Nestor Paiva (June 30, 1905 - September 9, 1966) was a prolific American actor of Portuguese descent who portrayed the innkeeper on Walt Disneys live-action television series Zorro by ABC and its feature film The Sign of Zorro which was shot in Burbanks 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 films 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.

Movies unavailable from Nestor Paiva

Pier 5, Havana

Lopez

Movie 1959

Creature from the Black Lagoon

Captain Lucas

Movie 1954

The Trouble with Women

2nd Tony - the Waiter (uncredited)

Movie 1947

Fear

Detective Shaefer

Movie 1946

Follow Me Quietly

Benny

Movie 1949

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

Joe Appollonio

Movie 1948

Tarantula

Sheriff Jack Andrews

Movie 1955

Vice Raid

Mob Boss Frank Burke

Movie 1959

I Was a Shoplifter

Deputy Sheriff Gomez

Movie 1950

The Great Caruso

Movie 1951

The Three Stooges in Orbit

Chairman

Movie 1962

Young Man with a Horn

Louis Galba

Movie 1950

Revenge of the Creature

Captain Lucas

Movie 1955

Atlantis: The Lost Continent

Megalos (uncredited)

Movie 1961

The Mole People

Prof. Etienne Lafarge

Movie 1956

Road to Utopia

McGurk

Movie 1946

New York Confidential

Martinelli

Movie 1955

Let's Kill Uncle

Steward

Movie 1966

The Spirit Is Willing

Felicity's Father

Movie 1967

Ramrod

Curley

Movie 1947

I, the Jury

Manuel

Movie 1953

Les Girls

Spanish Peasant (uncredited)

Movie 1957

Pittsburgh

Barney, Cafe Proprietor

Movie 1942

The Case Against Brooklyn

Finelli

Movie 1958

Scandal Incorporated

Leland Miller, tabloid publisher

Movie 1956

Mighty Joe Young

Brown

Movie 1949

Hold Back the Dawn

Flores

Movie 1941

The Last Crooked Mile

Ferrara

Movie 1946

Shoot to Kill

Gus Miller

Movie 1947

Hell on Frisco Bay

Louis Fiaschetti

Movie 1955

Double Dynamite

'Hot Horse' Harris, the Bookie

Movie 1951

The Ballad of a Gunfighter

Padre

Movie 1964

The Madmen of Mandoras

Police Chief Alaniz

Movie 1963

The First Texan

Priest (uncredited)

Movie 1956

Broadway

Rinelti

Movie 1942

Angels' Alley

Tony 'Piggy' Locarno

Movie 1948

Comanche

Puffer

Movie 1956

The Bandits of Corsica

Lorenzo

Movie 1953

The Lady Takes a Flyer

Childreth

Movie 1958

Jivaro

Jacques

Movie 1954

Killer Ape

Andrews

Movie 1953

Flame Of Stamboul

Joe Octavian

Movie 1951

The Wild Party

Branson

Movie 1956

Meet Boston Blackie

Martin Vestrick (uncredited)

Movie 1941

Johnny Eager

Tony Luce (uncredited)

Movie 1941

The Flying Jalopy

Ben Buzzard (voice) (uncredited)

Movie 1943

The Desert Song

Benoit

Movie 1943

Tornado

Big Joe Vlochek

Movie 1943

They Saved Hitler's Brain

Police Chief Alaniz

Movie 1968

The Fabulous Senorita

José Rodriguez

Movie 1952

Four Guns to the Border

Greasy

Movie 1954

Nob Hill

Luigi

Movie 1945

Mr. Reckless

Gus

Movie 1948

Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter

Saloon Owner

Movie 1966

Ride The High Iron

Yard Boss

Movie 1956

Adventures of Casanova

Prefecture Police

Movie 1948

South Pacific Trail

Carlos Alvarez

Movie 1952

Prisoners of the Casbah

Marouf

Movie 1953

Pot o' Gold

Canadian Guide (uncredited)

Movie 1941

A Medal for Benny

Frank Alviso (uncredited)

Movie 1945

The Living Bible

Herod Antipas

Movie 1952

Midnight

Woman's Escort (uncredited)

Movie 1939

Union Pacific

Canadian Pacific Conductor (uncredited)

Movie 1939

Another Thin Man

West Indies Club Headwaiter (uncredited)

Movie 1939

Beau Geste

Corporal Golas (uncredited)

Movie 1939

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Man in Street When Gypsies Arrive (uncredited)

Movie 1939

Phone Call from a Stranger

Movie 1952

The Hard Way

Max Wade (Uncredited)

Movie 1943

Along the Navajo Trail

Janza

Movie 1945

5 Fingers

Movie 1952

Sensation Hunters

Lew Davis

Movie 1945

Fly By Night

Grube

Movie 1942

Viva Zapata!

