Known For
Acting
Born
Jun 30, 1905
Died
Sep 09, 1966
Place of Birth
Fresno, California, USA
Credits
204 titles
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
Filmography
They Saved Hitler's Brain
Police Chief Alaniz
The Spirit Is Willing
Felicity's Father
Let's Kill Uncle
Steward
Family Affair
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
Saloon Owner
Get Smart
Doorman
Daniel Boone
Menewa
The Addams Family
Captain Grimby
The Ballad of a Gunfighter
Padre
The Madmen of Mandoras
Police Chief Alaniz
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Fisherman
The Bill Dana Show
Burke's Law
Padre Emiliano
California
Gen. Micheltorena
The Lucy Show
Perkins
The Beverly Hillbillies
Auctioneer
The Virginian
Charley Sanchez
The Three Stooges in Orbit
Chairman
The Wild Westerners
John Bullard
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Miguel
Target: The Corruptors!
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
Megalos (uncredited)
Gold of the Seven Saints
Gondora Henchman
Frontier Uprising
Don Carlos Montalvo
The Andy Griffith Show
Big Jack Anderson
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Joe
Can-Can
Bailiff
Johnny Midnight
The Purple Gang
Orlofsky
Vice Raid
Mob Boss Frank Burke
Pier 5, Havana
Lopez
Wichita Town
Bonanza
Francisco Tenino
Tightrope
Alias Jesse James
Grigsby (uncredited)
Rawhide
Hagerty
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Lawman
Behind Closed Doors
The Texan
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Mexican Policeman (uncredited)
The Case Against Brooklyn
Finelli
The Left Handed Gun
Pete Maxwell
The Lady Takes a Flyer
Childreth
The Deep Six
Pappa Tatos
Outcasts of the City
Pastor Skira
Sea Hunt
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Jailer
Zorro
Les Girls
Spanish Peasant (uncredited)