Cast
Nestor Paiva
Acting
Cast
Nestor Paiva
Known for
Acting
Born
1905-06-30
From
Fresno, California, USA
Died
1966-09-09
Also known as Nestor Caetano 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.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Man in Street When Gypsies Arrive (uncredited)
Creature from the Black Lagoon
as Captain Lucas
Viva Zapata!
as New General (uncredited)
North West Mounted Police
as Half-breed
Les Girls
as Spanish Peasant (uncredited)
Johnny Eager
as Tony Luce (uncredited)
Vice Raid
as Mob Boss Frank Burke
Mighty Joe Young
as Brown
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard
as The Scorpion
Cornered
as Police Official (uncredited)
The Southerner
as Bartender
Primrose Path
as Bluebell Manager (uncredited)
Joan of Arc
as Henri le Royer, Catherine's husband
All That Heaven Allows
as Manuel
The Left Handed Gun
as Pete Maxwell
Jivaro
as Jacques
Can-Can
as Bailiff
Alias Jesse James
as Grigsby (uncredited)
Thunder Pass
as Daniel Slaughter
Moby Dick
as Capt. Peleg
Santa Fe Trail
as Abolitionist Noticing Army Horse Brand (uncredited)
The Sea Hawk
as First Slavemaster
Anything Goes
as Dr. Henry T. Dobson
The Mole People
as Prof. Etienne Lafarge
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
as Joe Appollonio
5 Fingers
Union Pacific
as Canadian Pacific Conductor (uncredited)
Ramrod
as Curley
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
as Miguel
Four Guns to the Border
as Greasy
Beau Geste
as Corporal Golas (uncredited)
Road to Rio
as Cardoso
Follow Me Quietly
as Benny
Tarantula
as Sheriff Jack Andrews
Revenge of the Creature
as Captain Lucas
Jim Thorpe – All-American
The Desperado
as Captain Jake Thornton
Double Dynamite
as 'Hot Horse' Harris, the Bookie
Another Thin Man
as West Indies Club Headwaiter (uncredited)
Comanche
as Puffer
Road to Morocco
as Sausage Vendor (uncredited)
Boom Town
as Venezuelan Officer (uncredited)
Tornado
as Big Joe Vlochek
Prisoners of the Casbah
as Marouf
Hold That Ghost
as Glum
Fear
as Detective Shaefer
Sensation Hunters
as Lew Davis
The Great Caruso
as Egisto Barretto
The Inspector General
as Gregor (uncredited)
Along the Navajo Trail
as Janza
Road to Utopia
as McGurk
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
as Megalos (uncredited)
The Spirit Is Willing
as Felicity's Father
Young Man with a Horn
as Louis Galba
Nob Hill
as Luigi
A Volta do Besouro Verde
as Rufus - Henchman in Hawaii
Humoresque
as Orchestra Leader
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
as Tortilla
Pot o' Gold
as Canadian Guide (uncredited)
A Medal for Benny
as Frank Alviso (uncredited)
American Empire
as Defense Attorney
Badman's Territory
as Sam Bass
Salome, Where She Danced
as Panatela
Mara Maru
as Captain Van Hoten (uncredited)
The Hard Way
as Max Wade (Uncredited)
The Case Against Brooklyn
as Finelli
A Likely Story
as Tiny
Midnight
as Woman's Escort (uncredited)
Unseen Guardians
as Mail Order Crook
Casanova's Big Night
as Gnocchi
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
as Saloon Owner
Mr. Reckless
as Gus
Frontier Uprising
as Don Carlos Montalvo
For Me and My Gal
as Nick (uncredited)
Alias Nick Beal
as Karl
A Thousand and One Nights
as Kahim
The Trouble with Women
as 2nd Tony - the Waiter (uncredited)
Phone Call from a Stranger
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
as Alfredo - the Jeweler (uncredited)
The Deep Six
as Pappa Tatos
The First Texan
as Priest (uncredited)
The Three Stooges in Orbit
as Chairman
New York Confidential
as Martinelli
Background to Danger
as Koylan
True to Life
as Kapopolis (uncredited)
The Lady Has Plans
as Portuguese Porter (uncredited)
Shine on Harvest Moon
as Romero (uncredited)
The Desert Hawk
as Abdul
April in Paris
Let's Kill Uncle
as Steward
The Paleface
as Patient #2
The Wild Westerners
as John Bullard
Hold Back the Dawn
as Flores
Phantom Raiders
as Policeman at Morris' Office & at Finale
The Bandits of Corsica
as Lorenzo
Hell on Frisco Bay
as Louis Fiaschetti
The Lady Takes a Flyer
as Childreth
King of the Mounties
as Count Baroni
The Last Crooked Mile
as Ferrara
Meet Boston Blackie
as Martin Vestrick (uncredited)
Gold of the Seven Saints
as Gondora Henchman
Ride The High Iron
as Yard Boss
The Flying Jalopy
as Ben Buzzard (voice) (uncredited)
Shoot to Kill
as Gus Miller
Broadway
as Rinelti
I Was a Shoplifter
as Deputy Sheriff Gomez
Arise, My Love
as Uniformed Clerk (uncredited)
Rhythm of the Islands
as Chief Nataro
Pittsburgh
as Barney, Cafe Proprietor
A Millionaire for Christy
as Mr. Rapello
Bride of Vengeance
as Mayor
The Falcon in Mexico
as Manuel Romero
I, the Jury
as Manuel
They Knew What They Wanted
as Tony's Pal at Table (uncredited)
Adventures of Casanova
as Prefecture Police
The Adventures of Martin Eden
The Fabulous Senorita
as José Rodriguez
Fly By Night
as Grube
Pier 5, Havana
as Lopez
Dark Streets of Cairo
as Ahmend, waiter-thug
Angels' Alley
as Tony 'Piggy' Locarno
He Stayed for Breakfast
as Gendarme
The Dancing Masters
as Silvio - Ringleader (uncredited)
Robin Hood of Monterey
as The Alcalde
The Lone Wolf in Mexico
as Police Capt. Carlos Rodriguez
The Well Groomed Bride
as Fernandez
The Lady Pays Off
as Manuel
Prison Train
as Morose
South Pacific Trail
as Carlos Alvarez
Menace from Outer Space
as Prof. Cardos
Flame Of Stamboul
as Joe Octavian
They Saved Hitler's Brain
as Police Chief Alaniz
The Madmen of Mandoras
as Police Chief Alaniz
California
as Gen. Micheltorena
Timber!
as Jules Fabian
Outcasts of the City
as Pastor Skira
The Desert Song
as Benoit
The Wild Party
as Branson
The Purple Gang
as Orlofsky
The Girl from Alaska
as Geroux
The Ballad of a Gunfighter
as Padre
The Living Bible
as Herod Antipas
Killer Ape
as Andrews
Señor Droopy
as Bullfight Attender (voice) (uncredited)
Carnival in Costa Rica
as Padre Rafael
The Marines Fly High
as Pedro Fernandez
Scandal Incorporated
as Leland Miller, tabloid publisher