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.
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
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
145
Gender
Male
Birthday
1905-06-30
Place of Birth
Fresno, California, USA
Also Known As
Nestor Caetano Paiva