Nestor Paiva
Known for: Acting
Born: June 30, 1905
Died: September 9, 1966
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
147 movies · 57 TV shows, newest first
2.9
They Saved Hitler's Brain
1968
5.5
The Spirit Is Willing
1967
5.5
Let's Kill Uncle
1966
6.7
Family Affair
1966
4.3
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
1966
8.0
Get Smart
1965
7.0
Daniel Boone
1964
8.0
The Addams Family
1964
5.0
The Ballad of a Gunfighter
1964
3.4
The Madmen of Mandoras
19635.9
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
6.3
The Bill Dana Show
1963
6.3
Burke's Law
1963
5.0
California
1963
7.0
The Lucy Show
1962
6.9
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
6.5
The Virginian
1962
5.1
The Three Stooges in Orbit
1962
7.2
The Wild Westerners
1962
6.0
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1962
5.7
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
5.1
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
1961
7.2
Gold of the Seven Saints
1961
5.4
Frontier Uprising
1961
7.6
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
6.4
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
6.7
Can-Can
1960
7.0
Johnny Midnight
1960
6.8
The Purple Gang
1959
6.2
Vice Raid
1959
5.1
Pier 5, Havana
1959
4.9
Wichita Town
1959
7.5
Bonanza
1959
6.3
Tightrope
1959
6.1
Alias Jesse James
1959
7.2
Rawhide
1959
6.3
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
6.0
Lawman
1958
8.0
Behind Closed Doors
1958
6.0
The Texan
1958
7.0
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
6.1
The Case Against Brooklyn
1958
6.0
The Left Handed Gun
1958
4.4
The Lady Takes a Flyer
1958
5.7
The Deep Six
1958
10.0
Outcasts of the City
1958
6.7
Sea Hunt
1958
8.7
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957
7.6
Zorro
1957
6.4
Les Girls
1957
7.0
Alcoa Theatre
1957
7.0
Maverick
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
1957
5.1
Sugarfoot
1957
7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
6.8
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
5.6
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
1957
6.3
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
1957
6.0
Whirlybirds
1957
6.6
The Wild Party
1956
5.2
The Mole People
1956
10.0
Ride The High Iron
1956
7.5
Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
1956
6.0
Scandal Incorporated
19565.0
On Trial
1956
6.2
Hey, Jeannie!
1956
5.3
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
6.7
The First Texan
1956
6.5
Telephone Time
1956
5.2
Comanche
1956
5.6
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956
4.0
Menace from Outer Space
1956
5.3
Hell on Frisco Bay
1955
6.5
Tarantula
1955
6.2
Cheyenne
1955
6.7
Gunsmoke
1955
7.3
All That Heaven Allows
1955
6.0
New York Confidential
1955
5.8
The Millionaire
1955
5.6
Revenge of the Creature
1955
5.0
Four Guns to the Border
1954
3.8
Climax!
1954
6.3
December Bride
1954
6.5
Thunder Pass
1954
6.3
Lassie
1954
7.2
The Desperado
1954
9.0
Moby Dick
1954
6.1
Casanova's Big Night
19547.5
Passport to Danger
1954
6.3
Public Defender
1954
6.8
Creature from the Black Lagoon
1954
6.4
Anything Goes
1954
5.2
Jivaro
1954
5.4
Killer Ape
1953
5.7
Prisoners of the Casbah
1953
6.6
Letter to Loretta
1953
5.9
I, the Jury
1953
6.4
The Bandits of Corsica
1953
6.0
I'm the Law
1953
6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
4.9
April in Paris
1952
8.0
South Pacific Trail
1952
4.6
Cavalcade of America
1952
6.8
Four Star Playhouse
1952
5.2
Mara Maru
1952
6.5
The Fabulous Senorita
1952
7.5
5 Fingers
1952
6.8
Viva Zapata!
1952
6.4
Phone Call from a Stranger
1952
6.0
The Living Bible
1952
NR
China Smith
1952
5.3
Dangerous Assignment
1952
6.5
Double Dynamite
1951
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
7.5
The Lady Pays Off
1951
7.4
The Red Skelton Show
1951
7.0
A Millionaire for Christy
1951
6.5
Jim Thorpe – All-American
1951
5.9
The Great Caruso
1951
5.3
Flame Of Stamboul
1951
6.9
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
5.4
The Desert Hawk
1950
5.8
I Was a Shoplifter
1950
6.4
Young Man with a Horn
1950
6.6
The Inspector General
1949
6.4
Mighty Joe Young
1949
6.2
Follow Me Quietly
1949
6.8
Señor Droopy
1949
5.4
Bride of Vengeance
1949
6.8
Alias Nick Beal
1949
6.2
Joan of Arc
1948
6.1
The Paleface
1948
5.0
Mr. Reckless
1948
7.0
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948
5.2
Angels' Alley
1948
6.3
Adventures of Casanova
1948
6.8
Road to Rio
1947
6.1
Robin Hood of Monterey
1947
9.5
The Trouble with Women
1947
6.5
Ramrod
1947
4.8
A Likely Story
1947
7.0
Carnival in Costa Rica
1947
4.9
Shoot to Kill
1947
7.0
Humoresque
1947
6.0
The Lone Wolf in Mexico
1947
5.5
The Last Crooked Mile
1946
5.7
The Well Groomed Bride
1946
6.3
Badman's Territory
1946
4.6
Fear
1946
6.7
Road to Utopia
1946
6.2
Cornered
1945
4.8
Sensation Hunters
1945
7.5
Along the Navajo Trail
1945
6.1
A Thousand and One Nights
1945
6.3
Nob Hill
1945
6.6
The Southerner
1945
4.1
Salome, Where She Danced
1945
5.6
A Medal for Benny
1945
5.5
The Falcon in Mexico
1944
6.8
Shine on Harvest Moon
1944
8.0
True to Life
1943
6.0
The Desert Song
1943
6.2
The Dancing Masters
1943
5.7
Tornado
1943
6.7
Background to Danger
1943
5.5
Rhythm of the Islands
1943
10.0
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard
1943
6.6
The Flying Jalopy
1943
6.5
The Hard Way
1943
6.4
Pittsburgh
1942
5.0
American Empire
1942
6.9
Road to Morocco
1942
6.5
For Me and My Gal
1942
8.0
King of the Mounties
1942
8.0
Timber!
1942
6.4
Broadway
1942
8.0
The Girl from Alaska
1942
8.0
The Adventures of Martin Eden
1942
6.0
The Lady Has Plans
1942
6.7
Fly By Night
1942
6.2
Johnny Eager
1941
6.7
Hold Back the Dawn
1941
6.8
Hold That Ghost
1941
5.6
Pot o' Gold
1941
6.3
Meet Boston Blackie
1941
6.8
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
1940
5.8
Santa Fe Trail
1940
7.5
Dark Streets of Cairo
1940
6.3
Arise, My Love
1940
6.4
North West Mounted Police
1940
6.0
They Knew What They Wanted
1940
8.0
He Stayed for Breakfast
1940
7.0
Boom Town
1940
7.2
The Sea Hawk
1940
6.1
Phantom Raiders
1940
6.7
Primrose Path
1940
5.3
The Marines Fly High
1940
7.1
Another Thin Man
1939
7.3
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939
6.5
Unseen Guardians
1939
7.0
Beau Geste
1939
6.7
Union Pacific
1939
7.4
Midnight
1939
7.3
Prison Train
1938