Nestor Paiva
Actor
Born June 30, 1905 in Fresno, California, USA
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.
Filmography
They Saved Hitler's Brain
Police Chief Alaniz
The Spirit Is Willing
Felicity's Father
Let's Kill Uncle
Steward
Family Affair
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
Saloon Owner
Get Smart
Doorman
Daniel Boone
Menewa
The Addams Family
Captain Grimby
The Ballad of a Gunfighter
Padre
The Madmen of Mandoras
Police Chief Alaniz
The Bill Dana Show
Burke's Law
Padre Emiliano
California
Gen. Micheltorena
The Lucy Show
Perkins
The Beverly Hillbillies
Auctioneer
The Virginian
Charley Sanchez
The Three Stooges in Orbit
Chairman
The Wild Westerners
John Bullard
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Miguel
Target: The Corruptors!
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
Megalos (uncredited)
Gold of the Seven Saints
Gondora Henchman
Frontier Uprising
Don Carlos Montalvo
The Andy Griffith Show
Big Jack Anderson
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Joe
Can-Can
Bailiff
Johnny Midnight
The Purple Gang
Orlofsky
Vice Raid
Mob Boss Frank Burke
Pier 5, Havana
Lopez
Wichita Town
Bonanza
Francisco Tenino
Tightrope
Alias Jesse James
Grigsby (uncredited)
Rawhide
Hagerty
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Lawman
Behind Closed Doors
The Texan
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Mexican Policeman (uncredited)
The Case Against Brooklyn
Finelli
The Left Handed Gun
Pete Maxwell
The Lady Takes a Flyer
Childreth
The Deep Six
Pappa Tatos
Outcasts of the City
Pastor Skira
Sea Hunt
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Jailer
Zorro
Les Girls
Spanish Peasant (uncredited)
Alcoa Theatre
Aubert
Maverick
Louie
Perry Mason
Nico
Sugarfoot
Senor Contreras
Have Gun, Will Travel
Dan Tibner
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Axel
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
Alfredo - the Jeweler (uncredited)
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
Tortilla
Whirlybirds
Ed Fenton
The Wild Party
Branson
The Mole People
Prof. Etienne Lafarge
Ride The High Iron
Yard Boss
Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
Scandal Incorporated
Leland Miller, tabloid publisher
Hey, Jeannie!
Gino
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
The First Texan
Priest (uncredited)
Telephone Time
Comanche
Puffer
The Count of Monte Cristo
Menace from Outer Space
Prof. Cardos
Hell on Frisco Bay
Louis Fiaschetti
Tarantula
Sheriff Jack Andrews
Cheyenne
Gunsmoke
Barman
All That Heaven Allows
Manuel
New York Confidential
Martinelli
The Millionaire
Art Gallery Prop. Pataberes
Revenge of the Creature
Captain Lucas
Four Guns to the Border
Greasy
Climax!
December Bride
Thunder Pass
Daniel Slaughter
Lassie
Michael Zolenko
The Desperado
Captain Jake Thornton
Moby Dick
Capt. Peleg
Casanova's Big Night
Gnocchi
Public Defender
George Barry
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Captain Lucas
Anything Goes
Dr. Henry T. Dobson
Jivaro
Jacques
Killer Ape
Andrews
Prisoners of the Casbah
Marouf
Letter to Loretta
Victor Russo
I, the Jury
Manuel
The Bandits of Corsica
Lorenzo
I'm the Law
General Electric Theater
Perino
April in Paris
South Pacific Trail
Carlos Alvarez
Cavalcade of America
Senor Alverez
Four Star Playhouse
Judge Le Beau
Mara Maru
Captain Van Hoten (uncredited)
The Fabulous Senorita
José Rodriguez
5 Fingers
Viva Zapata!
