Nestor Paiva
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 30, 1905, Fresno, California, USA
- Died
- September 9, 1966
- Movies
- 147
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1968 | They Saved Hitler's Brain | Police Chief Alaniz |
| 1967 | The Spirit Is Willing | Felicity's Father |
| 1966 | Let's Kill Uncle | Steward |
| 1966 | Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter | Saloon Owner |
| 1964 | The Ballad of a Gunfighter | Padre |
| 1963 | The Madmen of Mandoras | Police Chief Alaniz |
| 1963 | California | Gen. Micheltorena |
| 1962 | The Three Stooges in Orbit | Chairman |
| 1962 | The Wild Westerners | John Bullard |
| 1962 | The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | Miguel |
| 1961 | Atlantis: The Lost Continent | Megalos (uncredited) |
| 1961 | Gold of the Seven Saints | Gondora Henchman |
| 1961 | Frontier Uprising | Don Carlos Montalvo |
| 1960 | Can-Can | Bailiff |
| 1959 | The Purple Gang | Orlofsky |
| 1959 | Vice Raid | Mob Boss Frank Burke |
| 1959 | Pier 5, Havana | Lopez |
| 1959 | Alias Jesse James | Grigsby (uncredited) |
| 1958 | The Case Against Brooklyn | Finelli |
| 1958 | The Left Handed Gun | Pete Maxwell |
| 1958 | The Lady Takes a Flyer | Childreth |
| 1958 | The Deep Six | Pappa Tatos |
| 1958 | Outcasts of the City | Pastor Skira |
| 1957 | Les Girls | Spanish Peasant (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Ten Thousand Bedrooms | Alfredo - the Jeweler (uncredited) |
| 1957 | The Guns of Fort Petticoat | Tortilla |
| 1956 | The Wild Party | Branson |
| 1956 | The Mole People | Prof. Etienne Lafarge |
| 1956 | Ride The High Iron | Yard Boss |
| 1956 | Scandal Incorporated | Leland Miller, tabloid publisher |
| 1956 | The First Texan | Priest (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Comanche | Puffer |
| 1956 | Menace from Outer Space | Prof. Cardos |
| 1955 | Hell on Frisco Bay | Louis Fiaschetti |
| 1955 | Tarantula | Sheriff Jack Andrews |
| 1955 | All That Heaven Allows | Manuel |
| 1955 | New York Confidential | Martinelli |
| 1955 | Revenge of the Creature | Captain Lucas |
| 1954 | Four Guns to the Border | Greasy |
| 1954 | Thunder Pass | Daniel Slaughter |
| 1954 | The Desperado | Captain Jake Thornton |
| 1954 | Moby Dick | Capt. Peleg |
| 1954 | Casanova's Big Night | Gnocchi |
| 1954 | Creature from the Black Lagoon | Captain Lucas |
| 1954 | Anything Goes | Dr. Henry T. Dobson |
| 1954 | Jivaro | Jacques |
| 1953 | Killer Ape | Andrews |
| 1953 | Prisoners of the Casbah | Marouf |
| 1953 | I, the Jury | Manuel |
| 1953 | The Bandits of Corsica | Lorenzo |
| 1952 | April in Paris | |
| 1952 | South Pacific Trail | Carlos Alvarez |
| 1952 | Mara Maru | Captain Van Hoten (uncredited) |
| 1952 | The Fabulous Senorita | José Rodriguez |
| 1952 | 5 Fingers | |
| 1952 | Viva Zapata! | New General (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Phone Call from a Stranger | |
| 1952 | The Living Bible | Herod Antipas |
| 1951 | Double Dynamite | 'Hot Horse' Harris, the Bookie |
| 1951 | The Lady Pays Off | Manuel |
| 1951 | A Millionaire for Christy | Mr. Rapello |
| 1951 | Jim Thorpe – All-American | |
| 1951 | The Great Caruso | Egisto Barretto |
| 1951 | Flame Of Stamboul | Joe Octavian |
| 1950 | The Desert Hawk | Abdul |
| 1950 | I Was a Shoplifter | Deputy Sheriff Gomez |
| 1950 | Young Man with a Horn | Louis Galba |
| 1949 | The Inspector General | Gregor (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Mighty Joe Young | Brown |
| 1949 | Follow Me Quietly | Benny |
| 1949 | Señor Droopy | Bullfight Attender (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Bride of Vengeance | Mayor |
| 1949 | Alias Nick Beal | Karl |
| 1948 | Joan of Arc | Henri le Royer, Catherine's husband |
| 1948 | The Paleface | Patient #2 |
| 1948 | Mr. Reckless | Gus |
| 1948 | Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House | Joe Appollonio |
| 1948 | Angels' Alley | Tony 'Piggy' Locarno |
