Nestor Paiva

Known for ActingBorn 1905-06-30Died 1966-09-09Fresno, California, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Outcasts of the City

Ride The High Iron

Don Winslow of the Coast Guard

The Trouble with Women

Moby Dick

Hallmark Hall of Fame

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

The Addams Family

Behind Closed Doors

Get Smart

South Pacific Trail

True to Life

King of the Mounties

The Girl from Alaska

The Adventures of Martin Eden

Timber!

He Stayed for Breakfast

Perry Mason

The Andy Griffith Show

5 Fingers

Bonanza

Zorro

Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers

Passport to Danger

The Lady Pays Off

Along the Navajo Trail

The Red Skelton Show

All That Heaven Allows

Dark Streets of Cairo

Have Gun, Will Travel

The Wild Westerners

Rawhide

Gold of the Seven Saints

Midnight

The Desperado

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Lucy Show

Prison Train

Daniel Boone

The Sea Hawk

Johnny Midnight

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Alcoa Theatre

The Beverly Hillbillies

Another Thin Man

A Millionaire for Christy

Maverick

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House