Nestor Paiva

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1905-06-30 (61 years old)

Deathday

1966-09-09

Place of Birth

Fresno, California, USA

Nestor Paiva

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...

Acting

1959

1954

1947

The Trouble with Women

as 2nd Tony - the Waiter (uncredited)

1946

Fear

as Detective Shaefer

1949

1955

Tarantula

as Sheriff Jack Andrews

1949

1959

Vice Raid

as Mob Boss Frank Burke

1950

I Was a Shoplifter

as Deputy Sheriff Gomez

1951

The Great Caruso

as Egisto Barretto

1950

Young Man with a Horn

as Louis Galba

1955

Revenge of the Creature

as Captain Lucas

1961

Atlantis: The Lost Continent

as Megalos (uncredited)

1956

The Mole People

as Prof. Etienne Lafarge

1946

1955

1966

1967

The Spirit Is Willing

as Felicity's Father

1947

Ramrod

as Curley

1953

I, the Jury

as Manuel

1957

Les Girls

as Spanish Peasant (uncredited)

1942

Pittsburgh

as Barney, Cafe Proprietor

1956

Scandal Incorporated

as Leland Miller, tabloid publisher

1944

The Falcon in Mexico

as Manuel Romero

1949

1941

1946

1947

Shoot to Kill

as Gus Miller

1955

Hell on Frisco Bay

as Louis Fiaschetti

1951

Double Dynamite

as 'Hot Horse' Harris, the Bookie

1963

The Madmen of Mandoras

as Police Chief Alaniz

1956

The First Texan

as Priest (uncredited)

1942

Broadway

as Rinelti

1948

Angels' Alley

as Tony 'Piggy' Locarno

1956

Comanche

as Puffer

1958

1954

Jivaro

as Jacques

1953

Killer Ape

as Andrews

1951

Flame Of Stamboul

as Joe Octavian

1956

The Wild Party

as Branson

1941

Meet Boston Blackie

as Martin Vestrick (uncredited)

1941

Johnny Eager

as Tony Luce (uncredited)

1943

The Flying Jalopy

as Ben Buzzard (voice) (uncredited)

1943

1943

Tornado

as Big Joe Vlochek

1968

They Saved Hitler's Brain

as Police Chief Alaniz

1952

The Fabulous Senorita

as José Rodriguez

1947

Carnival in Costa Rica

as Padre Rafael

1945

Nob Hill

as Luigi

1948

1956

Ride The High Iron

as Yard Boss

1954

1948

Adventures of Casanova

as Prefecture Police

1952

South Pacific Trail

as Carlos Alvarez

1940

The Marines Fly High

as Pedro Fernandez

1959

The Purple Gang

as Orlofsky

1941

Pot o' Gold

as Canadian Guide (uncredited)

1945

A Medal for Benny

as Frank Alviso (uncredited)

1952

The Living Bible

as Herod Antipas

1939

Midnight

as Woman's Escort (uncredited)

1939

Union Pacific

as Canadian Pacific Conductor (uncredited)

1939

Another Thin Man

as West Indies Club Headwaiter (uncredited)

1939

Beau Geste

as Corporal Golas (uncredited)

1939

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

as Man in Street When Gypsies Arrive (uncredited)

1943

The Hard Way

as Max Wade (Uncredited)

1949

1945

Sensation Hunters

as Lew Davis

1942

Fly By Night

as Grube

1952

Viva Zapata!

as New General (uncredited)

1940

The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

as Rufus - Henchman in Hawaii

1945

The Southerner

as Bartender

1951

1958

Outcasts of the City

as Pastor Skira

1954

The Desperado

as Captain Jake Thornton

1947

1943

Rhythm of the Islands

as Chief Nataro

1947

The Lone Wolf in Mexico

as Police Capt. Carlos Rodriguez

1940

Santa Fe Trail

as Abolitionist Noticing Army Horse Brand (uncredited)

1940

Boom Town

as Venezuelan Officer (uncredited)

1943

The Dancing Masters

as Silvio - Ringleader (uncredited)

1947

Road to Rio

as Cardoso

1940

1940

The Sea Hawk

as First Slavemaster

1960

Can-Can

as Bailiff

1940

Arise, My Love

as Uniformed Clerk (Uncredited)

1940

Phantom Raiders

as Policeman at Morris' Office & at Finale

1940

They Knew What They Wanted

as Tony's Pal at Table (uncredited)

1940

Primrose Path

as Bluebell Manager (uncredited)

1940

Dark Streets of Cairo

as Ahmend, waiter-thug

1961

Gold of the Seven Saints

as Gondora Henchman

1939

Unseen Guardians

as Mail Order Crook

1952

Mara Maru

as Captain Van Hoten (uncredited)

1942

The Lady Has Plans

as Portuguese Porter (uncredited)

1951

1950

1942

King of the Mounties

as Count Baroni

1947

1942

American Empire

as Defense Attorney

1954

Thunder Pass

as Daniel Slaughter

1961

Frontier Uprising

as Don Carlos Montalvo

1962

The Wild Westerners

as John Bullard

1963

California

as Gen. Micheltorena

1941

Hold That Ghost

as Glum (uncredited)

1947

Humoresque

as Orchestra Leader

1948

The Paleface

as Patient #2

1946

1949

Señor Droopy

as Bullfight Attender (voice) (uncredited)

1943

True to Life

as Kapopolis (uncredited)

1949

The Inspector General

as Gregor (uncredited)

1942

Road to Morocco

as Sausage Vendor (uncredited)

1959

Alias Jesse James

as Grigsby (uncredited)

1946

1945

Cornered

as Police Official (uncredited)

1954

Anything Goes

as Dr. Henry T. Dobson

1956

1938

Prison Train

as Morose

1948

Joan of Arc

as Henri le Royer, Catherine's husband

1942

Timber!

as Jules Fabian

1957

Ten Thousand Bedrooms

as Alfredo - the Jeweler (uncredited)

1942

For Me and My Gal

as Nick (uncredited)

1958

The Left Handed Gun

as Pete Maxwell

1954

Moby Dick

as Capt. Peleg

1958

The Deep Six

as Pappa Tatos

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