New General (uncredited)
Phone Call from a Stranger
The Living Bible
Herod Antipas
China Smith
Dangerous Assignment
Double Dynamite
'Hot Horse' Harris, the Bookie
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Captain Peleg
The Lady Pays Off
Manuel
The Red Skelton Show
Spike
A Millionaire for Christy
Mr. Rapello
Jim Thorpe – All-American
The Great Caruso
Egisto Barretto
Flame Of Stamboul
Joe Octavian
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
The Desert Hawk
Abdul
I Was a Shoplifter
Deputy Sheriff Gomez
Young Man with a Horn
Louis Galba
The Inspector General
Gregor (uncredited)
Mighty Joe Young
Brown
Follow Me Quietly
Benny
Señor Droopy
Bullfight Attender (voice) (uncredited)
Bride of Vengeance
Mayor
Alias Nick Beal
Karl
Joan of Arc
Henri le Royer, Catherine's husband
The Paleface
Patient #2
Mr. Reckless
Gus
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Joe Appollonio
Angels' Alley
Tony 'Piggy' Locarno
Adventures of Casanova
Prefecture Police
Road to Rio
Cardoso
Robin Hood of Monterey
The Alcalde
The Trouble with Women
2nd Tony - the Waiter (uncredited)
Ramrod
Curley
A Likely Story
Tiny
Carnival in Costa Rica
Padre Rafael
Shoot to Kill
Gus Miller
Humoresque
Orchestra Leader
The Lone Wolf in Mexico
Police Capt. Carlos Rodriguez
The Last Crooked Mile
Ferrara
The Well Groomed Bride
Fernandez
Badman's Territory
Sam Bass
Fear
Detective Shaefer
Road to Utopia
McGurk
Cornered
Police Official (uncredited)
Sensation Hunters
Lew Davis
Along the Navajo Trail
Janza
A Thousand and One Nights
Kahim
Nob Hill
Luigi
The Southerner
Bartender
Salome, Where She Danced
Panatela
A Medal for Benny
Frank Alviso (uncredited)
The Falcon in Mexico
Manuel Romero
Shine on Harvest Moon
Romero (uncredited)
True to Life
Kapopolis (uncredited)
The Desert Song
Benoit
The Dancing Masters
Silvio - Ringleader (uncredited)
Tornado
Big Joe Vlochek
Background to Danger
Koylan
Rhythm of the Islands
Chief Nataro
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard
The Scorpion
The Flying Jalopy
Ben Buzzard (voice) (uncredited)
The Hard Way
Max Wade (Uncredited)
Pittsburgh
Barney, Cafe Proprietor
American Empire
Defense Attorney
Road to Morocco
Sausage Vendor (uncredited)
For Me and My Gal
Nick (uncredited)
King of the Mounties
Count Baroni
Timber!
Jules Fabian
Broadway
Rinelti
The Girl from Alaska
Geroux
The Adventures of Martin Eden
The Lady Has Plans
Portuguese Porter (uncredited)
Fly By Night
Grube
Johnny Eager
Tony Luce (uncredited)
Hold Back the Dawn
Flores
Hold That Ghost
Glum
Pot o' Gold
Canadian Guide (uncredited)
Meet Boston Blackie
Martin Vestrick (uncredited)
A Volta do Besouro Verde
Rufus - Henchman in Hawaii
Santa Fe Trail
Abolitionist Noticing Army Horse Brand (uncredited)
Dark Streets of Cairo
Ahmend, waiter-thug
Arise, My Love
Uniformed Clerk (uncredited)
North West Mounted Police
Half-breed
They Knew What They Wanted
Tony's Pal at Table (uncredited)
He Stayed for Breakfast
Gendarme
Boom Town
Venezuelan Officer (uncredited)
The Sea Hawk
First Slavemaster
Phantom Raiders
Policeman at Morris' Office & at Finale
Primrose Path
Bluebell Manager (uncredited)
The Marines Fly High
Pedro Fernandez
Another Thin Man
West Indies Club Headwaiter (uncredited)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Man in Street When Gypsies Arrive (uncredited)
Unseen Guardians
Mail Order Crook
Beau Geste
Corporal Golas (uncredited)
Union Pacific
Canadian Pacific Conductor (uncredited)
Midnight
Woman's Escort (uncredited)
Prison Train
Morose