
1959
as Francisco Tenino / Chief Crazy Fox
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Big Jack Anderson
Lassie
1954
as Michael Zolenko
Maverick
1957
as Louie
Get Smart
1965
as Doorman
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Dan Tibner
Climax!
1954
The Virginian
1962
as Charley Sanchez
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
as Auctioneer
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Fisherman
Lawman
1958
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Judge Le Beau / Mr. Davis / Rocco / Mario
Cheyenne
1955
Rawhide
1959
as Hagerty
Daniel Boone
1964
as Menewa
The Lucy Show
1962
as Perkins
The Red Skelton Show
1951
as Spike - Gang Member
Zorro
1957
as Teo Gonzales (uncredited)
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Mexican Policeman (uncredited)
Burke's Law
1963
as Padre Emiliano / Dr. Gonzales
Gunsmoke
1955
as Barman
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
Sea Hunt
1958
The Addams Family
1964
as Captain Grimby
Family Affair
1966
Sugarfoot
1957
as Senor Contreras
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Axel / Emilio Tomas
The Texan
1958
The Millionaire
1955
as Art Gallery Prop. Pataberes
Alcoa Theatre
1957
as Aubert
Telephone Time
1956
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Public Defender
1954
as George Barry
December Bride
1954
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
as Joe
Cavalcade of America
1952
as Senor Alverez
Tightrope
1959
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
Behind Closed Doors
1958
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Victor Russo
Hey, Jeannie!
1956
as Gino
Dangerous Assignment
1952
Whirlybirds
1957
as Ed Fenton
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957
as Jailer
Wichita Town
1959
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Captain Peleg
China Smith
1952
Johnny Midnight
1960
The Bill Dana Show
1963
General Electric Theater
1953
as Perino / Pinero
On Trial
1956
as Bruno
Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
1956
Passport to Danger
1954
I'm the Law
1953
Movies (147)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939
as Man in Street When Gypsies Arrive (uncredited)
Creature from the Black Lagoon
1954
as Captain Lucas
Viva Zapata!
1952
as New General (uncredited)
North West Mounted Police
1940
as Half-breed
Joan of Arc
1948
as Henri le Royer, Catherine's husband
Les Girls
1957
as Spanish Peasant (uncredited)
Johnny Eager
1941
as Tony Luce (uncredited)
Mighty Joe Young
1949
as Brown
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard
1943
as The Scorpion
All That Heaven Allows
1955
as Manuel
Vice Raid
1959
as Mob Boss Frank Burke
Thunder Pass
1954
as Daniel Slaughter
Primrose Path
1940
as Bluebell Manager (uncredited)
The Sea Hawk
1940
as First Slavemaster
Union Pacific
1939
as Canadian Pacific Conductor (uncredited)
Can-Can
1960
as Bailiff
The Southerner
1945
as Bartender
Another Thin Man
1939
as West Indies Club Headwaiter (uncredited)
Moby Dick
1954
as Capt. Peleg
The Left Handed Gun
1958
as Pete Maxwell
The Mole People
1956
as Prof. Etienne Lafarge
Revenge of the Creature
1955
as Captain Lucas
5 Fingers
1952
Jivaro
1954
as Jacques
Alias Jesse James
1959
as Grigsby (uncredited)
Follow Me Quietly
1949
as Benny
Ramrod
1947
as Curley
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948
as Joe Appollonio
Santa Fe Trail
1940
as Abolitionist Noticing Army Horse Brand (uncredited)
Cornered
1945
as Police Official (uncredited)
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1962
as Miguel
Boom Town
1940
as Venezuelan Officer (uncredited)
Road to Morocco
1942
as Sausage Vendor (uncredited)
Tarantula
1955
as Sheriff Jack Andrews
Anything Goes
1954
as Dr. Henry T. Dobson
Comanche
1956
as Puffer
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
1966
as Saloon Owner
Beau Geste
1939
as Corporal Golas (uncredited)
A Volta do Besouro Verde
1940
as Rufus - Henchman in Hawaii
Fear
1946
as Detective Shaefer
Casanova's Big Night
