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.
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Filmography
all 202
Movies 147
TV Shows 55
self 1
Voice 1
They Saved Hitler's Brain (1968)
The Spirit Is Willing (1967)
Let's Kill Uncle (1966)
Family Affair (1966)
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter (1966)
Get Smart (1965)
Daniel Boone (1964)
The Addams Family (1964)
The Ballad of a Gunfighter (1964)
The Madmen of Mandoras (1963)
The Bill Dana Show (1963)
Burke's Law (1963)
California (1963)
The Lucy Show (1962)
The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
The Virginian (1962)
The Three Stooges in Orbit (1962)
The Wild Westerners (1962)
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)
Target: The Corruptors! (1961)
Atlantis: The Lost Continent (1961)
Gold of the Seven Saints (1961)
Frontier Uprising (1961)
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960)
Can-Can (1960)
Johnny Midnight (1960)
The Purple Gang (1959)
Vice Raid (1959)
Pier 5, Havana (1959)
Wichita Town (1959)
Tightrope (1959)
Markham (1959)
Alias Jesse James (1959)
Rawhide (1959)
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958)
Lawman (1958)
The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca (1958)
Behind Closed Doors (1958)
The Texan (1958)
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958)
The Case Against Brooklyn (1958)
The Left Handed Gun (1958)
The Lady Takes a Flyer (1958)
The Deep Six (1958)
Outcasts of the City (1958)
Sea Hunt (1958)
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour (1957)
Zorro (1957)
Les Girls (1957)
Alcoa Theatre (1957)
Maverick (1957)
Perry Mason (1957)
Sugarfoot (1957)
Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957)
Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957)
The Guns of Fort Petticoat (1957)
Whirlybirds (1957)
The Wild Party (1956)
The Mole People (1956)
Ride The High Iron (1956)
Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers (1956)
Scandal Incorporated (1956)
Hey, Jeannie! (1956)
The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956)
The First Texan (1956)
Telephone Time (1956)
Comanche (1956)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1956)
Menace from Outer Space (1956)
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955)
All That Heaven Allows (1955)
Tarantula (1955)
Cheyenne (1955)
Gunsmoke (1955)
Revenge of the Creature (1955)
New York Confidential (1955)
The Millionaire (1955)
Four Guns to the Border (1954)
The Donald O'Connor Show (1954)
Climax! (1954)
December Bride (1954)
Thunder Pass (1954)
Lassie (1954)
The Desperado (1954)
Moby Dick (1954)
Casanova's Big Night (1954)
Passport to Danger (1954)
Alley to Bali (1954)
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
Anything Goes (1954)
Jivaro (1954)
The New Adventures of China Smith (1954)
Killer Ape (1953)
Prisoners of the Casbah (1953)
Letter to Loretta (1953)
I, the Jury (1953)
The Bandits of Corsica (1953)
I'm the Law (1953)
General Electric Theater (1953)
What's Sweepin'? (1953)
April in Paris (1952)
South Pacific Trail (1952)
Cavalcade of America (1952)
Four Star Playhouse (1952)
Mara Maru (1952)
The Fabulous Senorita (1952)
Phone Call from a Stranger (1952)
The Living Bible (1952)
Dangerous Assignment (1952)
China Smith (1952)
Double Dynamite (1951)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
The Lady Pays Off (1951)
A Millionaire for Christy (1951)
The Great Caruso (1951)
Flame Of Stamboul (1951)
The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950)
The Desert Hawk (1950)
I Was a Shoplifter (1950)
Young Man with a Horn (1950)
The Inspector General (1949)
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
Follow Me Quietly (1949)
Señor Droopy (1949)
Bride of Vengeance (1949)
Alias Nick Beal (1949)
Joan of Arc (1948)
The Paleface (1948)
Mr. Reckless (1948)
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
Angels' Alley (1948)
Adventures of Casanova (1948)
Road to Rio (1947)
Robin Hood of Monterey (1947)
The Trouble with Women (1947)
Ramrod (1947)
A Likely Story (1947)
Carnival in Costa Rica (1947)
Shoot to Kill (1947)
Humoresque (1947)
The Lone Wolf in Mexico (1947)
The Reckless Driver (1946)
The Last Crooked Mile (1946)
The Well Groomed Bride (1946)
Badman's Territory (1946)
Fear (1946)
Road to Utopia (1946)
Cornered (1945)
Sensation Hunters (1945)
Along the Navajo Trail (1945)
A Thousand and One Nights (1945)
Nob Hill (1945)
The Southerner (1945)
Salome, Where She Danced (1945)
A Medal for Benny (1945)
The Falcon in Mexico (1944)
The Barber of Seville (1944)
True to Life (1943)
The Desert Song (1943)
The Dancing Masters (1943)
Tornado (1943)
Background to Danger (1943)
Rhythm of the Islands (1943)
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard (1943)
The Flying Jalopy (1943)
The Hard Way (1943)
Pittsburgh (1942)
American Empire (1942)
Road to Morocco (1942)
For Me and My Gal (1942)
King of the Mounties (1942)
Timber! (1942)
Broadway (1942)
The Girl from Alaska (1942)
The Adventures of Martin Eden (1942)
Fly-By-Night (1942)
Johnny Eager (1941)
Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
Hold That Ghost (1941)
Pot o' Gold (1941)
Meet Boston Blackie (1941)
The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (1940)
Santa Fe Trail (1940)
Dark Streets of Cairo (1940)
Arise, My Love (1940)
North West Mounted Police (1940)
They Knew What They Wanted (1940)
He Stayed for Breakfast (1940)
Boom Town (1940)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
Phantom Raiders (1940)
Primrose Path (1940)
The Marines Fly High (1940)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
Another Thin Man (1939)
Unseen Guardians (1939)
Beau Geste (1939)
Union Pacific (1939)
Midnight (1939)
Prison Train (1938)
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GenderMale
Birthday1905-06-30
Deathday1966-09-09 (61 years old)
Birth PlaceFresno, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsNestor Caetano Paiva
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