Nestor Paiva
Actor/Actriz
147
Movies
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TV Shows
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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As Actor/Actress
Perry Mason
Nico
Lassie
Michael Zolenko
The Andy Griffith Show
Big Jack Anderson
Lawman
Bonanza
Francisco Tenino
Maverick
Louie
The Lucy Show
Perkins
The Virginian
Charley Sanchez
El superagente 86
Doorman
Daniel Boone
Menewa
Rawhide
Hagerty
Four Star Playhouse
Judge Le Beau
Burke's Law
Padre Emiliano
Cheyenne
Los Beverly Ricos (The Beverly Hillbillies)
Auctioneer
Gunsmoke
Barman
Climax!
Have Gun, Will Travel
Dan Tibner
El Zorro
Randall, el justiciero
Mexican Policeman (uncredited)
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Axel
The Red Skelton Show
Spike
Family Affair
Los locos Addams
Captain Grimby
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
Telephone Time
The Texan
The Millionaire
Art Gallery Prop. Pataberes
Sugarfoot
Senor Contreras
Sea Hunt