Nestor Paiva
- Acting
- June 30, 1905 · Fresno, California, USA
- September 9, 1966
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, Dr. Gonzales
- 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, Chief Crazy Fox
- 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 · Teo Gonzales (uncredited)
- Les Girls · Spanish Peasant (uncredited)
- Alcoa Theatre · Aubert
- Maverick · Louie
- Perry Mason · Nico
- Sugarfoot · Senor Contreras
- Have Gun, Will Travel · Dan Tibner
- Richard Diamond, Private Detective · Axel, Emilio Tomas
- Ten Thousand Bedrooms · Alfredo - the Jeweler (uncredited)
- The Guns of Fort Petticoat · Tortilla
- Whirlybirds · Ed Fenton
- The Wild Party · Branson
- The Mole People · Prof. Etienne Lafarge
- Ride The High Iron · Yard Boss
- Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
- Scandal Incorporated · Leland Miller, tabloid publisher
- On Trial · Bruno
- Hey, Jeannie! · Gino
- The Adventures of Jim Bowie
- The First Texan · Priest (uncredited)
- Telephone Time
- Comanche · Puffer
- The Count of Monte Cristo
- Menace from Outer Space · Prof. Cardos
- Hell on Frisco Bay · Louis Fiaschetti
- Tarantula · Sheriff Jack Andrews
- Cheyenne
- Gunsmoke · Barman
- All That Heaven Allows · Manuel
- New York Confidential · Martinelli
- The Millionaire · Art Gallery Prop. Pataberes
- Revenge of the Creature · Captain Lucas