Name
Nestor Paiva
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1905-06-30
Deathday
1966-09-09 (61 years old)
Place of Birth
Fresno, California, USA
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
The Flying Jalopy
(38 Votes)
6.539
Donald Duck buys a rattletrap used airplane from devious proprietor Ben Buzzard, who trick...
Relase Date : 12 Mar, 1943
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
(230 Votes)
7.33
Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by...
Relase Date : 31 Aug, 1939
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Creature from the Black Lagoon
(899 Votes)
6.81
When scientists exploring the Amazon River stumble on a “missing link” connecting huma...
Relase Date : 5 Mar, 1954
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The Sea Hawk
(167 Votes)
7.165
Dashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in l...
Relase Date : 10 Aug, 1940
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Beau Geste
(114 Votes)
7.009
Brothers Beau, John and Digby Geste join the Foreign Legion, where they fall under the rul...
Relase Date : 24 Jul, 1939
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Viva Zapata!
(253 Votes)
6.8
The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrup...
Relase Date : 7 Feb, 1952
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The Great Caruso
(20 Votes)
5.9
Enrico Caruso's only passion is to sing. For that, he leaves his hometown of Naples, Italy...
Relase Date : 16 Apr, 1951
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The Paleface
(82 Votes)
6.1
Bob Hope stars in this laugh-packed wild west spoof co-starring Jane Russell as a sexy Cal...
Relase Date : 17 Dec, 1948
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All That Heaven Allows
(356 Votes)
7.338
Two different social classes collide when Cary Scott, a wealthy upper-class widow, falls i...
Relase Date : 25 Aug, 1955
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Movies
Tv Shows
- 1959 Pier 5, Havana as Lopez
- 1954 Creature from the Black Lagoon as Captain Lucas
- 1947 The Trouble with Women as 2nd Tony - the Waiter (uncredited)
- 1946 Fear as Detective Shaefer
- 1949 Follow Me Quietly as Benny
- 1948 Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House as Joe Appollonio
- 1955 Tarantula as Sheriff Jack Andrews
- 1949 Alias Nick Beal as Karl
- 1959 Vice Raid as Mob Boss Frank Burke
- 1951 The Great Caruso as Egisto Barretto
- 1950 I Was a Shoplifter as Deputy Sheriff Gomez
- 1962 The Three Stooges in Orbit as Chairman
- 1950 Young Man with a Horn as Louis Galba
- 1955 Revenge of the Creature as Captain Lucas
- 1961 Atlantis: The Lost Continent as Megalos (uncredited)
- 1956 The Mole People as Prof. Etienne Lafarge
- 1946 Road to Utopia as McGurk
- 1955 New York Confidential as Martinelli
- 1966 Let's Kill Uncle as Steward
- 1967 The Spirit Is Willing as Felicity's Father
- 1955 All That Heaven Allows as Manuel
- 1947 Ramrod as Curley
- 1953 I, the Jury as Manuel
- 1957 Les Girls as Spanish Peasant (uncredited)
- 1942 Pittsburgh as Barney, Cafe Proprietor
- 1958 The Case Against Brooklyn as Finelli
- 1956 Scandal Incorporated as Leland Miller, tabloid publisher
- 1944 The Falcon in Mexico as Manuel Romero
- 1949 Mighty Joe Young as Brown
- 1941 Hold Back the Dawn as Flores
- 1946 The Last Crooked Mile as Ferrara
- 1947 Shoot to Kill as Gus Miller
- 1955 Hell on Frisco Bay as Louis Fiaschetti
- 1951 Double Dynamite as 'Hot Horse' Harris, the Bookie
- 1964 The Ballad of a Gunfighter as Padre
- 1963 The Madmen of Mandoras as Police Chief Alaniz
- 1956 The First Texan as Priest (uncredited)
- 1942 Broadway as Rinelti
- 1948 Angels' Alley as Tony 'Piggy' Locarno
- 1956 Comanche as Puffer
- 1953 The Bandits of Corsica as Lorenzo
- 1958 The Lady Takes a Flyer as Childreth
- 1954 Jivaro as Jacques
- 1953 Killer Ape as Andrews
- 1951 Flame Of Stamboul as Joe Octavian
- 1956 The Wild Party as Branson
- 1941 Meet Boston Blackie as Martin Vestrick (uncredited)
