Nestor Paiva

Biography

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.

Known For

Lopez

Pier 5, Havana

Captain Lucas

Creature from the Black Lagoon

2nd Tony - the Waiter (uncredited)

The Trouble with Women

Detective Shaefer

Fear

Benny

Follow Me Quietly

Joe Appollonio

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

Sheriff Jack Andrews

Tarantula

Karl

Alias Nick Beal

Mob Boss Frank Burke

Vice Raid

Deputy Sheriff Gomez

I Was a Shoplifter

Egisto Barretto

The Great Caruso

Chairman

The Three Stooges in Orbit

Louis Galba

Young Man with a Horn

Captain Lucas

Revenge of the Creature

Megalos (uncredited)

Atlantis: The Lost Continent

Prof. Etienne Lafarge

The Mole People

McGurk

Road to Utopia

Martinelli

New York Confidential

Steward

Let's Kill Uncle

Felicity's Father

The Spirit Is Willing

Manuel

All That Heaven Allows

Curley

Ramrod

Manuel

I, the Jury

Spanish Peasant (uncredited)

Les Girls

Barney, Cafe Proprietor

Pittsburgh

Finelli

The Case Against Brooklyn

Leland Miller, tabloid publisher

Scandal Incorporated

Manuel Romero

The Falcon in Mexico

Brown

Mighty Joe Young

Flores

Hold Back the Dawn

Ferrara

The Last Crooked Mile

Gus Miller

Shoot to Kill

Louis Fiaschetti

Hell on Frisco Bay

'Hot Horse' Harris, the Bookie

Double Dynamite

Padre

The Ballad of a Gunfighter

Police Chief Alaniz

The Madmen of Mandoras

Priest (uncredited)

The First Texan

Rinelti

Broadway

Tony 'Piggy' Locarno

Angels' Alley

Puffer

Comanche

Lorenzo

The Bandits of Corsica

Childreth

The Lady Takes a Flyer

Jacques

Jivaro

Andrews

Killer Ape

Joe Octavian

Flame Of Stamboul

Branson

The Wild Party

Martin Vestrick (uncredited)

Meet Boston Blackie

Tony Luce (uncredited)

Johnny Eager

Ben Buzzard (voice) (uncredited)

The Flying Jalopy

Benoit

The Desert Song

Big Joe Vlochek

Tornado

Police Chief Alaniz

They Saved Hitler's Brain

José Rodriguez

The Fabulous Senorita

Padre Rafael

Carnival in Costa Rica

Greasy

Four Guns to the Border

Luigi

Nob Hill

Gus

Mr. Reckless

Saloon Owner

Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter

Yard Boss

Ride The High Iron

Gnocchi

Casanova's Big Night

Prefecture Police

Adventures of Casanova

Carlos Alvarez

South Pacific Trail

Pedro Fernandez

The Marines Fly High

Orlofsky

The Purple Gang

Marouf

Prisoners of the Casbah

Canadian Guide (uncredited)

Pot o' Gold

Frank Alviso (uncredited)

A Medal for Benny

Herod Antipas

The Living Bible

Woman's Escort (uncredited)

Midnight

Canadian Pacific Conductor (uncredited)

Union Pacific

West Indies Club Headwaiter (uncredited)

Another Thin Man

Corporal Golas (uncredited)

Beau Geste

Man in Street When Gypsies Arrive (uncredited)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Phone Call from a Stranger

Max Wade (Uncredited)

The Hard Way

Mayor

Bride of Vengeance

Janza

Along the Navajo Trail

5 Fingers

Lew Davis

Sensation Hunters

Grube

Fly By Night

New General (uncredited)

Viva Zapata!

Rufus - Henchman in Hawaii

The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

Tortilla

The Guns of Fort Petticoat

Bartender

The Southerner

Mr. Rapello

A Millionaire for Christy

Pastor Skira

Outcasts of the City

Captain Jake Thornton

The Desperado

Tiny

A Likely Story

Chief Nataro

Rhythm of the Islands

Police Capt. Carlos Rodriguez

The Lone Wolf in Mexico

Abolitionist Noticing Army Horse Brand (uncredited)

Santa Fe Trail

Venezuelan Officer (uncredited)

Boom Town

Silvio - Ringleader (uncredited)

The Dancing Masters

Cardoso

Road to Rio

Half-breed

North West Mounted Police

Panatela

Salome, Where She Danced

First Slavemaster

The Sea Hawk

Bailiff

Can-Can

Uniformed Clerk (Uncredited)

Arise, My Love

Policeman at Morris' Office & at Finale

Phantom Raiders

Tony's Pal at Table (uncredited)

They Knew What They Wanted

Bluebell Manager (uncredited)

Primrose Path

Gendarme

He Stayed for Breakfast

Ahmend, waiter-thug

Dark Streets of Cairo

Gondora Henchman

Gold of the Seven Saints

Mail Order Crook

Unseen Guardians

Captain Van Hoten (uncredited)

Mara Maru

Portuguese Porter (uncredited)

The Lady Has Plans

Manuel

The Lady Pays Off

Abdul

The Desert Hawk

Count Baroni

King of the Mounties

The Alcalde

Robin Hood of Monterey

Defense Attorney

American Empire

Daniel Slaughter

Thunder Pass

Don Carlos Montalvo

Frontier Uprising

John Bullard

The Wild Westerners

Gen. Micheltorena

California

Glum (uncredited)

Hold That Ghost

Orchestra Leader

Humoresque

Kahim

A Thousand and One Nights

Patient #2

The Paleface

Fernandez

The Well Groomed Bride

The Scorpion

Don Winslow of the Coast Guard

Koylan

Background to Danger

Bullfight Attender (voice) (uncredited)

Señor Droopy

Kapopolis (uncredited)

True to Life

Gregor (uncredited)

The Inspector General

Sausage Vendor (uncredited)

Road to Morocco

Grigsby (uncredited)

Alias Jesse James

Sam Bass

Badman's Territory

Geroux

The Girl from Alaska

Police Official (uncredited)

Cornered

Dr. Henry T. Dobson

Anything Goes

Prof. Cardos

Menace from Outer Space

Morose

Prison Train

The Adventures of Martin Eden

Henri le Royer, Catherine's husband

Joan of Arc

Miguel

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Jules Fabian

Timber!

Alfredo - the Jeweler (uncredited)

Ten Thousand Bedrooms

Nick (uncredited)

For Me and My Gal

Pete Maxwell

The Left Handed Gun

Capt. Peleg

Moby Dick

April in Paris

Pappa Tatos

The Deep Six

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

145

Gender

Male

Birthday

1905-06-30

Place of Birth

Fresno, California, USA

Also Known As

Nestor Caetano Paiva