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