Nestor Paiva
Born June 30, 1905 (Age: 120)
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Fresno, California, USA
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 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.
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.
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Filmography
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
1961
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as Megalos (uncredited)
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Age: 55
Gold of the Seven Saints
1961
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as Gondora Henchman
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Age: 55
Can-Can
1960
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as Bailiff
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Age: 54
The Purple Gang
1959
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as Orlofsky
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Age: 54
Vice Raid
1959
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as Mob Boss Frank Burke
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Age: 54
Pier 5, Havana
1959
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as Lopez
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Age: 54
Alias Jesse James
1959
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as Grigsby (uncredited)
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Age: 53
Outcasts of the City
1958
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as Pastor Skira
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Age: 52
Revenge of the Creature
1955
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as Captain Lucas
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Age: 49
Creature from the Black Lagoon
1954
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as Captain Lucas
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Age: 48
Young Man with a Horn
1950
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as Louis Galba
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Age: 44
Pittsburgh
1942
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as Barney, Cafe Proprietor
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Age: 37
American Empire
1942
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as Defense Attorney
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Age: 37
Road to Morocco
1942
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as Sausage Vendor (uncredited)
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Age: 37
For Me and My Gal
1942
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as Nick (uncredited)
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Age: 37
King of the Mounties
1942
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as Count Baroni
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Age: 37
Timber!
1942
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as Jules Fabian
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Age: 37
The Girl from Alaska
1942
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as Geroux
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Age: 36
The Adventures of Martin Eden
1942
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as
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Age: 36
The Lady Has Plans
1942
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as Portuguese Porter (uncredited)
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Age: 36
Fly By Night
1942
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as Grube
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Age: 36
Johnny Eager
1941
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as Tony Luce (uncredited)
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Age: 36
Hold Back the Dawn
1941
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as Flores
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Age: 36
Hold That Ghost
1941
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as Glum (uncredited)
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Age: 36
Pot o' Gold
1941
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as Canadian Guide (uncredited)
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Age: 35
Meet Boston Blackie
1941
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as Martin Vestrick (uncredited)
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Age: 35