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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Known For
Mighty Joe Young
(1949)
Brown
Creature from the Black Lagoon
(1954)
Captain Lucas
Joan of Arc
(1948)
Henri le Royer, Catherine's husband
Midnight
(1939)
Woman's Escort (uncredited)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
(1939)
Man in Street When Gypsies Arrive (uncredited)
The Left Handed Gun
(1958)
Pete Maxwell
Viva Zapata!
(1952)
New General (uncredited)
All That Heaven Allows
(1955)
Manuel
Revenge of the Creature
(1955)
Captain Lucas
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
(1948)
Joe Appollonio
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
(1962)
Miguel
Tarantula
(1955)
Sheriff Jack Andrews
Beau Geste
(1939)
Corporal Golas (uncredited)
Can-Can
(1960)
Bailiff
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
(1961)
Megalos (uncredited)
Cornered
(1945)
Police Official (uncredited)
Full Filmography
Acting
Prison Train
(1938)
Morose
Midnight
(1939)
Woman's Escort (uncredited)
Another Thin Man
(1939)
West Indies Club Headwaiter (uncredited)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
(1939)
Man in Street When Gypsies Arrive (uncredited)
Union Pacific
(1939)
Canadian Pacific Conductor (uncredited)
Beau Geste
(1939)
Corporal Golas (uncredited)
Unseen Guardians
(1939)
Mail Order Crook
The Marines Fly High
(1940)
Pedro Fernandez
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
(1940)
Rufus - Henchman in Hawaii
Boom Town
(1940)
Venezuelan Officer (uncredited)
Santa Fe Trail
(1940)
Abolitionist Noticing Army Horse Brand (uncredited)
North West Mounted Police
(1940)
Half-breed
The Sea Hawk
(1940)
First Slavemaster
Arise, My Love
(1940)
Uniformed Clerk (Uncredited)
Phantom Raiders
(1940)
Policeman at Morris' Office & at Finale
Primrose Path
(1940)
Bluebell Manager
They Knew What They Wanted
(1940)
Tony's Pal at Table (uncredited)
He Stayed for Breakfast
(1940)
Gendarme
Dark Streets of Cairo
(1940)
Ahmend, waiter-thug
Hold Back the Dawn
(1941)
Flores
Hold That Ghost
(1941)
Glum (uncredited)
Johnny Eager
(1941)
Tony Luce (uncredited)
Meet Boston Blackie
(1941)
Martin Vestrick (uncredited)
Pot o' Gold
(1941)
Canadian Guide (uncredited)
Pittsburgh
(1942)
Barney, Cafe Proprietor
Broadway
(1942)
Rinelti
Fly-By-Night
(1942)
Grube
King of the Mounties
(1942)
Count Baroni
American Empire
(1942)
Defense Attorney
Road to Morocco
(1942)
Sausage Vendor (uncredited)
The Girl from Alaska
(1942)
Geroux
The Adventures of Martin Eden
(1942)
Timber!
(1942)
Jules Fabian
For Me and My Gal
(1942)
Nick (uncredited)
The Desert Song
(1943)
Benoit
Tornado
(1943)
Big Joe Vlochek
The Hard Way
(1943)
Max Wade (Uncredited)
Rhythm of the Islands
(1943)
Chief Nataro
The Dancing Masters
(1943)
Silvio - Ringleader (uncredited)
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard
(1943)
The Scorpion
Background to Danger
(1943)
Koylan
True to Life
(1943)
Kapopolis (uncredited)
The Flying Jalopy
(1943)
Ben Buzzard (voice) (uncredited)
The Falcon in Mexico
(1944)
Manuel Romero
Nob Hill
(1945)
Luigi
Along the Navajo Trail
(1945)
Janza
Sensation Hunters
(1945)
Lew Davis
The Southerner
(1945)
Bartender
Salome, Where She Danced
(1945)
Panatela
A Thousand and One Nights
(1945)
Kahim
Cornered
(1945)
Police Official (uncredited)
A Medal for Benny
(1945)
Frank Alviso (uncredited)
Fear
(1946)
Detective Shaefer
Road to Utopia
(1946)
McGurk
The Last Crooked Mile
(1946)
Ferrara
The Well Groomed Bride
(1946)
Fernandez
Badman's Territory
(1946)
Sam Bass
Ramrod
(1947)
Curley
Shoot to Kill
