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.

Filmography

• 1968They Saved Hitler's Brain — Police Chief Alaniz
• 1967The Spirit Is Willing — Felicity's Father
• Family Affair
• 1966Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter — Saloon Owner
• 1966Let's Kill Uncle — Steward
• Get Smart — Doorman
• Daniel Boone — Menewa
• The Addams Family — Captain Grimby
• 1964The Ballad of a Gunfighter — Padre
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre — Fisherman
• Burke's Law — Padre Emiliano, Dr. Gonzales
• 1963California — Gen. Micheltorena
• The Bill Dana Show
• 1963The Madmen of Mandoras — Police Chief Alaniz
• The Beverly Hillbillies — Auctioneer
• 1962The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse — Miguel
• The Lucy Show — Perkins
• 1962The Three Stooges in Orbit — Chairman
• The Virginian — Charley Sanchez
• 1962The Wild Westerners — John Bullard
• 1961Atlantis: The Lost Continent — Megalos (uncredited)
• 1961Frontier Uprising — Don Carlos Montalvo
• 1961Gold of the Seven Saints — Gondora Henchman
• Target: The Corruptors!
• 1960Can-Can — Bailiff
• Johnny Midnight
• The Andy Griffith Show — Big Jack Anderson
• The Barbara Stanwyck Show — Joe
• 1959Alias Jesse James — Grigsby (uncredited)
• Bonanza — Francisco Tenino, Chief Crazy Fox
• 1959Pier 5, Havana — Lopez
• Rawhide — Hagerty
• 1959The Purple Gang — Orlofsky
• Tightrope
• 1959Vice Raid — Mob Boss Frank Burke
• Wichita Town
• Behind Closed Doors
• Lawman
• 1958Outcasts of the City — Pastor Skira
• Sea Hunt
• 1958The Case Against Brooklyn — Finelli
• 1958The Deep Six — Pappa Tatos
• 1958The Lady Takes a Flyer — Childreth
• 1958The Left Handed Gun — Pete Maxwell
• The Texan
• Wanted: Dead or Alive — Mexican Policeman (uncredited)
• Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
• Alcoa Theatre — Aubert
• Have Gun, Will Travel — Dan Tibner
• 1957Les Girls — Spanish Peasant (uncredited)
• Maverick — Louie
• Perry Mason — Nico
• Richard Diamond, Private Detective — Axel, Emilio Tomas
• Sugarfoot — Senor Contreras
• 1957Ten Thousand Bedrooms — Alfredo - the Jeweler (uncredited)
• 1957The Guns of Fort Petticoat — Tortilla
• The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour — Jailer
• Whirlybirds — Ed Fenton
• Zorro — Teo Gonzales (uncredited)
• 1956Comanche — Puffer
• Hey, Jeannie! — Gino
• 1956Menace from Outer Space — Prof. Cardos
• On Trial — Bruno
• 1956Ride The High Iron — Yard Boss
• 1956Scandal Incorporated — Leland Miller, tabloid publisher
• Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
• Telephone Time
• The Adventures of Jim Bowie
• The Count of Monte Cristo
• 1956The First Texan — Priest (uncredited)
• 1956The Mole People — Prof. Etienne Lafarge
• 1956The Wild Party — Branson
• 1955All That Heaven Allows — Manuel
• Cheyenne
• Gunsmoke — Barman
• 1955Hell on Frisco Bay — Louis Fiaschetti
• 1955New York Confidential — Martinelli
• 1955Revenge of the Creature — Captain Lucas
• 1955Tarantula — Sheriff Jack Andrews
• The Millionaire — Art Gallery Prop. Pataberes
• 1954Anything Goes — Dr. Henry T. Dobson
• 1954Casanova's Big Night — Gnocchi
• Climax!
• 1954Creature from the Black Lagoon — Captain Lucas
• December Bride
• 1954Four Guns to the Border — Greasy
• 1954Jivaro — Jacques
• Lassie — Michael Zolenko
• 1954Moby Dick — Capt. Peleg
• Passport to Danger
• Public Defender — George Barry
• 1954The Desperado — Captain Jake Thornton
• 1954Thunder Pass — Daniel Slaughter
• General Electric Theater — Perino, Pinero
• I'm the Law
• 1953I, the Jury — Manuel
• 1953Killer Ape — Andrews
• Letter to Loretta — Victor Russo
• 1953Prisoners of the Casbah — Marouf
• 1953The Bandits of Corsica — Lorenzo
• 19525 Fingers
• 1952April in Paris
• Cavalcade of America — Senor Alverez
• China Smith
• Dangerous Assignment
• Four Star Playhouse — Judge Le Beau, Mr. Davis, Rocco, Mario
• 1952Mara Maru — Captain Van Hoten (uncredited)
• 1952Phone Call from a Stranger
• 1952South Pacific Trail — Carlos Alvarez
• 1952The Fabulous Senorita — José Rodriguez
• 1952The Living Bible — Herod Antipas
• 1952Viva Zapata! — New General (uncredited)
