Nestor Paiva
Acting
🎂 1905-06-30
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.
Cast credits(206)
Michael Zolenko
1954
Big Jack Anderson
1960
Louie
1957
Francisco Tenino
1959
Nico
1957
Padre Emiliano
1963
Dr. Gonzales
1963
1961
Self
1950
Dan Tibner
1957
Captain Grimby
1964
1958
Aubert
1957
Mexican Policeman (uncredited)
1958
Auctioneer
1962
1958
1958
1966
Menewa
1964
1957
Teo Gonzales (uncredited)
1957
Joe
1960
Perkins
1962
1955
1958
1965
Judge Le Beau
1952
Mr. Davis
1952
Rocco
1952
Mario
1952
1956
1954
1954
1952
1956
Hagerty
1959
1959
Gino
1956
1963
1956
1959
1960
Victor Russo
1953
Ed Fenton
1957
Charley Sanchez
1962
Senor Contreras
1957
1956
Axel
1957
Emilio Tomas
1957
Art Gallery Prop. Pataberes
1955
1952
1958
Barman
1955
1954
Captain Peleg
1951
1953
Senor Alverez
1952
Jailer
1957
Sam Bass
1946
Perino
1953
1953
Pinero
1953
Henri le Royer, Catherine's husband
1948
Abolitionist Noticing Army Horse Brand (uncredited)
1940
Man in Street When Gypsies Arrive (uncredited)
1939
Captain Lucas
1954
Defense Attorney
1942
1952
West Indies Club Headwaiter (uncredited)
1939
Spanish Peasant (uncredited)
1957
Fernandez
1946
Police Chief Alaniz
1968
New General (uncredited)
1952
First Slavemaster
1940
Gregor (uncredited)
1949
Pete Maxwell
1958
Lew Davis
1945
Sheriff Jack Andrews
1955
Joe Appollonio
1948
Puffer
1956
Woman's Escort (uncredited)
1939
Corporal Golas (uncredited)
1939
Megalos (uncredited)
1961
Venezuelan Officer (uncredited)
1940
1942
Priest (uncredited)
1956
Brown
1949
Manuel
1955
Canadian Guide (uncredited)
1941
Captain Lucas
1955
Glum (uncredited)
1941
Canadian Pacific Conductor (uncredited)
1939
Karl
1949
Miguel
1962
Grigsby (uncredited)
1959
Tortilla
1957
Saloon Owner
1966
McGurk
1946
Bartender
1945
Kahim
1945
Jacques
1954
Frank Alviso (uncredited)
1945
Patient #2
1948
Gnocchi
1954
Cardoso
1947
Barney, Cafe Proprietor
1942
Egisto Barretto
1951
Orchestra Leader
1947
1952
Police Chief Alaniz
1963
Sausage Vendor (uncredited)
1942
Pappa Tatos
1958
Flores
1941
Captain Van Hoten (uncredited)
1952
Police Official (uncredited)
1945
'Hot Horse' Harris, the Bookie
1951
Panatela
1945
Abdul
1950
Louis Galba
1950
1952
Rinelti
1942
Bailiff
1960
Benny
1949
Nick (uncredited)
1942
Curley
1947
Chairman
1962
Half-breed
1940
Uniformed Clerk (Uncredited)
1940
Manuel
1953
Martin Vestrick (uncredited)
1941
Max Wade (Uncredited)
1943
Martinelli
1955
Ben Buzzard (voice) (uncredited)
1943
The Scorpion
1943
Bluebell Manager (uncredited)
1940
John Bullard
1962
Greasy
1954
Kapopolis (uncredited)
1943
Ferrara
1946
Prof. Etienne Lafarge
1956
Mayor
1949
Finelli
1958
Mob Boss Frank Burke
1959
Dr. Henry T. Dobson
1954
Orlofsky
1959
Silvio - Ringleader (uncredited)
1943
Tony Luce (uncredited)
1941
Deputy Sheriff Gomez
1950
Policeman at Morris' Office & at Finale
1940
Portuguese Porter (uncredited)
1942
Yard Boss
1956
Felicity's Father
1967
Chief Nataro
1943
Gendarme
1940
Koylan
1943
Daniel Slaughter
1954
Gus Miller
1947
Capt. Peleg
1954
Big Joe Vlochek
1943
Gondora Henchman
1961
Padre Rafael
1947
Marouf
1953
Benoit
1943
Detective Shaefer
1946
Pastor Skira
1958
Gen. Micheltorena
1963
Louis Fiaschetti
1955
Captain Jake Thornton
1954
Janza
1945
Ahmend, waiter-thug
1940
Rufus - Henchman in Hawaii
1940
Luigi
1945
Branson
1956
Lorenzo
1953
Alfredo - the Jeweler (uncredited)
1957
Grube
1942
Manuel
1951
Gus
1948
Carlos Alvarez
1952
Count Baroni
1942
Manuel Romero
1944
2nd Tony - the Waiter (uncredited)
1947
Childreth
1958
Bullfight Attender (voice) (uncredited)
1949
Prefecture Police
1948
Leland Miller, tabloid publisher
1956
Herod Antipas
1952
Don Carlos Montalvo
1961
The Alcalde
1947
Mr. Rapello
1951
Jules Fabian
1942
José Rodriguez
1952
Tony 'Piggy' Locarno
1948
Pedro Fernandez
1940
Joe Octavian
1951
Prof. Cardos
1956
Padre
1964
Police Capt. Carlos Rodriguez
1947
Steward
1966
Mail Order Crook
1939
Tony's Pal at Table (uncredited)
1940
Tiny
1947
Andrews
1953
Morose
1938
Geroux
1942
Lopez
1959