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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Movies
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Captain Lucas
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
Saloon Owner
Fear
Detective Shaefer
Follow Me Quietly
Benny
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Joe Appollonio
Tarantula
Sheriff Jack Andrews
Alias Nick Beal
Karl
Young Man with a Horn
Louis Galba
Revenge of the Creature
Captain Lucas
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
Megalos (uncredited)
Road to Utopia
McGurk
New York Confidential
Martinelli
The Mole People
Prof. Etienne Lafarge
Let's Kill Uncle
Steward
The Spirit Is Willing
Felicity's Father
Ramrod
Curley
I, the Jury
Manuel
Les Girls
Spanish Peasant (uncredited)
All That Heaven Allows
Manuel
Pittsburgh
Barney, Cafe Proprietor
Scandal Incorporated
Leland Miller, tabloid publisher
The Case Against Brooklyn
Finelli
The Falcon in Mexico
Manuel Romero
Mighty Joe Young
Brown
Hold Back the Dawn
Flores
The Last Crooked Mile
Ferrara
Shoot to Kill
Gus Miller
Hell on Frisco Bay
Louis Fiaschetti
Double Dynamite
'Hot Horse' Harris, the Bookie
The Ballad of a Gunfighter
Padre
The Madmen of Mandoras
Police Chief Alaniz
Broadway
Rinelti
Angels' Alley
Tony 'Piggy' Locarno
Comanche
Puffer
The Lady Takes a Flyer
Childreth
The Bandits of Corsica
Lorenzo
Jivaro
Jacques
Killer Ape
Andrews
Flame Of Stamboul
Joe Octavian
The Wild Party
Branson
The Desert Song
Benoit
Tornado
Big Joe Vlochek
They Saved Hitler's Brain
Police Chief Alaniz
The Fabulous Senorita
José Rodriguez
Carnival in Costa Rica
Padre Rafael
Nob Hill
Luigi
Mr. Reckless
Gus
Four Guns to the Border
Greasy
Casanova's Big Night
Gnocchi
Adventures of Casanova
Prefecture Police
The Marines Fly High
Pedro Fernandez
South Pacific Trail
Carlos Alvarez
The Purple Gang
Orlofsky
Prisoners of the Casbah
Marouf
Midnight
Woman's Escort (uncredited)
Another Thin Man
West Indies Club Headwaiter (uncredited)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Man in Street When Gypsies Arrive (uncredited)
The Hard Way
Max Wade (Uncredited)
Along the Navajo Trail
Janza
Fly-By-Night
Grube
Sensation Hunters
Lew Davis
Union Pacific
Canadian Pacific Conductor (uncredited)
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
Tortilla
The Southerner
Bartender
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
Rufus - Henchman in Hawaii
A Millionaire for Christy
Mr. Rapello
Outcasts of the City
Pastor Skira
The Desperado
Captain Jake Thornton
A Likely Story
Tiny
Rhythm of the Islands
Chief Nataro
The Lone Wolf in Mexico
Police Capt. Carlos Rodriguez
Santa Fe Trail
Abolitionist Noticing Army Horse Brand (uncredited)
Boom Town
Venezuelan Officer (uncredited)
The Dancing Masters
Silvio - Ringleader (uncredited)
Road to Rio
Cardoso
Beau Geste
Corporal Golas (uncredited)
North West Mounted Police
Half-breed
Salome, Where She Danced
Panatela
Unseen Guardians
Mail Order Crook
Can-Can
Bailiff
The Sea Hawk
First Slavemaster
Arise, My Love
Uniformed Clerk (Uncredited)
Phantom Raiders
Policeman at Morris' Office & at Finale
They Knew What They Wanted
Tony's Pal at Table (uncredited)
Primrose Path
Bluebell Manager
He Stayed for Breakfast
Gendarme
Dark Streets of Cairo
Ahmend, waiter-thug
Gold of the Seven Saints
Gondora Henchman
Mara Maru
Captain Van Hoten (uncredited)
The Lady Pays Off
Manuel
The Desert Hawk
Abdul
King of the Mounties
Count Baroni
Robin Hood of Monterey
The Alcalde