1954
as Gnocchi
Road to Rio
1947
as Cardoso
Double Dynamite
1951
as 'Hot Horse' Harris, the Bookie
The Great Caruso
1951
as Egisto Barretto
A Thousand and One Nights
1945
as Kahim
The Inspector General
1949
as Gregor (uncredited)
Tornado
1943
as Big Joe Vlochek
Hold That Ghost
1941
as Glum
Prisoners of the Casbah
1953
as Marouf
Humoresque
1947
as Orchestra Leader
American Empire
1942
as Defense Attorney
Pot o' Gold
1941
as Canadian Guide (uncredited)
Midnight
1939
as Woman's Escort (uncredited)
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
1961
as Megalos (uncredited)
Mara Maru
1952
as Captain Van Hoten (uncredited)
Salome, Where She Danced
1945
as Panatela
Young Man with a Horn
1950
as Louis Galba
Sensation Hunters
1945
as Lew Davis
Alias Nick Beal
1949
as Karl
Shine on Harvest Moon
1944
as Romero (uncredited)
The Hard Way
1943
as Max Wade (Uncredited)
Jim Thorpe – All-American
1951
The Last Crooked Mile
1946
as Ferrara
The Trouble with Women
1947
as 2nd Tony - the Waiter (uncredited)
A Medal for Benny
1945
as Frank Alviso (uncredited)
Meet Boston Blackie
1941
as Martin Vestrick (uncredited)
Road to Utopia
1946
as McGurk
Phone Call from a Stranger
1952
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
1957
as Tortilla
A Likely Story
1947
as Tiny
The Desperado
1954
as Captain Jake Thornton
Badman's Territory
1946
as Sam Bass
Mr. Reckless
1948
as Gus
For Me and My Gal
1942
as Nick (uncredited)
Background to Danger
1943
as Koylan
The Spirit Is Willing
1967
as Felicity's Father
The Case Against Brooklyn
1958
as Finelli
Gold of the Seven Saints
1961
as Gondora Henchman
New York Confidential
1955
as Martinelli
The Wild Westerners
1962
as John Bullard
The First Texan
1956
as Priest (uncredited)
Unseen Guardians
1939
as Mail Order Crook
Arise, My Love
1940
as Uniformed Clerk (uncredited)
The Falcon in Mexico
1944
as Manuel Romero
Nob Hill
1945
as Luigi
Phantom Raiders
1940
as Policeman at Morris' Office & at Finale
True to Life
1943
as Kapopolis (uncredited)
Broadway
1942
as Rinelti
The Desert Hawk
1950
as Abdul
Four Guns to the Border
1954
as Greasy
The Three Stooges in Orbit
1962
as Chairman
Hold Back the Dawn
1941
as Flores
Pittsburgh
1942
as Barney, Cafe Proprietor
The Paleface
1948
as Patient #2
Hell on Frisco Bay
1955
as Louis Fiaschetti
Frontier Uprising
1961
as Don Carlos Montalvo
The Lady Has Plans
1942
as Portuguese Porter (uncredited)
The Bandits of Corsica
1953
as Lorenzo
Along the Navajo Trail
1945
as Janza
I Was a Shoplifter
1950
as Deputy Sheriff Gomez
April in Paris
1952
Shoot to Kill
1947
as Gus Miller
Fly By Night
1942
as Grube
I, the Jury
1953
as Manuel
Bride of Vengeance
1949
as Mayor
The Deep Six
1958
as Pappa Tatos
The Adventures of Martin Eden
1942
The Lady Takes a Flyer
1958
as Childreth
A Millionaire for Christy
1951
as Mr. Rapello
They Knew What They Wanted
1940
as Tony's Pal at Table (uncredited)
Adventures of Casanova
1948
as Prefecture Police
Ride The High Iron
1956
as Yard Boss
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
1957
as Alfredo - the Jeweler (uncredited)
The Fabulous Senorita
1952
as José Rodriguez
The Dancing Masters
1943
as Silvio - Ringleader (uncredited)
Prison Train
1938
as Morose
Rhythm of the Islands
1943
as Chief Nataro
Robin Hood of Monterey
1947
as The Alcalde
South Pacific Trail
1952
as Carlos Alvarez
King of the Mounties
1942
as Count Baroni
About 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 Chetn… With 204 credits spanning from 1938 to 1968, Nestor Paiva has appeared in 147 films and 57 TV shows.
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- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) — as Man in Street When Gypsies Arrive (uncredited)
- Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) — as Captain Lucas
- Viva Zapata! (1952) — as New General (uncredited)
- North West Mounted Police (1940) — as Half-breed
- Joan of Arc (1948) — as Henri le Royer, Catherine's husband
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