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Nestor Paiva

Nestor Paiva
  • Name: Nestor Paiva
  • Birthday: 1905-06-30
  • Also known as: Nestor Caetano Paiva
  • Place of birth: Fresno, California, USA
  • Popularity: 0.202
Biography: 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... Read More

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Title Release date
They Saved Hitler's Brain   as  Police Chief Alaniz 1968-08-18
The Spirit Is Willing   as  Felicity's Father 1967-07-07
Let's Kill Uncle   as  Steward 1966-11-18
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter   as  Saloon Owner 1966-04-09
The Ballad of a Gunfighter   as  Padre 1964-03-01
The Madmen of Mandoras   as  Police Chief Alaniz 1963-11-13
California   as  Gen. Micheltorena 1963-03-03
The Three Stooges in Orbit   as  Chairman 1962-07-04
The Wild Westerners   as  John Bullard 1962-06-06
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse   as  Miguel 1962-02-07
Atlantis: The Lost Continent   as  Megalos (uncredited) 1961-05-03
Gold of the Seven Saints   as  Gondora Henchman 1961-02-18
Frontier Uprising   as  Don Carlos Montalvo 1961-02-01
Can-Can   as  Bailiff 1960-03-09
The Purple Gang   as  Orlofsky 1959-12-18
Vice Raid   as  Mob Boss Frank Burke 1959-12-01
Pier 5, Havana   as  Lopez 1959-10-09
Alias Jesse James   as  Grigsby (uncredited) 1959-03-20
The Case Against Brooklyn   as  Finelli 1958-06-01
The Left Handed Gun   as  Pete Maxwell 1958-04-30
The Lady Takes a Flyer   as  Childreth 1958-01-30
The Deep Six   as  Pappa Tatos 1958-01-15
Outcasts of the City   as  Pastor Skira 1958-01-10
Les Girls   as  Spanish Peasant (uncredited) 1957-10-03
Ten Thousand Bedrooms   as  Alfredo - the Jeweler (uncredited) 1957-04-03
The Guns of Fort Petticoat   as  Tortilla 1957-04-01
The Wild Party   as  Branson 1956-12-21
The Mole People   as  Prof. Etienne Lafarge 1956-12-01
Ride The High Iron   as  Yard Boss 1956-12-01
Scandal Incorporated   as  Leland Miller, tabloid publisher 1956-10-12
The First Texan   as  Priest (uncredited) 1956-06-29
Comanche   as  Puffer 1956-03-01
Menace from Outer Space   as  Prof. Cardos 1956-01-01
Hell on Frisco Bay   as  Louis Fiaschetti 1955-12-31
All That Heaven Allows   as  Manuel 1955-12-25
Tarantula   as  Sheriff Jack Andrews 1955-12-14
Revenge of the Creature   as  Captain Lucas 1955-05-13
New York Confidential   as  Martinelli 1955-02-15
Four Guns to the Border   as  Greasy 1954-11-05
Thunder Pass   as  Daniel Slaughter 1954-09-20
The Desperado   as  Captain Jake Thornton 1954-06-20
Moby Dick   as  Capt. Peleg 1954-05-14
Casanova's Big Night   as  Gnocchi 1954-04-07
Creature from the Black Lagoon   as  Captain Lucas 1954-03-05
Anything Goes   as  Dr. Henry T. Dobson 1954-02-28
Jivaro   as  Jacques 1954-02-12
Killer Ape   as  Andrews 1953-12-15
Prisoners of the Casbah   as  Marouf 1953-11-03
I, the Jury   as  Manuel 1953-08-14
The Bandits of Corsica   as  Lorenzo 1953-02-27
April in Paris 1952-12-24
South Pacific Trail   as  Carlos Alvarez 1952-10-19
Mara Maru   as  Captain Van Hoten 1952-04-23
The Fabulous Senorita   as  José Rodriguez 1952-03-31
5 Fingers 1952-02-22
Viva Zapata!   as  New General (uncredited) 1952-02-07
Phone Call from a Stranger 1952-02-01
The Living Bible   as  Herod Antipas 1952-01-01
Double Dynamite   as  'Hot Horse' Harris, the Bookie 1951-12-25
The Lady Pays Off   as  Manuel 1951-10-04
A Millionaire for Christy   as  Mr. Rapello 1951-09-02
The Great Caruso 1951-04-16
Flame Of Stamboul   as  Joe Octavian 1951-03-05
The Desert Hawk   as  Abdul 1950-08-05
I Was a Shoplifter   as  Deputy Sheriff Gomez 1950-05-13
Young Man with a Horn   as  Louis Galba 1950-03-01
The Inspector General   as  Gregor (uncredited) 1949-12-31
Mighty Joe Young   as  Brown 1949-07-27
Follow Me Quietly   as  Benny 1949-07-07
Señor Droopy   as  Bullfight Attender (voice) (uncredited) 1949-04-09
Bride of Vengeance   as  Mayor 1949-04-07
Alias Nick Beal   as  Karl 1949-03-04