- 1941 Johnny Eager as Tony Luce (uncredited)
- 1943 The Flying Jalopy as Ben Buzzard (voice) (uncredited)
- 1944 The Desert Song as Benoit
- 1943 Tornado as Big Joe Vlochek
- 1968 They Saved Hitler's Brain as Police Chief Alaniz
- 1952 The Fabulous Senorita as José Rodriguez
- 1947 Carnival in Costa Rica as Padre Rafael
- 1954 Four Guns to the Border as Greasy
- 1945 Nob Hill as Luigi
- 1948 Mr. Reckless as Gus
- 1966 Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter as Saloon Owner
- 1956 Ride The High Iron as Yard Boss
- 1954 Casanova's Big Night as Gnocchi
- 1948 Adventures of Casanova as Prefecture Police
- 1952 South Pacific Trail as Carlos Alvarez
- 1940 The Marines Fly High as Pedro Fernandez
- 1959 The Purple Gang as Orlofsky
- 1953 Prisoners of the Casbah as Marouf
- 1941 Pot o' Gold as Canadian Guide (uncredited)
- 1945 A Medal for Benny as Frank Alviso (uncredited)
- 1952 The Living Bible as Herod Antipas
- 1939 Midnight as Woman's Escort (uncredited)
- 1939 Union Pacific as Canadian Pacific Conductor (uncredited)
- 1939 Another Thin Man as West Indies Club Headwaiter (uncredited)
- 1939 Beau Geste as Corporal Golas (uncredited)
- 1939 The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Man in Street When Gypsies Arrive (uncredited)
- 1952 Phone Call from a Stranger
- 1943 The Hard Way as Max Wade (Uncredited)
- 1949 Bride of Vengeance as Mayor
- 1945 Along the Navajo Trail as Janza
- 1952 5 Fingers
- 1945 Sensation Hunters as Lew Davis
- 1942 Fly By Night as Grube
- 1952 Viva Zapata! as New General (uncredited)
- 1940 The Green Hornet Strikes Again! as Rufus - Henchman in Hawaii
- 1957 The Guns of Fort Petticoat as Tortilla
- 1945 The Southerner as Bartender
- 1951 A Millionaire for Christy as Mr. Rapello
- 1958 Outcasts of the City as Pastor Skira
- 1954 The Desperado as Captain Jake Thornton
- 1947 A Likely Story as Tiny
- 1943 Rhythm of the Islands as Chief Nataro
- 1947 The Lone Wolf in Mexico as Police Capt. Carlos Rodriguez
- 1940 Santa Fe Trail as Abolitionist Noticing Army Horse Brand (uncredited)
- 1940 Boom Town as Venezuelan Officer (uncredited)
- 1943 The Dancing Masters as Silvio - Ringleader (uncredited)
- 1947 Road to Rio as Cardoso
- 1940 North West Mounted Police as Half-breed
- 1945 Salome, Where She Danced as Panatela
- 1940 The Sea Hawk as First Slavemaster
- 1960 Can-Can as Bailiff
- 1940 Arise, My Love as Uniformed Clerk (uncredited)
- 1940 Phantom Raiders as Policeman at Morris' Office & at Finale
- 1940 They Knew What They Wanted as Tony's Pal at Table (uncredited)
- 1940 Primrose Path as Bluebell Manager (uncredited)
- 1940 He Stayed for Breakfast as Gendarme
- 1940 Dark Streets of Cairo as Ahmend, waiter-thug
- 1961 Gold of the Seven Saints as Gondora Henchman
- 1939 Unseen Guardians as Mail Order Crook
- 1952 Mara Maru as Captain Van Hoten (uncredited)
- 1942 The Lady Has Plans as Portuguese Porter (uncredited)
- 1951 The Lady Pays Off as Manuel
- 1950 The Desert Hawk as Abdul
- 1942 King of the Mounties as Count Baroni
- 1947 Robin Hood of Monterey as The Alcalde
- 1942 American Empire as Defense Attorney
- 1954 Thunder Pass as Daniel Slaughter
- 1961 Frontier Uprising as Don Carlos Montalvo
- 1963 California as Gen. Micheltorena
- 1962 The Wild Westerners as John Bullard
- 1941 Hold That Ghost as Glum
- 1947 Humoresque as Orchestra Leader
- 1945 A Thousand and One Nights as Kahim
- 1948 The Paleface as Patient #2
- 1946 The Well Groomed Bride as Fernandez
- 1943 Don Winslow of the Coast Guard as The Scorpion
- 1943 Background to Danger as Koylan (uncredited)
- 1949 Señor Droopy as Bullfight Attender (voice) (uncredited)
- 1943 True to Life as Kapopolis (uncredited)
- 1949 The Inspector General as Gregor (uncredited)
- 1942 Road to Morocco as Sausage Vendor (uncredited)
- 1946 Badman's Territory as Sam Bass
- 1959 Alias Jesse James as Grigsby (uncredited)
- 1942 The Girl from Alaska as Geroux
- 1945 Cornered as Police Official (uncredited)
- 1954 Anything Goes as Dr. Henry T. Dobson
- 1956 Menace from Outer Space as Prof. Cardos
