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Nestor Paiva

Born 1905-06-30

Died 1966-09-09

📍 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.

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Filmography 205

They Saved Hitler's Brain

as Police Chief Alaniz

The Spirit Is Willing

as Felicity's Father

Let's Kill Uncle

Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter

as Saloon Owner

The Addams Family

as Captain Grimby

The Ballad of a Gunfighter

The Madmen of Mandoras

as Police Chief Alaniz

The Bill Dana Show

as Padre Emiliano

as Dr. Gonzales

as Gen. Micheltorena

The Beverly Hillbillies

as Charley Sanchez

The Three Stooges in Orbit

The Wild Westerners

as John Bullard

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Target: The Corruptors!

Atlantis: The Lost Continent

as Megalos (uncredited)

Gold of the Seven Saints

as Gondora Henchman

Frontier Uprising

as Don Carlos Montalvo

The Andy Griffith Show

as Big Jack Anderson

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

Johnny Midnight

The Purple Gang

as Mob Boss Frank Burke

as Francisco Tenino

as Chief Crazy Fox

Alias Jesse James

as Grigsby (uncredited)

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Behind Closed Doors

Wanted: Dead or Alive

as Mexican Policeman (uncredited)

The Case Against Brooklyn

The Left Handed Gun

as Pete Maxwell

The Lady Takes a Flyer

Outcasts of the City

as Pastor Skira

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

as Teo Gonzales (uncredited)

as Spanish Peasant (uncredited)

as Senor Contreras

Have Gun, Will Travel

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

as Emilio Tomas

Ten Thousand Bedrooms

as Alfredo - the Jeweler (uncredited)

The Guns of Fort Petticoat

The Mole People

as Prof. Etienne Lafarge

Ride The High Iron

Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers

Scandal Incorporated

as Leland Miller, tabloid publisher

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

The First Texan

as Priest (uncredited)

The Count of Monte Cristo

Menace from Outer Space

as Prof. Cardos

Hell on Frisco Bay

as Louis Fiaschetti

as Sheriff Jack Andrews

All That Heaven Allows

New York Confidential

The Millionaire

as Art Gallery Prop. Pataberes

Revenge of the Creature

as Captain Lucas

Four Guns to the Border

as Daniel Slaughter

as Michael Zolenko

as Captain Jake Thornton

Casanova's Big Night

Public Defender

as George Barry

Creature from the Black Lagoon

as Captain Lucas

as Dr. Henry T. Dobson

Prisoners of the Casbah

Letter to Loretta

as Victor Russo

The Bandits of Corsica

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater

South Pacific Trail

as Carlos Alvarez

Cavalcade of America

as Senor Alverez

as Captain Van Hoten (uncredited)

The Fabulous Senorita

as José Rodriguez

as New General (uncredited)

Phone Call from a Stranger

The Living Bible

as Herod Antipas

Dangerous Assignment

Double Dynamite

as 'Hot Horse' Harris, the Bookie

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Captain Peleg

The Lady Pays Off

The Red Skelton Show

as Spike - Gang Member

A Millionaire for Christy

Jim Thorpe – All-American

The Great Caruso

as Egisto Barretto

Flame Of Stamboul

as Joe Octavian

The Colgate Comedy Hour

The Desert Hawk

I Was a Shoplifter

as Deputy Sheriff Gomez

Young Man with a Horn

The Inspector General

as Gregor (uncredited)

Mighty Joe Young

Follow Me Quietly

as Bullfight Attender (voice) (uncredited)

Bride of Vengeance

Alias Nick Beal

as Henri le Royer, Catherine's husband

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

as Joe Appollonio

as Tony 'Piggy' Locarno

Adventures of Casanova

as Prefecture Police

Robin Hood of Monterey

The Trouble with Women

as 2nd Tony - the Waiter (uncredited)

Carnival in Costa Rica

as Padre Rafael

as Orchestra Leader

The Lone Wolf in Mexico

as Police Capt. Carlos Rodriguez

The Last Crooked Mile

The Well Groomed Bride

Badman's Territory

as Detective Shaefer

as Police Official (uncredited)

Sensation Hunters

Along the Navajo Trail

A Thousand and One Nights

Salome, Where She Danced

A Medal for Benny

as Frank Alviso (uncredited)

The Falcon in Mexico

as Manuel Romero

Shine on Harvest Moon

as Romero (uncredited)

as Kapopolis (uncredited)

The Desert Song

The Dancing Masters

as Silvio - Ringleader (uncredited)

as Big Joe Vlochek

Background to Danger

Rhythm of the Islands

as Chief Nataro

Don Winslow of the Coast Guard

as The Scorpion

The Flying Jalopy

as Ben Buzzard (voice) (uncredited)

as Max Wade (Uncredited)

as Barney, Cafe Proprietor

American Empire

as Defense Attorney

Road to Morocco

as Sausage Vendor (uncredited)

For Me and My Gal

as Nick (uncredited)

King of the Mounties

as Count Baroni

as Jules Fabian

The Girl from Alaska

The Adventures of Martin Eden

The Lady Has Plans

as Portuguese Porter (uncredited)

as Tony Luce (uncredited)

Hold Back the Dawn

Hold That Ghost

as Canadian Guide (uncredited)

Meet Boston Blackie

as Martin Vestrick (uncredited)

The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

as Rufus - Henchman in Hawaii

as Abolitionist Noticing Army Horse Brand (uncredited)

Dark Streets of Cairo

as Ahmend, waiter-thug

as Uniformed Clerk (uncredited)

North West Mounted Police

They Knew What They Wanted

as Tony's Pal at Table (uncredited)

He Stayed for Breakfast

as Venezuelan Officer (uncredited)

as First Slavemaster

Phantom Raiders

as Policeman at Morris' Office & at Finale

as Bluebell Manager (uncredited)

The Marines Fly High

as Pedro Fernandez

Another Thin Man

as West Indies Club Headwaiter (uncredited)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

as Man in Street When Gypsies Arrive (uncredited)

Unseen Guardians

as Mail Order Crook

as Corporal Golas (uncredited)

as Canadian Pacific Conductor (uncredited)

as Woman's Escort (uncredited)