Vice Raid
Mob Boss Frank Burke
American Empire
Defense Attorney
Thunder Pass
Daniel Slaughter
The Wild Westerners
John Bullard
California
Gen. Micheltorena
Frontier Uprising
Don Carlos Montalvo
Hold That Ghost
Glum (uncredited)
Humoresque
Orchestra Leader
A Thousand and One Nights
Kahim
The Paleface
Patient #2
The Well Groomed Bride
Fernandez
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard
The Scorpion
Background to Danger
Koylan
Señor Droopy
Bullfight Attender (voice) (uncredited)
True to Life
Kapopolis (uncredited)
The Inspector General
Gregor (uncredited)
Road to Morocco
Sausage Vendor (uncredited)
Alias Jesse James
Grigsby (uncredited)
Badman's Territory
Sam Bass
The Girl from Alaska
Geroux
Anything Goes
Dr. Henry T. Dobson
Cornered
Police Official (uncredited)
Menace from Outer Space
Prof. Cardos
Prison Train
Morose
The Adventures of Martin Eden
Joan of Arc
Henri le Royer, Catherine's husband
Timber!
Jules Fabian
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Miguel
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
Alfredo - the Jeweler (uncredited)
For Me and My Gal
Nick (uncredited)
The Left Handed Gun
Pete Maxwell
Moby Dick
Capt. Peleg
April in Paris
The Deep Six
Pappa Tatos
Johnny Eager
Tony Luce (uncredited)
Meet Boston Blackie
Martin Vestrick (uncredited)
Ride The High Iron
Yard Boss
A Medal for Benny
Frank Alviso (uncredited)
Phone Call from a Stranger
Bride of Vengeance
Mayor
Pier 5, Havana
Lopez
The Trouble with Women
2nd Tony - the Waiter (uncredited)
I Was a Shoplifter
Deputy Sheriff Gomez
The Great Caruso
The Three Stooges in Orbit
Chairman
The First Texan
Priest (uncredited)
The Flying Jalopy
Ben Buzzard (voice) (uncredited)
Pot o' Gold
Canadian Guide (uncredited)
The Living Bible
Herod Antipas
5 Fingers
Viva Zapata!
New General (uncredited)
Shows
Burke's Law
Padre Emiliano
December Bride
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Jailer
Gunsmoke
Barman
General Electric Theater
Perino
China Smith
Have Gun, Will Travel
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Axel
Climax!
Johnny Midnight
Telephone Time
Letter to Loretta
Victor Russo
Passport to Danger
The Andy Griffith Show
Big Jack Anderson
Family Affair
Cheyenne
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
The Beverly Hillbillies
Auctioneer
The Lucy Show
Perkins
Perry Mason
Nico
Get Smart
Zorro
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Captain Peleg
Sea Hunt
Target: The Corruptors!
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
The Virginian
Charley Sanchez
Rawhide
Hagerty
Daniel Boone
Menewa
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Millionaire
Art Gallery Prop. Pataberes
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Mexican Policeman (uncredited)
Lawman
Sugarfoot
Senor Contreras
The Addams Family
Captain Grimby
Wichita Town
The Texan
The Bill Dana Show
Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
Tightrope
Cavalcade of America
Senor Alverez
I'm the Law
Dangerous Assignment
Behind Closed Doors
Lassie
Michael Zolenko
Whirlybirds
Ed Fenton
Alcoa Theatre
Aubert
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Joe
Hey, Jeannie!
Gino
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Emilio Tomas
General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater
Pinero
Burke's Law
Dr. Gonzales
Four Star Playhouse
Judge Le Beau
Four Star Playhouse
Mr. Davis
Four Star Playhouse
Rocco
Four Star Playhouse
Mario
Zorro
Teo Gonzales (uncredited)
Maverick
Louie