| 1948 | Adventures of Casanova | Prefecture Police |
| 1947 | Road to Rio | Cardoso |
| 1947 | Robin Hood of Monterey | The Alcalde |
| 1947 | The Trouble with Women | 2nd Tony - the Waiter (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Ramrod | Curley |
| 1947 | A Likely Story | Tiny |
| 1947 | Carnival in Costa Rica | Padre Rafael |
| 1947 | Shoot to Kill | Gus Miller |
| 1947 | Humoresque | Orchestra Leader |
| 1947 | The Lone Wolf in Mexico | Police Capt. Carlos Rodriguez |
| 1946 | The Last Crooked Mile | Ferrara |
| 1946 | The Well Groomed Bride | Fernandez |
| 1946 | Badman's Territory | Sam Bass |
| 1946 | Fear | Detective Shaefer |
| 1946 | Road to Utopia | McGurk |
| 1945 | Cornered | Police Official (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Sensation Hunters | Lew Davis |
| 1945 | Along the Navajo Trail | Janza |
| 1945 | A Thousand and One Nights | Kahim |
| 1945 | Nob Hill | Luigi |
| 1945 | The Southerner | Bartender |
| 1945 | Salome, Where She Danced | Panatela |
| 1945 | A Medal for Benny | Frank Alviso (uncredited) |
| 1944 | The Falcon in Mexico | Manuel Romero |
| 1944 | Shine on Harvest Moon | Romero (uncredited) |
| 1944 | The Desert Song | Benoit |
| 1943 | True to Life | Kapopolis (uncredited) |
| 1943 | The Dancing Masters | Silvio - Ringleader (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Tornado | Big Joe Vlochek |
| 1943 | Background to Danger | Koylan (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Rhythm of the Islands | Chief Nataro |
| 1943 | Don Winslow of the Coast Guard | The Scorpion |
| 1943 | The Flying Jalopy | Ben Buzzard (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1943 | The Hard Way | Max Wade (Uncredited) |
| 1942 | Pittsburgh | Barney, Cafe Proprietor |
| 1942 | American Empire | Defense Attorney |
| 1942 | Road to Morocco | Sausage Vendor (uncredited) |
| 1942 | For Me and My Gal | Nick (uncredited) |
| 1942 | King of the Mounties | Count Baroni |
| 1942 | Timber! | Jules Fabian |
| 1942 | Broadway | Rinelti |
| 1942 | The Girl from Alaska | Geroux |
| 1942 | The Adventures of Martin Eden | |
| 1942 | The Lady Has Plans | Portuguese Porter (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Fly By Night | Grube |
| 1941 | Johnny Eager | Tony Luce (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Hold Back the Dawn | Flores |
| 1941 | Hold That Ghost | Glum |
| 1941 | Pot o' Gold | Canadian Guide (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Meet Boston Blackie | Martin Vestrick (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Green Hornet Strikes Again! | Rufus - Henchman in Hawaii |
| 1940 | Santa Fe Trail | Abolitionist Noticing Army Horse Brand (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Dark Streets of Cairo | Ahmend, waiter-thug |
| 1940 | Arise, My Love | Uniformed Clerk (uncredited) |
| 1940 | North West Mounted Police | Half-breed |
| 1940 | They Knew What They Wanted | Tony's Pal at Table (uncredited) |
| 1940 | He Stayed for Breakfast | Gendarme |
| 1940 | Boom Town | Venezuelan Officer (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Sea Hawk | First Slavemaster |
| 1940 | Phantom Raiders | Policeman at Morris' Office & at Finale |
| 1940 | Primrose Path | Bluebell Manager (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Marines Fly High | Pedro Fernandez |
| 1939 | Another Thin Man | West Indies Club Headwaiter (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Man in Street When Gypsies Arrive (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Unseen Guardians | Mail Order Crook |
| 1939 | Beau Geste | Corporal Golas (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Union Pacific | Canadian Pacific Conductor (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Midnight | Woman's Escort (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Prison Train | Morose |
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