7.3
7.3
All That Heaven Allows
1955
as Manuel
Nestor Paiva
Acting
Born:June 30, 1905
Died:September 9, 1966(aged 61)
Birthplace:Fresno, California, USA
Nationality:United States
Education:University of California, Berkeley
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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.
Filmography (111 movies)
7.0
7.0
Humoresque
1947
as Orchestra Leader
7.0
7.0
Unseen Guardians
1939
as Mail Order Crook
7.0
7.0
Gold of the Seven Saints
1961
as Gondora Henchman
7.0
7.0
The Wild Westerners
1962
as John Bullard
7.0
7.0
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948
as Joe Appollonio
6.9
6.9
Alias Nick Beal
1949
as Karl
6.8
6.8
Señor Droopy
1949
as Bullfight Attender (voice) (uncredited)
6.8
6.8
Creature from the Black Lagoon
1954
as Captain Lucas
6.8
6.8
Road to Rio
1947
as Cardoso
6.7
6.7
Road to Utopia
1946
as McGurk
6.7
6.7
Hold Back the Dawn
1941
as Flores
6.7
6.7
The Lady Pays Off
1951
as Manuel
6.6
6.6
Can-Can
1960
as Bailiff
6.6
6.6
The Desperado
1954
as Captain Jake Thornton
6.6
6.6
The Flying Jalopy
1943
as Ben Buzzard (voice) (uncredited)
6.5
6.5
Ramrod
1947
as Curley
6.5
6.5
Tarantula
1955
as Sheriff Jack Andrews
6.5
6.5
The Southerner
1945
as Bartender
6.4
6.4
Fly By Night
1942
as Grube
6.4
6.4
A Millionaire for Christy
1951
as Mr. Rapello
6.4
6.4
Mighty Joe Young
1949
as Brown
6.4
6.4
Les Girls
1957
as Spanish Peasant (uncredited)
6.4
6.4
Young Man with a Horn
1950
as Louis Galba
6.3
6.3
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
1957
as Tortilla
6.3
6.3
The Purple Gang
1959
as Orlofsky
6.3
6.3
The First Texan
1956
as Priest (uncredited)
6.3
6.3
The Hard Way
1943
as Max Wade (Uncredited)
6.3
6.3
Meet Boston Blackie
1941
as Martin Vestrick (uncredited)
6.2
6.2
Double Dynamite
1951
as 'Hot Horse' Harris, the Bookie
6.2
6.2
Pittsburgh
1942
as Barney, Cafe Proprietor
6.2
6.2
Vice Raid
1959
as Mob Boss Frank Burke
6.2
6.2
Follow Me Quietly
1949
as Benny
6.1
6.1
The Left Handed Gun
1958
as Pete Maxwell
6.1
6.1
Joan of Arc
1948
as Henri le Royer, Catherine's husband
6.0
6.0
The Living Bible
1952
as Herod Antipas
6.0
6.0
The Dancing Masters
1943
as Silvio - Ringleader (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
Prison Train
1938
as Morose
6.0
6.0
The Adventures of Martin Eden
1942
6.0
6.0
Dark Streets of Cairo
1940
as Ahmend, waiter-thug
6.0
6.0
Carnival in Costa Rica
1947
as Padre Rafael
6.0
6.0
The Fabulous Senorita
1952
as José Rodriguez
6.0
6.0
Thunder Pass
1954
as Daniel Slaughter
6.0
6.0
Anything Goes
1954
as Dr. Henry T. Dobson
6.0
6.0
The Girl from Alaska
1942
as Geroux
5.9
5.9
The Desert Song
1943
as Benoit
5.9
5.9
Robin Hood of Monterey
1947
as The Alcalde
5.9
5.9
New York Confidential
1955
as Martinelli
5.9
5.9
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1962
as Miguel
5.8
5.8
A Thousand and One Nights
1945
as Kahim
5.8
5.8
Casanova's Big Night
1954
as Gnocchi
5.8
