Nestor Paiva
Acting
1905-06-30 · 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. 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.
Filmography
They Saved Hitler's Brain
1968 · Movie
The Spirit Is Willing
1967 · Movie
Let's Kill Uncle
1966 · Movie
Family Affair
1966 · Series
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
1966 · Movie
Get Smart
1965 · Series
Daniel Boone
1964 · Series
The Addams Family
1964 · Series
The Ballad of a Gunfighter
1964 · Movie
The Madmen of Mandoras
1963 · Movie
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · Series
The Bill Dana Show
1963 · Series
Burke's Law
1963 · Series
California
1963 · Movie
The Lucy Show
1962 · Series
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962 · Series
The Virginian
1962 · Series
The Three Stooges in Orbit
1962 · Movie
The Wild Westerners
1962 · Movie
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1962 · Movie
Target: The Corruptors!
1961 · Series
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
1961 · Movie
Gold of the Seven Saints
1961 · Movie
Frontier Uprising
1961 · Movie
The Andy Griffith Show
1960 · Series
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960 · Series
Can-Can
1960 · Movie
Johnny Midnight
1960 · Series
The Purple Gang
1959 · Movie
Vice Raid
1959 · Movie
Pier 5, Havana
1959 · Movie
Wichita Town
1959 · Series
Bonanza
1959 · Series
Tightrope
1959 · Series
Alias Jesse James
1959 · Movie
Rawhide
1959 · Series
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958 · Series
Lawman
1958 · Series
Behind Closed Doors
1958 · Series
The Texan
1958 · Series
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · Series
The Case Against Brooklyn
1958 · Movie
The Left Handed Gun
1958 · Movie
The Lady Takes a Flyer
1958 · Movie
The Deep Six
1958 · Movie
Outcasts of the City
1958 · Movie
Sea Hunt
1958 · Series
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957 · Series
Zorro
1957 · Series
Les Girls
1957 · Movie
Alcoa Theatre
1957 · Series
Maverick
1957 · Series
Perry Mason
1957 · Series
Sugarfoot
1957 · Series
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · Series
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957 · Series
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
1957 · Movie
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
1957 · Movie
Whirlybirds
1957 · Series
The Wild Party
1956 · Movie
The Mole People
1956 · Movie
Ride The High Iron
1956 · Movie
Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
1956 · Series
Scandal Incorporated
1956 · Movie
On Trial
1956 · Series
Hey, Jeannie!
1956 · Series
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956 · Series
The First Texan
1956 · Movie
Telephone Time
1956 · Series
Comanche
1956 · Movie
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956 · Series
Menace from Outer Space
1956 · Movie
Hell on Frisco Bay
1955 · Movie
Tarantula
1955 · Movie
Cheyenne
1955 · Series
Gunsmoke
1955 · Series
All That Heaven Allows
1955 · Movie
New York Confidential
1955 · Movie
The Millionaire
1955 · Series
Revenge of the Creature
1955 · Movie
Four Guns to the Border
1954 · Movie
Climax!
1954 · Series
December Bride
1954 · Series
Thunder Pass
1954 · Movie
Lassie
1954 · Series
The Desperado
1954 · Movie
Moby Dick
1954 · Movie
Casanova's Big Night
1954 · Movie
Passport to Danger
1954 · Series
Public Defender
1954 · Series
Creature from the Black Lagoon
1954 · Movie
Anything Goes
1954 · Movie
Jivaro
1954 · Movie
Killer Ape
1953 · Movie
Prisoners of the Casbah
1953 · Movie
Letter to Loretta
1953 · Series
I, the Jury
1953 · Movie
The Bandits of Corsica
1953 · Movie
I'm the Law
1953 · Series
General Electric Theater
1953 · Series
April in Paris
1952 · Movie
South Pacific Trail
1952 · Movie
Cavalcade of America
1952 · Series
Four Star Playhouse
1952 · Series
Mara Maru
1952 · Movie
The Fabulous Senorita
1952 · Movie
5 Fingers
1952 · Movie
Viva Zapata!
