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Nestor Paiva

Nestor Paiva

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

Born

Jun 30, 1905

Fresno, California, USA

Died

Sep 09, 1966

Known For

Acting

Movies

146 acting

0 crew

Popularity

0.5

Known For

Creature from the Black Lagoon
Creature from the Black Lagoon
1954 • as Captain Lucas
★ 6.8
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939 • as Man in Street When Gypsies Arrive (uncredited)
★ 7.3
The Left Handed Gun
The Left Handed Gun
1958 • as Pete Maxwell
★ 6.0
All That Heaven Allows
All That Heaven Allows
1955 • as Manuel
★ 7.3
Viva Zapata!
Viva Zapata!
1952 • as New General (uncredited)
★ 6.8
Mighty Joe Young
Mighty Joe Young
1949 • as Brown
★ 6.5
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948 • as Joe Appollonio
★ 7.0
Revenge of the Creature
Revenge of the Creature
1955 • as Captain Lucas
★ 5.6
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
1961 • as Megalos (uncredited)
★ 5.2
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
★ 6.0
Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc
1948 • as Henri le Royer, Catherine's husband
★ 6.2
Tarantula
Tarantula
1955 • as Sheriff Jack Andrews
★ 6.5
The Sea Hawk
The Sea Hawk
1940 • as First Slavemaster
★ 7.2
Santa Fe Trail
Santa Fe Trail
1940 • as Abolitionist Noticing Army Horse Brand (uncredited)
★ 5.7
Comanche
Comanche
1956 • as Puffer
★ 5.2
Boom Town
Boom Town
1940 • as Venezuelan Officer (uncredited)
★ 7.0
Casanova's Big Night
Casanova's Big Night
1954 • as Gnocchi
★ 6.0
Union Pacific
Union Pacific
1939 • as Canadian Pacific Conductor (uncredited)
★ 6.7
Young Man with a Horn
Young Man with a Horn
1950 • as Louis Galba
★ 6.4
Four Guns to the Border
Four Guns to the Border
1954 • as Greasy
★ 5.0
North West Mounted Police
North West Mounted Police
1940 • as Half-breed
★ 6.4
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
1957 • as Tortilla
★ 6.3
Hold That Ghost
Hold That Ghost
1941 • as Glum
★ 6.8
Another Thin Man
Another Thin Man
1939 • as West Indies Club Headwaiter (uncredited)
★ 7.1
For Me and My Gal
For Me and My Gal
1942 • as Nick (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Cornered
Cornered
1945 • as Police Official (uncredited)
★ 6.2
Humoresque
Humoresque
1947 • as Orchestra Leader
★ 7.0
Alias Jesse James
Alias Jesse James
1959 • as Grigsby (uncredited)
★ 6.1
I, the Jury
I, the Jury
1953 • as Manuel
★ 5.9
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
1940 • as Rufus - Henchman in Hawaii
★ 6.8
Beau Geste
Beau Geste
1939 • as Corporal Golas (uncredited)
★ 7.0
The Paleface
The Paleface
1948 • as Patient #2
★ 6.1
Arise, My Love
Arise, My Love
1940 • as Uniformed Clerk (uncredited)
★ 6.5
A Thousand and One Nights
A Thousand and One Nights
1945 • as Kahim
★ 6.1
I Was a Shoplifter
I Was a Shoplifter
1950 • as Deputy Sheriff Gomez
★ 5.8
Les Girls
Les Girls
1957 • as Spanish Peasant (uncredited)
★ 6.4
Road to Morocco
Road to Morocco
1942 • as Sausage Vendor (uncredited)
★ 6.9
The Mole People
The Mole People
1956 • as Prof. Etienne Lafarge
★ 5.1
Follow Me Quietly
Follow Me Quietly
1949 • as Benny
★ 6.2
The Lady Has Plans
The Lady Has Plans
1942 • as Portuguese Porter (uncredited)
★ 6.0
The Inspector General
The Inspector General
1949 • as Gregor (uncredited)
★ 6.7
A Medal for Benny
A Medal for Benny