5.8
The Wild Party
1956
as Branson
5.8
5.8
The Bandits of Corsica
1953
as Lorenzo
5.8
5.8
The Case Against Brooklyn
1958
as Finelli
5.7
5.7
I, the Jury
1953
as Manuel
5.7
5.7
Badman's Territory
1946
as Sam Bass
5.7
5.7
The Lone Wolf in Mexico
1947
as Police Capt. Carlos Rodriguez
5.7
5.7
Nob Hill
1945
as Luigi
5.7
5.7
The Great Caruso
1951
as Egisto Barretto
5.6
5.6
Revenge of the Creature
1955
as Captain Lucas
5.5
5.5
The Deep Six
1958
as Pappa Tatos
5.5
5.5
Tornado
1943
as Big Joe Vlochek
5.5
5.5
Let's Kill Uncle
1966
as Steward
5.5
5.5
Broadway
1942
as Rinelti
5.4
5.4
The Spirit Is Willing
1967
as Felicity's Father
5.4
5.4
Prisoners of the Casbah
1953
as Marouf
5.3
5.3
The Falcon in Mexico
1944
as Manuel Romero
5.3
5.3
I Was a Shoplifter
1950
as Deputy Sheriff Gomez
5.2
5.2
Jivaro
1954
as Jacques
5.1
5.1
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
1961
as Megalos (uncredited)
5.1
5.1
The Mole People
1956
as Prof. Etienne Lafarge
5.1
5.1
The Last Crooked Mile
1946
as Ferrara
5.0
5.0
The Three Stooges in Orbit
1962
as Chairman
5.0
5.0
Comanche
1956
as Puffer
5.0
5.0
Adventures of Casanova
1948
as Prefecture Police
4.9
4.9
Four Guns to the Border
1954
as Greasy
4.9
4.9
Hell on Frisco Bay
1955
as Louis Fiaschetti
4.8
4.8
Mara Maru
1952
as Captain Van Hoten (uncredited)
4.8
4.8
The Marines Fly High
1940
as Pedro Fernandez
4.8
4.8
Killer Ape
1953
as Andrews
4.8
4.8
Frontier Uprising
1961
as Don Carlos Montalvo
4.7
4.7
Pier 5, Havana
1959
as Lopez
4.7
4.7
Shoot to Kill
1947
as Gus Miller
4.5
4.5
Fear
1946
as Detective Shaefer
4.5
4.5
Flame Of Stamboul
1951
as Joe Octavian
4.5
4.5
Bride of Vengeance
1949
as Mayor
4.5
4.5
Mr. Reckless
1948
as Gus
4.4
4.4
Sensation Hunters
1945
as Lew Davis
4.4
4.4
April in Paris
1952
4.2
4.2
A Likely Story
1947
as Tiny
4.1
4.1
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
1966
as Saloon Owner
4.0
4.0
Angels' Alley
1948
as Tony 'Piggy' Locarno
4.0
4.0
Rhythm of the Islands
1943
as Chief Nataro
4.0
4.0
The Well Groomed Bride
1946
as Fernandez
3.7
3.7
Salome, Where She Danced
1945
as Panatela
3.6
3.6
The Lady Takes a Flyer
1958
as Childreth
3.5
3.5
The Ballad of a Gunfighter
1964
as Padre
3.3
3.3
Menace from Outer Space
1956
as Prof. Cardos
3.0
3.0
Scandal Incorporated
1956
as Leland Miller, tabloid publisher
3.0
3.0
California
1963
as Gen. Micheltorena
3.0
3.0
The Madmen of Mandoras
1963
as Police Chief Alaniz
2.2
2.2
They Saved Hitler's Brain
1968
as Police Chief Alaniz
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard
1943
as The Scorpion
The Trouble with Women
1947
as 2nd Tony - the Waiter (uncredited)
King of the Mounties
1942
as Count Baroni
Timber!
1942
as Jules Fabian
Moby Dick
1954
as Capt. Peleg
Ride The High Iron
1956
as Yard Boss
Along the Navajo Trail
1945
as Janza
South Pacific Trail
1952
as Carlos Alvarez
Outcasts of the City
1958
as Pastor Skira
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