Nestor Paiva

Known For: Acting
Born: June 30, 1905
Place of Birth: Fresno, California, USA
Died: September 9, 1966

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 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 chil…

Filmography

They Saved Hitler's Brain

1968 · Police Chief Alaniz

The Spirit Is Willing

1967 · Felicity's Father

Let's Kill Uncle

1966 · Steward

Family Affair

1966

Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter

1966 · Saloon Owner

Get Smart

1965 · Doorman

Daniel Boone

1964 · Menewa

The Addams Family

1964 · Captain Grimby

The Ballad of a Gunfighter

1964 · Padre

The Madmen of Mandoras

1963 · Police Chief Alaniz

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963 · Fisherman

The Bill Dana Show

1963

Burke's Law

1963 · Padre Emiliano, Dr. Gonzales

California

1963 · Gen. Micheltorena

The Lucy Show

1962 · Perkins

The Beverly Hillbillies

1962 · Auctioneer

The Virginian

1962 · Charley Sanchez

The Three Stooges in Orbit

1962 · Chairman

The Wild Westerners

1962 · John Bullard

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

1962 · Miguel

Target: The Corruptors!

1961

Atlantis: The Lost Continent

1961 · Megalos (uncredited)

Gold of the Seven Saints

1961 · Gondora Henchman

Frontier Uprising

1961 · Don Carlos Montalvo

The Andy Griffith Show

1960 · Big Jack Anderson

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

1960 · Joe

Can-Can

1960 · Bailiff

Johnny Midnight

1960

The Purple Gang

1959 · Orlofsky

Vice Raid

1959 · Mob Boss Frank Burke

Pier 5, Havana

1959 · Lopez

Wichita Town

1959

Bonanza

1959 · Francisco Tenino, Chief Crazy Fox

Tightrope

1959

Alias Jesse James

1959 · Grigsby (uncredited)

Rawhide

1959 · Hagerty

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

1958

Lawman

1958

Behind Closed Doors

1958

The Texan

1958

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958 · Mexican Policeman (uncredited)

The Case Against Brooklyn

1958 · Finelli

The Left Handed Gun

1958 · Pete Maxwell

The Lady Takes a Flyer

1958 · Childreth

The Deep Six

1958 · Pappa Tatos

Outcasts of the City

1958 · Pastor Skira

Sea Hunt

1958

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

1957 · Jailer

Zorro

1957 · , Teo Gonzales (uncredited)

Les Girls

1957 · Spanish Peasant (uncredited)

Alcoa Theatre

1957 · Aubert

Maverick

1957 · Louie

Perry Mason

1957 · Nico

Sugarfoot

1957 · Senor Contreras

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957 · Dan Tibner

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

1957 · Axel, Emilio Tomas

Ten Thousand Bedrooms

1957 · Alfredo - the Jeweler (uncredited)

The Guns of Fort Petticoat

1957 · Tortilla

Whirlybirds

1957 · Ed Fenton

The Wild Party

1956 · Branson

The Mole People

1956 · Prof. Etienne Lafarge

Ride The High Iron

1956 · Yard Boss

Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers

1956

Scandal Incorporated

1956 · Leland Miller, tabloid publisher

On Trial

1956 · Bruno

Hey, Jeannie!

1956 · Gino

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

1956

The First Texan

1956 · Priest (uncredited)

Telephone Time

1956

Comanche

1956 · Puffer

The Count of Monte Cristo

1956

Menace from Outer Space

1956 · Prof. Cardos

Hell on Frisco Bay

1955 · Louis Fiaschetti

Tarantula

1955 · Sheriff Jack Andrews

Cheyenne

1955

Gunsmoke

1955 · Barman

All That Heaven Allows

1955 · Manuel

New York Confidential

1955 · Martinelli

The Millionaire

1955 · Art Gallery Prop. Pataberes

Revenge of the Creature

1955 · Captain Lucas

Four Guns to the Border

1954 · Greasy

Climax!

1954

December Bride

1954

Thunder Pass

1954 · Daniel Slaughter

Lassie

1954 · Michael Zolenko

The Desperado

1954 · Captain Jake Thornton

Moby Dick

1954 · Capt. Peleg

Casanova's Big Night

1954 · Gnocchi

Passport to Danger

Passport to Danger

1954

Public Defender

1954 · George Barry

Creature from the Black Lagoon

1954 · Captain Lucas

Anything Goes

1954 · Dr. Henry T. Dobson

Jivaro

1954 · Jacques

Killer Ape

1953 · Andrews

Prisoners of the Casbah

1953 · Marouf

Letter to Loretta

1953 · Victor Russo

I, the Jury

1953 · Manuel

The Bandits of Corsica

1953 · Lorenzo

I'm the Law

1953

General Electric Theater

1953 · Perino, Pinero

April in Paris

1952

South Pacific Trail

1952 · Carlos Alvarez

Cavalcade of America

1952 · Senor Alverez

Four Star Playhouse

1952 · Judge Le Beau, Mr. Davis, Rocco, Mario

Mara Maru

1952 · Captain Van Hoten (uncredited)

The Fabulous Senorita

1952 · José Rodriguez

5 Fingers

1952

Viva Zapata!