• 1951A Millionaire for Christy — Mr. Rapello
• 1951Double Dynamite — 'Hot Horse' Harris, the Bookie
• 1951Flame Of Stamboul — Joe Octavian
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Captain Peleg
• 1951Jim Thorpe – All-American
• 1951The Great Caruso — Egisto Barretto
• 1951The Lady Pays Off — Manuel
• The Red Skelton Show — Spike
• 1950I Was a Shoplifter — Deputy Sheriff Gomez
• 1950The Desert Hawk — Abdul
• 1950Young Man with a Horn — Louis Galba
• 1949Alias Nick Beal — Karl
• 1949Bride of Vengeance — Mayor
• 1949Follow Me Quietly — Benny
• 1949Mighty Joe Young — Brown
• 1949Señor Droopy — Bullfight Attender (voice) (uncredited)
• 1949The Inspector General — Gregor (uncredited)
• 1948Adventures of Casanova — Prefecture Police
• 1948Angels' Alley — Tony 'Piggy' Locarno
• 1948Joan of Arc — Henri le Royer, Catherine's husband
• 1948Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House — Joe Appollonio
• 1948Mr. Reckless — Gus
• 1948The Paleface — Patient #2
• 1947A Likely Story — Tiny
• 1947Carnival in Costa Rica — Padre Rafael
• 1947Humoresque — Orchestra Leader
• 1947Ramrod — Curley
• 1947Road to Rio — Cardoso
• 1947Robin Hood of Monterey — The Alcalde
• 1947Shoot to Kill — Gus Miller
• 1947The Lone Wolf in Mexico — Police Capt. Carlos Rodriguez
• 1947The Trouble with Women — 2nd Tony - the Waiter (uncredited)
• 1946Badman's Territory — Sam Bass
• 1946Fear — Detective Shaefer
• 1946Road to Utopia — McGurk
• 1946The Last Crooked Mile — Ferrara
• 1946The Well Groomed Bride — Fernandez
• 1945A Medal for Benny — Frank Alviso (uncredited)
• 1945A Thousand and One Nights — Kahim
• 1945Along the Navajo Trail — Janza
• 1945Cornered — Police Official (uncredited)
• 1945Nob Hill — Luigi
• 1945Salome, Where She Danced — Panatela
• 1945Sensation Hunters — Lew Davis
• 1945The Southerner — Bartender
• 1944Shine on Harvest Moon — Romero (uncredited)
• 1944The Desert Song — Benoit
• 1944The Falcon in Mexico — Manuel Romero
• 1943Background to Danger — Koylan (uncredited)
• 1943Don Winslow of the Coast Guard — The Scorpion
• 1943Rhythm of the Islands — Chief Nataro
• 1943The Dancing Masters — Silvio - Ringleader (uncredited)
• 1943The Flying Jalopy — Ben Buzzard (voice) (uncredited)
• 1943The Hard Way — Max Wade (Uncredited)
• 1943Tornado — Big Joe Vlochek
• 1943True to Life — Kapopolis (uncredited)
• 1942American Empire — Defense Attorney
• 1942Broadway — Rinelti
• 1942Fly By Night — Grube
• 1942For Me and My Gal — Nick (uncredited)
• 1942King of the Mounties — Count Baroni
• 1942Pittsburgh — Barney, Cafe Proprietor
• 1942Road to Morocco — Sausage Vendor (uncredited)
• 1942The Adventures of Martin Eden
• 1942The Girl from Alaska — Geroux
• 1942The Lady Has Plans — Portuguese Porter (uncredited)
• 1942Timber! — Jules Fabian
• 1941Hold Back the Dawn — Flores
• 1941Hold That Ghost — Glum
• 1941Johnny Eager — Tony Luce (uncredited)
• 1941Meet Boston Blackie — Martin Vestrick (uncredited)
• 1941Pot o' Gold — Canadian Guide (uncredited)
• 1940Arise, My Love — Uniformed Clerk (uncredited)
• 1940Boom Town — Venezuelan Officer (uncredited)
• 1940Dark Streets of Cairo — Ahmend, waiter-thug
• 1940He Stayed for Breakfast — Gendarme
• 1940North West Mounted Police — Half-breed
• 1940Phantom Raiders — Policeman at Morris' Office & at Finale
• 1940Primrose Path — Bluebell Manager (uncredited)
• 1940Santa Fe Trail — Abolitionist Noticing Army Horse Brand (uncredited)
• 1940The Green Hornet Strikes Again! — Rufus - Henchman in Hawaii
• 1940The Marines Fly High — Pedro Fernandez
• 1940The Sea Hawk — First Slavemaster
• 1940They Knew What They Wanted — Tony's Pal at Table (uncredited)
• 1939Another Thin Man — West Indies Club Headwaiter (uncredited)
• 1939Beau Geste — Corporal Golas (uncredited)
• 1939Midnight — Woman's Escort (uncredited)
• 1939The Hunchback of Notre Dame — Man in Street When Gypsies Arrive (uncredited)
• 1939Union Pacific — Canadian Pacific Conductor (uncredited)
• 1939Unseen Guardians — Mail Order Crook
• 1938Prison Train — Morose

Appearances as themselves (1)

• The Colgate Comedy Hour — Self