1952 · Movie
Phone Call from a Stranger
1952 · Movie
Dangerous Assignment
1952 · Series
China Smith
1952 · Series
The Living Bible
1952 · Movie
Double Dynamite
1951 · Movie
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Series
The Lady Pays Off
1951 · Movie
The Red Skelton Show
1951 · Series
A Millionaire for Christy
1951 · Movie
Jim Thorpe – All-American
1951 · Movie
The Great Caruso
1951 · Movie
Flame Of Stamboul
1951 · Movie
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Series
The Desert Hawk
1950 · Movie
I Was a Shoplifter
1950 · Movie
Young Man with a Horn
1950 · Movie
The Inspector General
1949 · Movie
Mighty Joe Young
1949 · Movie
Follow Me Quietly
1949 · Movie
Señor Droopy
1949 · Movie
Bride of Vengeance
1949 · Movie
Alias Nick Beal
1949 · Movie
Joan of Arc
1948 · Movie
The Paleface
1948 · Movie
Mr. Reckless
1948 · Movie
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948 · Movie
Angels' Alley
1948 · Movie
Adventures of Casanova
1948 · Movie
Road to Rio
1947 · Movie
Robin Hood of Monterey
1947 · Movie
The Trouble with Women
1947 · Movie
Ramrod
1947 · Movie
A Likely Story
1947 · Movie
Carnival in Costa Rica
1947 · Movie
Shoot to Kill
1947 · Movie
Humoresque
1947 · Movie
The Lone Wolf in Mexico
1947 · Movie
The Last Crooked Mile
1946 · Movie
The Well Groomed Bride
1946 · Movie
Badman's Territory
1946 · Movie
Fear
1946 · Movie
Road to Utopia
1946 · Movie
Cornered
1945 · Movie
Sensation Hunters
1945 · Movie
Along the Navajo Trail
1945 · Movie
A Thousand and One Nights
1945 · Movie
Nob Hill
1945 · Movie
The Southerner
1945 · Movie
Salome, Where She Danced
1945 · Movie
A Medal for Benny
1945 · Movie
The Falcon in Mexico
1944 · Movie
Shine on Harvest Moon
1944 · Movie
The Desert Song
1944 · Movie
True to Life
1943 · Movie
The Dancing Masters
1943 · Movie
Tornado
1943 · Movie
Background to Danger
1943 · Movie
Rhythm of the Islands
1943 · Movie
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard
1943 · Movie
The Flying Jalopy
1943 · Movie
The Hard Way
1943 · Movie
Pittsburgh
1942 · Movie
American Empire
1942 · Movie
Road to Morocco
1942 · Movie
For Me and My Gal
1942 · Movie
King of the Mounties
1942 · Movie
Timber!
1942 · Movie
Broadway
1942 · Movie
The Girl from Alaska
1942 · Movie
The Adventures of Martin Eden
1942 · Movie
The Lady Has Plans
1942 · Movie
Fly By Night
1942 · Movie
Johnny Eager
1941 · Movie
Hold Back the Dawn
1941 · Movie
Hold That Ghost
1941 · Movie
Pot o' Gold
1941 · Movie
Meet Boston Blackie
1941 · Movie
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
1940 · Movie
Santa Fe Trail
1940 · Movie
Dark Streets of Cairo
1940 · Movie
Arise, My Love
1940 · Movie
North West Mounted Police
1940 · Movie
They Knew What They Wanted
1940 · Movie
He Stayed for Breakfast
1940 · Movie
Boom Town
1940 · Movie
The Sea Hawk
1940 · Movie
Phantom Raiders
1940 · Movie
Primrose Path
1940 · Movie
The Marines Fly High
1940 · Movie
Another Thin Man
1939 · Movie
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939 · Movie
Unseen Guardians
1939 · Movie
Beau Geste
1939 · Movie
Union Pacific
1939 · Movie
Midnight
1939 · Movie
Prison Train
1938 · Movie