New General (uncredited)

Movie 1952

The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

Rufus - Henchman in Hawaii

Movie 1940

The Guns of Fort Petticoat

Tortilla

Movie 1957

The Southerner

Bartender

Movie 1945

A Millionaire for Christy

Mr. Rapello

Movie 1951

Outcasts of the City

Pastor Skira

Movie 1958

The Desperado

Captain Jake Thornton

Movie 1954

A Likely Story

Tiny

Movie 1947

Rhythm of the Islands

Chief Nataro

Movie 1943

The Lone Wolf in Mexico

Police Capt. Carlos Rodriguez

Movie 1947

Santa Fe Trail

Abolitionist Noticing Army Horse Brand (uncredited)

Movie 1940

Boom Town

Venezuelan Officer (uncredited)

Movie 1940

The Dancing Masters

Silvio - Ringleader (uncredited)

Movie 1943

Road to Rio

Cardoso

Movie 1947

North West Mounted Police

Half-breed

Movie 1940

Salome, Where She Danced

Panatela

Movie 1945

Arise, My Love

Uniformed Clerk (Uncredited)

Movie 1940

Phantom Raiders

Policeman at Morris' Office & at Finale

Movie 1940

They Knew What They Wanted

Tony's Pal at Table (uncredited)

Movie 1940

Primrose Path

Bluebell Manager (uncredited)

Movie 1940

He Stayed for Breakfast

Gendarme

Movie 1940

Dark Streets of Cairo

Ahmend, waiter-thug

Movie 1940

Unseen Guardians

Mail Order Crook

Movie 1939

Mara Maru

Captain Van Hoten (uncredited)

Movie 1952

The Lady Has Plans

Portuguese Porter (uncredited)

Movie 1942

King of the Mounties

Count Baroni

Movie 1942

Robin Hood of Monterey

The Alcalde

Movie 1947

American Empire

Defense Attorney

Movie 1942

Thunder Pass

Daniel Slaughter

Movie 1954

The Wild Westerners

John Bullard

Movie 1962

California

Gen. Micheltorena

Movie 1963

Hold That Ghost

Glum (uncredited)

Movie 1941

A Thousand and One Nights

Kahim

Movie 1945

The Well Groomed Bride

Fernandez

Movie 1946

Don Winslow of the Coast Guard

The Scorpion

Movie 1943

Background to Danger

Koylan

Movie 1943

Señor Droopy

Bullfight Attender (voice) (uncredited)

Movie 1949

True to Life

Kapopolis (uncredited)

Movie 1943

The Inspector General

Gregor (uncredited)

Movie 1949

Road to Morocco

Sausage Vendor (uncredited)

Movie 1942

Alias Jesse James

Grigsby (uncredited)

Movie 1959

Badman's Territory

Sam Bass

Movie 1946

The Girl from Alaska

Geroux

Movie 1942

Cornered

Police Official (uncredited)

Movie 1945

Anything Goes

Dr. Henry T. Dobson

Movie 1954

Menace from Outer Space

Prof. Cardos

Movie 1956

Prison Train

Morose

Movie 1938

The Adventures of Martin Eden

Movie 1942

Joan of Arc

Henri le Royer, Catherine's husband

Movie 1948

Timber!

Jules Fabian

Movie 1942

Ten Thousand Bedrooms

Alfredo - the Jeweler (uncredited)

Movie 1957

For Me and My Gal

Nick (uncredited)

Movie 1942

The Left Handed Gun

Pete Maxwell

Movie 1958

Moby Dick

Capt. Peleg

Movie 1954

April in Paris

Movie 1952

The Deep Six

Pappa Tatos

Movie 1958

Tv series unavailable from Nestor Paiva

The Andy Griffith Show

Big Jack Anderson

Tv 1960

Family Affair

Tv 1966

Burke's Law

Padre Emiliano

Tv 1963

Cheyenne

Tv 1955

December Bride

Tv 1954

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Self

Tv 1950

Lassie

Michael Zolenko

Tv 1954

Zorro

Tv 1957

Get Smart

Tv 1965

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Captain Peleg

Tv 1951

Sea Hunt

Tv 1958

Target: The Corruptors!

Tv 1961

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Tv 1958

China Smith

Tv 1952

Have Gun, Will Travel

Dan Tibner

Tv 1957

Daniel Boone

Menewa

Tv 1964

The Count of Monte Cristo

Tv 1956

The Millionaire

Art Gallery Prop. Pataberes

Tv 1955

The Virginian

Charley Sanchez

Tv 1962

Climax!

Tv 1954

Alcoa Theatre

Aubert

Tv 1957

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

Tv 1956

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Mexican Policeman (uncredited)

Tv 1958

Sugarfoot

Senor Contreras

Tv 1957

Lawman

Tv 1958

The Addams Family

Captain Grimby

Tv 1964

The Texan

Tv 1958

Wichita Town

Tv 1959

The Bill Dana Show

Tv 1963

Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers

Tv 1956

Cavalcade of America

Senor Alverez

Tv 1952

Tightrope

Tv 1959

I'm the Law

Tv 1953

Telephone Time

Tv 1956

Dangerous Assignment

Tv 1952

Johnny Midnight

Tv 1960

Passport to Danger

Tv 1954

Behind Closed Doors

Tv 1958

Hey, Jeannie!

Gino

Tv 1956

Burke's Law

Dr. Gonzales

Tv 1963

Four Star Playhouse

Judge Le Beau

Tv 1952

Four Star Playhouse

Mr. Davis

Tv 1952

Four Star Playhouse

Rocco

Tv 1952

Four Star Playhouse

Mario

Tv 1952

Zorro

Teo Gonzales (uncredited)

Tv 1957

Whirlybirds

Ed Fenton

Tv 1957