Joan of Arc   as  Henri le Royer, Catherine's husband 1948-12-22
The Paleface   as  Patient #2 1948-12-17
Mr. Reckless   as  Gus 1948-03-26
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House   as  Joe Appollonio 1948-03-25
Angels' Alley   as  Tony 'Piggy' Locarno 1948-03-07
Adventures of Casanova   as  Prefecture Police 1948-02-07
Road to Rio   as  Cardoso 1947-12-25
Robin Hood of Monterey   as  The Alcalde 1947-09-06
The Trouble with Women   as  2nd Tony - the Waiter (uncredited) 1947-06-25
Ramrod   as  Curley 1947-05-02
A Likely Story   as  Tiny 1947-04-18
Carnival in Costa Rica   as  Padre Rafael 1947-03-28
Shoot to Kill   as  Gus Miller 1947-03-15
Humoresque   as  Orchestra Leader 1947-01-25
The Lone Wolf in Mexico   as  Police Capt. Carlos Rodriguez 1947-01-16
The Last Crooked Mile   as  Ferrara 1946-08-09
The Well Groomed Bride   as  Fernandez 1946-05-17
Badman's Territory   as  Sam Bass 1946-05-04
Fear   as  Detective Shaefer 1946-03-02
Road to Utopia   as  McGurk 1946-02-27
Cornered   as  Police Official (uncredited) 1945-11-23
Sensation Hunters   as  Lew Davis 1945-10-12
Along the Navajo Trail   as  Janza 1945-09-15
A Thousand and One Nights   as  Kahim 1945-07-20
Nob Hill   as  Luigi 1945-06-13
The Southerner   as  Bartender 1945-04-30
Salome, Where She Danced   as  Panatela 1945-04-17
A Medal for Benny   as  Frank Alviso (uncredited) 1945-04-16
The Falcon in Mexico   as  Manuel Romero 1944-08-04
True to Life   as  Kapopolis (uncredited) 1943-12-24
The Desert Song   as  Benoit 1943-12-17
The Dancing Masters   as  Silvio - Ringleader 1943-11-19
Tornado   as  Big Joe Vlochek 1943-08-09
Background to Danger   as  Koylan 1943-07-03
Rhythm of the Islands   as  Chief Nataro 1943-04-16
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard   as  The Scorpion 1943-04-06
The Flying Jalopy   as  Ben Buzzard (voice) (uncredited) 1943-03-12
The Hard Way   as  Max Wade (Uncredited) 1943-01-13
Pittsburgh   as  Barney, Cafe Proprietor 1942-12-11
American Empire   as  Defense Attorney 1942-12-11
Road to Morocco   as  Sausage Vendor (uncredited) 1942-11-10
For Me and My Gal   as  Nick (uncredited) 1942-10-21
King of the Mounties   as  Count Baroni 1942-10-17
Timber!   as  Jules Fabian 1942-08-01
Broadway   as  Rinelti 1942-05-08
The Girl from Alaska   as  Geroux 1942-04-16
The Adventures of Martin Eden 1942-02-26
The Lady Has Plans   as  Portuguese Porter (uncredited) 1942-01-20
Fly By Night   as  Grube 1942-01-19
Johnny Eager   as  Tony Luce (uncredited) 1941-12-09
Hold Back the Dawn   as  Flores 1941-09-26
Hold That Ghost   as  Glum (uncredited) 1941-08-08
Pot o' Gold   as  Canadian Guide (uncredited) 1941-04-03
Meet Boston Blackie   as  Martin Vestrick (uncredited) 1941-02-20
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!   as  Rufus - Henchman in Hawaii 1940-12-24
Santa Fe Trail   as  Abolitionist Noticing Army Horse Brand (uncredited) 1940-12-20
Dark Streets of Cairo   as  Ahmend, waiter-thug 1940-12-01
Arise, My Love   as  Uniformed Clerk (Uncredited) 1940-11-08
North West Mounted Police   as  Half-breed 1940-10-22
They Knew What They Wanted   as  Tony's Pal at Table (uncredited) 1940-10-19
He Stayed for Breakfast   as  Gendarme 1940-08-31
Boom Town   as  Venezuelan Officer (uncredited) 1940-08-30
The Sea Hawk   as  First Slavemaster 1940-08-10
Phantom Raiders   as  Policeman at Morris' Office & at Finale 1940-06-07
Primrose Path   as  Bluebell Manager (uncredited) 1940-03-22
The Marines Fly High   as  Pedro Fernandez 1940-03-04
The Hunchback of Notre Dame   as  Man in Street When Gypsies Arrive (uncredited) 1939-12-29
Another Thin Man   as  West Indies Club Headwaiter (uncredited) 1939-11-17
Unseen Guardians   as  Mail Order Crook 1939-08-26
Beau Geste   as  Corporal Golas (uncredited) 1939-07-24
Union Pacific   as  Canadian Pacific Conductor (uncredited) 1939-05-05
Midnight   as  Woman's Escort (uncredited) 1939-03-24
Prison Train   as  Morose 1938-10-17