Nestor Paiva profile
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Nestor Paiva

30th June 1905 Fresno, California, USA Acting

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.

147 Movies 63 TV Shows 213 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Vice Raid poster
Vice Raid 1st December 1959 as Mob Boss Frank Burke
Les Girls poster
Les Girls 3rd October 1957 as Spanish Peasant (uncredited)
Tarantula poster
Tarantula 29th October 1955 as Sheriff Jack Andrews
Jivaro poster
Jivaro 12th February 1954 as Jacques
Mara Maru poster
Mara Maru 23rd April 1952 as Captain Van Hoten (uncredited)
Señor Droopy poster
Señor Droopy 9th April 1949 as Bullfight Attender (voice) (uncredited)
Joan of Arc poster
Joan of Arc 22nd December 1948 as Henri le Royer, Catherine's husband
Fear poster
Fear 2nd March 1946 as Detective Shaefer
Cornered poster
Cornered 23rd November 1945 as Police Official (uncredited)
Tornado poster
Tornado 9th August 1943 as Big Joe Vlochek
Pittsburgh poster
Pittsburgh 11th December 1942 as Barney, Cafe Proprietor
Timber! poster
Timber! 1st August 1942 as Jules Fabian
Santa Fe Trail poster
Santa Fe Trail 20th December 1940 as Abolitionist Noticing Army Horse Brand (uncredited)
Boom Town poster
Boom Town 30th August 1940 as Venezuelan Officer (uncredited)
Beau Geste poster
Beau Geste 24th July 1939 as Corporal Golas (uncredited)
Union Pacific poster
Union Pacific 5th May 1939 as Canadian Pacific Conductor (uncredited)
Midnight poster
Midnight 24th March 1939 as Woman's Escort (uncredited)
Bonanza poster
Bonanza 12th September 1959 as Francisco Tenino
Bonanza poster
Bonanza 12th September 1959 as Chief Crazy Fox
Zorro poster
Zorro 10th October 1957 as Teo Gonzales (uncredited)
Sugarfoot poster
Sugarfoot 17th September 1957 as Senor Contreras
Lassie poster
Lassie 12th September 1954 as Michael Zolenko