Nestor Paiva
Acting
- Born:
- 1905-06-30
- Died:
- 1966-09-09
- Place of birth:
- Fresno, California, USA
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
The Spirit Is Willing
Let's Kill Uncle
Family Affair
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
Get Smart
Daniel Boone
The Addams Family
The Ballad of a Gunfighter
The Madmen of Mandoras
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
The Bill Dana Show
Burke's Law
California
The Lucy Show
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Virginian
The Three Stooges in Orbit
The Wild Westerners
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Target: The Corruptors!
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
Gold of the Seven Saints
Frontier Uprising
The Andy Griffith Show
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Can-Can
Johnny Midnight
The Purple Gang
Vice Raid
Pier 5, Havana
Wichita Town
Bonanza
Tightrope
Alias Jesse James
Rawhide
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Lawman
Behind Closed Doors
The Texan
Wanted: Dead or Alive
The Case Against Brooklyn
The Left Handed Gun
The Lady Takes a Flyer
The Deep Six
Outcasts of the City
Sea Hunt
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Zorro
Les Girls
Alcoa Theatre
Maverick
Perry Mason
Sugarfoot
Have Gun, Will Travel
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
Whirlybirds
The Wild Party
The Mole People
Ride The High Iron
Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
Scandal Incorporated
On Trial
Hey, Jeannie!
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
The First Texan
Telephone Time
Comanche
The Count of Monte Cristo
Menace from Outer Space
Hell on Frisco Bay
Tarantula
Cheyenne
Gunsmoke
All That Heaven Allows
New York Confidential
The Millionaire
Revenge of the Creature
Four Guns to the Border
Climax!
December Bride
Thunder Pass
Lassie
The Desperado
Moby Dick
Casanova's Big Night
Passport to Danger
Public Defender
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Anything Goes
Jivaro
Killer Ape
Prisoners of the Casbah
Letter to Loretta
I, the Jury
The Bandits of Corsica
I'm the Law
General Electric Theater
April in Paris
South Pacific Trail
Cavalcade of America
Four Star Playhouse
Mara Maru
The Fabulous Senorita
5 Fingers
Viva Zapata!
Phone Call from a Stranger
The Living Bible
China Smith
Dangerous Assignment
Double Dynamite
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Lady Pays Off
The Red Skelton Show
A Millionaire for Christy
Jim Thorpe – All-American
The Great Caruso
Flame Of Stamboul
The Colgate Comedy Hour
The Desert Hawk
I Was a Shoplifter
Young Man with a Horn
The Inspector General
Mighty Joe Young
Follow Me Quietly
Señor Droopy
Bride of Vengeance
Alias Nick Beal
Joan of Arc
The Paleface
Mr. Reckless
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Angels' Alley
Adventures of Casanova
Road to Rio
Robin Hood of Monterey
The Trouble with Women
Ramrod
A Likely Story
Carnival in Costa Rica
Shoot to Kill
Humoresque
The Lone Wolf in Mexico
The Last Crooked Mile
The Well Groomed Bride
Badman's Territory
Fear
Road to Utopia
Cornered
Sensation Hunters
Along the Navajo Trail
A Thousand and One Nights
Nob Hill
The Southerner
Salome, Where She Danced
A Medal for Benny
The Falcon in Mexico
Shine on Harvest Moon
The Desert Song
True to Life
The Dancing Masters
Tornado
Background to Danger
Rhythm of the Islands
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard
The Flying Jalopy
The Hard Way
Pittsburgh
American Empire
Road to Morocco
For Me and My Gal
King of the Mounties
Timber!
Broadway
The Girl from Alaska
The Adventures of Martin Eden
The Lady Has Plans
Fly By Night
Johnny Eager
Hold Back the Dawn
Hold That Ghost
Pot o' Gold
Meet Boston Blackie
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
Santa Fe Trail
Dark Streets of Cairo
Arise, My Love
North West Mounted Police
They Knew What They Wanted
He Stayed for Breakfast
Boom Town
The Sea Hawk
Phantom Raiders
Primrose Path
The Marines Fly High
Another Thin Man
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Unseen Guardians
Beau Geste
Union Pacific
Midnight
Prison Train