1945 • as Frank Alviso (uncredited)
★ 5.6
Hold Back the Dawn
Hold Back the Dawn
1941 • as Flores
★ 6.7
Johnny Eager
Johnny Eager
1941 • as Tony Luce (uncredited)
★ 6.2
5 Fingers
★ 7.5
The Case Against Brooklyn
The Case Against Brooklyn
1958 • as Finelli
★ 6.1
Ramrod
Ramrod
1947 • as Curley
★ 6.5
Gold of the Seven Saints
Gold of the Seven Saints
1961 • as Gondora Henchman
★ 7.2
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
★ 4.2
Pot o' Gold
Pot o' Gold
1941 • as Canadian Guide (uncredited)
★ 5.8
The Last Crooked Mile
The Last Crooked Mile
1946 • as Ferrara
★ 5.5
New York Confidential
New York Confidential
1955 • as Martinelli
★ 6.0
Hell on Frisco Bay
Hell on Frisco Bay
1955 • as Louis Fiaschetti
★ 5.3
King of the Mounties
King of the Mounties
1942 • as Count Baroni
★ 8.0
The Three Stooges in Orbit
The Three Stooges in Orbit
1962 • as Chairman
★ 5.1
The Hard Way
The Hard Way
1943 • as Max Wade (Uncredited)
★ 6.5
The Great Caruso
The Great Caruso
1951 • as Egisto Barretto
★ 5.9
The Spirit Is Willing
The Spirit Is Willing
1967 • as Felicity's Father
★ 5.4
The Southerner
The Southerner
1945 • as Bartender
★ 6.6
The Lady Pays Off
The Lady Pays Off
1951 • as Manuel
★ 7.5
The Desert Hawk
The Desert Hawk
1950 • as Abdul
★ 5.3
Shine on Harvest Moon
Shine on Harvest Moon
1944 • as Romero (uncredited)
★ 6.8
The Falcon in Mexico
The Falcon in Mexico
1944 • as Manuel Romero
★ 5.6
The Desert Song
The Desert Song
1944 • as Benoit
★ 6.0
Badman's Territory
Badman's Territory
1946 • as Sam Bass
★ 6.3
Road to Utopia
Road to Utopia
1946 • as McGurk
★ 6.8
The Flying Jalopy
The Flying Jalopy
1943 • as Ben Buzzard (voice) (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Double Dynamite
Double Dynamite
1951 • as 'Hot Horse' Harris, the Bookie
★ 6.5
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
1957 • as Alfredo - the Jeweler (uncredited)
★ 5.6
The Marines Fly High
The Marines Fly High
1940 • as Pedro Fernandez
★ 5.3
Can-Can
Can-Can
1960 • as Bailiff
★ 6.7
Alias Nick Beal
Alias Nick Beal
1949 • as Karl
★ 6.8
Salome, Where She Danced
Salome, Where She Danced
1945 • as Panatela
★ 4.1
They Saved Hitler's Brain
They Saved Hitler's Brain
1968 • as Police Chief Alaniz
★ 2.9
Rhythm of the Islands
Rhythm of the Islands
1943 • as Chief Nataro
★ 5.5
The First Texan
The First Texan
1956 • as Priest (uncredited)
★ 7.0
Along the Navajo Trail
Along the Navajo Trail
1945 • as Janza
★ 7.5
American Empire
American Empire
1942 • as Defense Attorney
★ 5.0
Mara Maru
Mara Maru
1952 • as Captain Van Hoten (uncredited)
★ 5.2
Midnight
Midnight
1939 • as Woman's Escort (uncredited)
★ 7.4
Jivaro
Jivaro
1954 • as Jacques
★ 5.2
Ride The High Iron
Ride The High Iron
1956 • as Yard Boss
★ 10.0
Menace from Outer Space
Menace from Outer Space
1956 • as Prof. Cardos
★ 4.0
April in Paris
★ 4.9
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard
1943 • as The Scorpion
★ 10.0
Vice Raid
Vice Raid
1959 • as Mob Boss Frank Burke
★ 6.2
Dark Streets of Cairo
Dark Streets of Cairo
1940 • as Ahmend, waiter-thug
★ 7.5
The Well Groomed Bride
The Well Groomed Bride
1946 • as Fernandez
★ 5.7
A Millionaire for Christy
A Millionaire for Christy
1951 • as Mr. Rapello
★ 7.0
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
1942 • as Barney, Cafe Proprietor
★ 6.4
The Lady Takes a Flyer
The Lady Takes a Flyer
1958 • as Childreth
★ 4.4
The Desperado
The Desperado