1952 · New General (uncredited)

Phone Call from a Stranger

1952

The Living Bible

1952 · Herod Antipas

China Smith

1952

Dangerous Assignment

1952

Double Dynamite

1951 · 'Hot Horse' Harris, the Bookie

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951 · Captain Peleg

The Lady Pays Off

1951 · Manuel

The Red Skelton Show

1951 · Spike

A Millionaire for Christy

1951 · Mr. Rapello

Jim Thorpe – All-American

1951

The Great Caruso

1951 · Egisto Barretto

Flame Of Stamboul

1951 · Joe Octavian

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950 · Self

The Desert Hawk

1950 · Abdul

I Was a Shoplifter

1950 · Deputy Sheriff Gomez

Young Man with a Horn

1950 · Louis Galba

The Inspector General

1949 · Gregor (uncredited)

Mighty Joe Young

1949 · Brown

Follow Me Quietly

1949 · Benny

Señor Droopy

1949 · Bullfight Attender (voice) (uncredited)

Bride of Vengeance

1949 · Mayor

Alias Nick Beal

1949 · Karl

Joan of Arc

1948 · Henri le Royer, Catherine's husband

The Paleface

1948 · Patient #2

Mr. Reckless

1948 · Gus

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

1948 · Joe Appollonio

Angels' Alley

1948 · Tony 'Piggy' Locarno

Adventures of Casanova

1948 · Prefecture Police

Road to Rio

1947 · Cardoso

Robin Hood of Monterey

1947 · The Alcalde

The Trouble with Women

1947 · 2nd Tony - the Waiter (uncredited)

Ramrod

1947 · Curley

A Likely Story

1947 · Tiny

Carnival in Costa Rica

1947 · Padre Rafael

Shoot to Kill

1947 · Gus Miller

Humoresque

1947 · Orchestra Leader

The Lone Wolf in Mexico

1947 · Police Capt. Carlos Rodriguez

The Last Crooked Mile

1946 · Ferrara

The Well Groomed Bride

1946 · Fernandez

Badman's Territory

1946 · Sam Bass

Fear

1946 · Detective Shaefer

Road to Utopia

1946 · McGurk

Cornered

1945 · Police Official (uncredited)

Sensation Hunters

1945 · Lew Davis

Along the Navajo Trail

1945 · Janza

A Thousand and One Nights

1945 · Kahim

Nob Hill

1945 · Luigi

The Southerner

1945 · Bartender

Salome, Where She Danced

1945 · Panatela

A Medal for Benny

1945 · Frank Alviso (uncredited)

The Falcon in Mexico

1944 · Manuel Romero

Shine on Harvest Moon

1944 · Romero (uncredited)

True to Life

1943 · Kapopolis (uncredited)

The Desert Song

1943 · Benoit

The Dancing Masters

1943 · Silvio - Ringleader (uncredited)

Tornado

1943 · Big Joe Vlochek

Background to Danger

1943 · Koylan

Rhythm of the Islands

1943 · Chief Nataro

Don Winslow of the Coast Guard

1943 · The Scorpion

The Flying Jalopy

1943 · Ben Buzzard (voice) (uncredited)

The Hard Way

1943 · Max Wade (Uncredited)

Pittsburgh

1942 · Barney, Cafe Proprietor

American Empire

1942 · Defense Attorney

Road to Morocco

1942 · Sausage Vendor (uncredited)

For Me and My Gal

1942 · Nick (uncredited)

King of the Mounties

1942 · Count Baroni

Timber!

1942 · Jules Fabian

Broadway

1942 · Rinelti

The Girl from Alaska

1942 · Geroux

The Adventures of Martin Eden

1942

The Lady Has Plans

1942 · Portuguese Porter (uncredited)

Fly By Night

1942 · Grube

Johnny Eager

1941 · Tony Luce (uncredited)

Hold Back the Dawn

1941 · Flores

Hold That Ghost

1941 · Glum

Pot o' Gold

1941 · Canadian Guide (uncredited)

Meet Boston Blackie

1941 · Martin Vestrick (uncredited)

A Volta do Besouro Verde

1940 · Rufus - Henchman in Hawaii

Santa Fe Trail

1940 · Abolitionist Noticing Army Horse Brand (uncredited)

Dark Streets of Cairo

1940 · Ahmend, waiter-thug

Arise, My Love

1940 · Uniformed Clerk (uncredited)

North West Mounted Police

1940 · Half-breed

They Knew What They Wanted

1940 · Tony's Pal at Table (uncredited)

He Stayed for Breakfast

1940 · Gendarme

Boom Town

1940 · Venezuelan Officer (uncredited)

The Sea Hawk

1940 · First Slavemaster

Phantom Raiders

1940 · Policeman at Morris' Office & at Finale

Primrose Path

1940 · Bluebell Manager (uncredited)

The Marines Fly High

1940 · Pedro Fernandez

Another Thin Man

1939 · West Indies Club Headwaiter (uncredited)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1939 · Man in Street When Gypsies Arrive (uncredited)

Unseen Guardians

1939 · Mail Order Crook

Beau Geste

1939 · Corporal Golas (uncredited)

Union Pacific

1939 · Canadian Pacific Conductor (uncredited)

Midnight

1939 · Woman's Escort (uncredited)

Prison Train

1938 · Morose

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