(1947)
Gus Miller
Carnival in Costa Rica
(1947)
Padre Rafael
A Likely Story
(1947)
Tiny
The Lone Wolf in Mexico
(1947)
Police Capt. Carlos Rodriguez
Road to Rio
(1947)
Cardoso
Robin Hood of Monterey
(1947)
The Alcalde
Humoresque
(1947)
Orchestra Leader
The Trouble with Women
(1947)
2nd Tony - the Waiter (uncredited)
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
(1948)
Joe Appollonio
Angels' Alley
(1948)
Tony 'Piggy' Locarno
Mr. Reckless
(1948)
Gus
Adventures of Casanova
(1948)
Prefecture Police
The Paleface
(1948)
Patient #2
Joan of Arc
(1948)
Henri le Royer, Catherine's husband
Follow Me Quietly
(1949)
Benny
Alias Nick Beal
(1949)
Karl
Mighty Joe Young
(1949)
Brown
Señor Droopy
(1949)
Bullfight Attender (voice) (uncredited)
The Inspector General
(1949)
Gregor (uncredited)
Bride of Vengeance
(1949)
Mayor
Young Man with a Horn
(1950)
Louis Galba
The Desert Hawk
(1950)
Abdul
I Was a Shoplifter
(1950)
Deputy Sheriff Gomez
Double Dynamite
(1951)
'Hot Horse' Harris, the Bookie
Flame Of Stamboul
(1951)
Joe Octavian
A Millionaire for Christy
(1951)
Mr. Rapello
The Lady Pays Off
(1951)
Manuel
The Great Caruso
(1951)
The Fabulous Senorita
(1952)
José Rodriguez
South Pacific Trail
(1952)
Carlos Alvarez
Mara Maru
(1952)
Captain Van Hoten (uncredited)
April in Paris
(1952)
Phone Call from a Stranger
(1952)
The Living Bible
(1952)
Herod Antipas
5 Fingers
(1952)
Viva Zapata!
(1952)
New General (uncredited)
I, the Jury
(1953)
Manuel
The Bandits of Corsica
(1953)
Lorenzo
Killer Ape
(1953)
Andrews
Prisoners of the Casbah
(1953)
Marouf
Creature from the Black Lagoon
(1954)
Captain Lucas
Jivaro
(1954)
Jacques
Four Guns to the Border
(1954)
Greasy
Casanova's Big Night
(1954)
Gnocchi
The Desperado
(1954)
Captain Jake Thornton
Thunder Pass
(1954)
Daniel Slaughter
Anything Goes
(1954)
Dr. Henry T. Dobson
Moby Dick
(1954)
Capt. Peleg
Tarantula
(1955)
Sheriff Jack Andrews
Revenge of the Creature
(1955)
Captain Lucas
New York Confidential
(1955)
Martinelli
All That Heaven Allows
(1955)
Manuel
Hell on Frisco Bay
(1955)
Louis Fiaschetti
The Mole People
(1956)
Prof. Etienne Lafarge
Scandal Incorporated
(1956)
Leland Miller, tabloid publisher
Comanche
(1956)
Puffer
The Wild Party
(1956)
Branson
Menace from Outer Space
(1956)
Prof. Cardos
Ride The High Iron
(1956)
Yard Boss
The First Texan
(1956)
Priest (uncredited)
Les Girls
(1957)
Spanish Peasant (uncredited)
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
(1957)
Tortilla
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
(1957)
Alfredo - the Jeweler (uncredited)
The Case Against Brooklyn
(1958)
Finelli
The Lady Takes a Flyer
(1958)
Childreth
Outcasts of the City
(1958)
Pastor Skira
The Left Handed Gun
(1958)
Pete Maxwell
The Deep Six
(1958)
Pappa Tatos
The Purple Gang
(1959)
Orlofsky
Vice Raid
(1959)
Mob Boss Frank Burke
Alias Jesse James
(1959)
Grigsby (uncredited)
Pier 5, Havana
(1959)
Lopez
Can-Can
(1960)
Bailiff
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
(1961)
Megalos (uncredited)
Gold of the Seven Saints
(1961)
Gondora Henchman
Frontier Uprising
(1961)
Don Carlos Montalvo
The Wild Westerners
(1962)
John Bullard
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
(1962)
Miguel
The Three Stooges in Orbit
(1962)
Chairman
The Madmen of Mandoras
(1963)
Police Chief Alaniz
California
(1963)
Gen. Micheltorena
The Ballad of a Gunfighter
(1964)
Padre
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
(1966)
Saloon Owner
Let's Kill Uncle
(1966)
Steward
The Spirit Is Willing
(1967)
Felicity's Father
They Saved Hitler's Brain
(1968)
Police Chief Alaniz