1954 • as Captain Jake Thornton
★ 7.2
Robin Hood of Monterey
Robin Hood of Monterey
1947 • as The Alcalde
★ 6.1
Fear
Fear
1946 • as Detective Shaefer
★ 4.6
The Madmen of Mandoras
The Madmen of Mandoras
1963 • as Police Chief Alaniz
★ 3.4
Primrose Path
Primrose Path
1940 • as Bluebell Manager (uncredited)
★ 6.7
The Bandits of Corsica
The Bandits of Corsica
1953 • as Lorenzo
★ 6.4
They Knew What They Wanted
They Knew What They Wanted
1940 • as Tony's Pal at Table (uncredited)
★ 6.0
The Wild Westerners
The Wild Westerners
1962 • as John Bullard
★ 7.2
The Ballad of a Gunfighter
★ 5.0
Prisoners of the Casbah
Prisoners of the Casbah
1953 • as Marouf
★ 5.7
Let's Kill Uncle
Let's Kill Uncle
1966 • as Steward
★ 5.5
The Trouble with Women
The Trouble with Women
1947 • as 2nd Tony - the Waiter (uncredited)
★ 9.5
Outcasts of the City
Outcasts of the City
1958 • as Pastor Skira
★ 10.0
The Deep Six
The Deep Six
1958 • as Pappa Tatos
★ 5.7
He Stayed for Breakfast
He Stayed for Breakfast
1940 • as Gendarme
★ 8.0
Phantom Raiders
Phantom Raiders
1940 • as Policeman at Morris' Office & at Finale
★ 6.1
South Pacific Trail
South Pacific Trail
1952 • as Carlos Alvarez
★ 8.0
The Purple Gang
The Purple Gang
1959 • as Orlofsky
★ 6.8
Road to Rio
Road to Rio
1947 • as Cardoso
★ 6.8
The Wild Party
The Wild Party
1956 • as Branson
★ 6.6
Sensation Hunters
Sensation Hunters
1945 • as Lew Davis
★ 4.8
Broadway
Broadway
1942 • as Rinelti
★ 6.4
The Lone Wolf in Mexico
The Lone Wolf in Mexico
1947 • as Police Capt. Carlos Rodriguez
★ 6.0
The Girl from Alaska
The Girl from Alaska
1942 • as Geroux
★ 8.0
Bride of Vengeance
Bride of Vengeance
1949 • as Mayor
★ 5.4
Scandal Incorporated
Scandal Incorporated
1956 • as Leland Miller, tabloid publisher
★ 6.0
The Dancing Masters
The Dancing Masters
1943 • as Silvio - Ringleader (uncredited)
★ 6.3
True to Life
True to Life
1943 • as Kapopolis (uncredited)
★ 8.0
Frontier Uprising
Frontier Uprising
1961 • as Don Carlos Montalvo
★ 5.4
Moby Dick
Moby Dick
1954 • as Capt. Peleg
★ 9.0
Prison Train
Prison Train
1938 • as Morose
★ 7.3
Shoot to Kill
Shoot to Kill
1947 • as Gus Miller
★ 4.9
Background to Danger
Background to Danger
1943 • as Koylan (uncredited)
★ 6.7
California
California
1963 • as Gen. Micheltorena
★ 5.0
Meet Boston Blackie
Meet Boston Blackie
1941 • as Martin Vestrick (uncredited)
★ 6.2
Killer Ape
Killer Ape
1953 • as Andrews
★ 5.4
Mr. Reckless
Mr. Reckless
1948 • as Gus
★ 4.5
Señor Droopy
Señor Droopy
1949 • as Bullfight Attender (voice) (uncredited)
★ 6.8
Adventures of Casanova
Adventures of Casanova
1948 • as Prefecture Police
★ 6.2
Thunder Pass
Thunder Pass
1954 • as Daniel Slaughter
★ 6.5
A Likely Story
A Likely Story
1947 • as Tiny
★ 4.8
Carnival in Costa Rica
Carnival in Costa Rica
1947 • as Padre Rafael
★ 7.0
The Fabulous Senorita
The Fabulous Senorita
1952 • as José Rodriguez
★ 6.5
Unseen Guardians
Unseen Guardians
1939 • as Mail Order Crook
★ 6.5
Nob Hill
Nob Hill
1945 • as Luigi
★ 6.2
Anything Goes
Anything Goes
1954 • as Dr. Henry T. Dobson
★ 6.4
Fly By Night
Fly By Night
1942 • as Grube
★ 6.7
Tornado
Tornado
1943 • as Big Joe Vlochek
★ 5.7
Flame Of Stamboul
Flame Of Stamboul
1951 • as Joe Octavian
★ 5.3
Timber!
Timber!
1942 • as Jules Fabian
★ 8.0
Angels' Alley
Angels' Alley
1948 • as Tony 'Piggy' Locarno
★ 5.2
Pier 5, Havana
Pier 5, Havana
1959 • as Lopez
★ 5.1