- 1938 Prison Train as Morose
- 1942 The Adventures of Martin Eden
- 1948 Joan of Arc as Henri le Royer, Catherine's husband
- 1962 The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse as Miguel
- 1942 Timber! as Jules Fabian
- 1957 Ten Thousand Bedrooms as Alfredo - the Jeweler (uncredited)
- 1942 For Me and My Gal as Nick (uncredited)
- 1958 The Left Handed Gun as Pete Maxwell
- 1954 Moby Dick as Capt. Peleg
- 1952 April in Paris
- 1958 The Deep Six as Pappa Tatos
- 1944 Shine on Harvest Moon as Romero (uncredited)
- 1951 Jim Thorpe – All-American
- 1960 The Andy Griffith Show ( 1 episode ) as Big Jack Anderson
- 1966 Family Affair ( 1 episode )
- 1963 Burke's Law ( 1 episode ) as Padre Emiliano
- 1955 Cheyenne ( 3 episodes )
- 1954 December Bride ( 2 episodes )
- 1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1957 The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour ( 1 episode ) as Jailer
- 1962 The Lucy Show ( 1 episode ) as Perkins
- 1962 The Beverly Hillbillies ( 1 episode ) as Auctioneer
- 1957 Perry Mason ( 1 episode ) as Nico
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Barman
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode ) as Perino
- 1954 Lassie ( 2 episodes ) as Michael Zolenko
- 1957 Zorro ( 1 episode )
- 1965 Get Smart ( 1 episode ) as Doorman
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Captain Peleg
- 1958 Sea Hunt ( 1 episode )
- 1961 Target: The Corruptors! ( 1 episode )
- 1958 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse ( 1 episode )
- 1952 China Smith ( 6 episodes )
- 1959 Rawhide ( 1 episode ) as Hagerty
- 1957 Have Gun, Will Travel ( 2 episodes ) as Dan Tibner
- 1964 Daniel Boone ( 1 episode ) as Menewa
- 1956 The Count of Monte Cristo ( 1 episode )
- 1955 The Millionaire ( 1 episode ) as Art Gallery Prop. Pataberes
- 1962 The Virginian ( 1 episode ) as Charley Sanchez
- 1954 Climax! ( 2 episodes )
- 1957 Richard Diamond, Private Detective ( 1 episode ) as Axel
- 1957 Alcoa Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Aubert
- 1956 The Adventures of Jim Bowie ( 1 episode )
- 1958 Wanted: Dead or Alive ( 1 episode ) as Mexican Policeman (uncredited)
- 1958 Lawman ( 1 episode )
- 1957 Sugarfoot ( 1 episode ) as Senor Contreras
- 1964 The Addams Family ( 1 episode ) as Captain Grimby
- 1958 The Texan ( 1 episode )
- 1959 Wichita Town ( 1 episode )
- 1963 The Bill Dana Show ( 1 episode )
- 1956 Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers ( 1 episode )
- 1952 Cavalcade of America ( 1 episode ) as Senor Alverez
- 1959 Tightrope ( 1 episode )
- 1953 I'm the Law ( 1 episode )
- 1956 Telephone Time ( 2 episodes )
- 1952 Dangerous Assignment ( 4 episodes )
- 1960 Johnny Midnight ( 1 episode )
- 1953 Letter to Loretta ( 1 episode ) as Victor Russo
- 1954 Passport to Danger ( 1 episode )
- 1958 Behind Closed Doors ( 1 episode )
- 1960 The Barbara Stanwyck Show ( 1 episode ) as Joe
- 1956 Hey, Jeannie! ( 1 episode ) as Gino
- 1957 Maverick ( 1 episode ) as Louie
- 1957 Richard Diamond, Private Detective ( 1 episode ) as Emilio Tomas
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode )
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode ) as Pinero
- 1963 Burke's Law ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Gonzales
- 1952 Four Star Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Judge Le Beau
- 1952 Four Star Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Davis
- 1952 Four Star Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Rocco
- 1952 Four Star Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Mario
- 1957 Zorro ( 1 episode ) as Teo Gonzales (uncredited)
- 1957 Whirlybirds ( 1 episode ) as Ed Fenton
- 1959 Bonanza ( 1 episode ) as Francisco Tenino
- 1959 Bonanza ( 1 episode ) as Chief Crazy Fox
- 1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Fisherman
- 1954 Public Defender ( 1 episode ) as George Barry
- 1951 The Red Skelton Show ( 1 episode ) as Spike
- 1956 On Trial ( 1 episode ) as Bruno
