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