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 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.
Known for
ActingBirthday
June 30, 1905Deathday
September 9, 1966Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
144Place of birth
Fresno, California, USAAlso known as
Nestor Caetano Paiva![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/mRaWDqcsrfMPPCc5TufpNuEHE4T.jpg)
Cast credits
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/euCzA2Exc70MpTDCVYih8tdE7z1.jpg)
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Captain Lucas![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/v4CQ0oP2ISRReZABJNcVWrvetCY.jpg)
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
Saloon Owner![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/7SPI9pO7j3w1rUS6N0QACsY2IDR.jpg)
Fear
Detective Shaefer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/undj4wTGliQ909hYypS0LRRGyRA.jpg)
Follow Me Quietly
Benny![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/smKM575W3FLvWHna5YaWWeN5po8.jpg)
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Joe Appollonio![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/gPjlVSys2CJP1aQKXnhj4kKDxrB.jpg)
Tarantula
Sheriff Jack Andrews![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/8wy0peTDb2Zrdecely80hOyAPv8.jpg)
Alias Nick Beal
Karl![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/fCM4Guj2poyGcGC9yYIM8cXaIu6.jpg)
Young Man with a Horn
Louis Galba![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/bmel9CVuESAxxVVRjDw22g8YDhE.jpg)
Revenge of the Creature
Captain Lucas![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/ygC5yVRyrXqwMSmcpvf2khjThAR.jpg)
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
Megalos (uncredited)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/megZifGNBCHxbqeb9preURvMI17.jpg)
New York Confidential
Martinelli![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/nASL3unRBUDjAcJmE8HPjbL665M.jpg)
Road to Utopia
McGurk![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/qrLYWAoexgFXV7O8vON21G35P26.jpg)
The Mole People
Prof. Etienne Lafarge![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/9HWRYI8XIGPi9KEpctRuKu5wlt5.jpg)
Let's Kill Uncle
Steward![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/ghghdGatLXzRUmsSwr0mAGz5y4w.jpg)
The Spirit Is Willing
Felicity's Father![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/8NWwT1YhZKcSDben3OZiEbAlaRY.jpg)
Ramrod
Curley![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/4jFRYkgZ5TOJLnIKtpt5yYrz9GM.jpg)
I, the Jury
Manuel![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/78ot7b75r5yWKt0rW9XjXqH7GY1.jpg)
Les Girls
Spanish Peasant (uncredited)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/wlSmIk6iQ8yQhBG795UOOBUs4gF.jpg)
All That Heaven Allows
Manuel![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/zrrF51B2j91F1fuvESVsL0efrq0.jpg)
Pittsburgh
Barney, Cafe Proprietor![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/8sJEHKs7YjTj5fLUY5FLiO7mcf.jpg)
Scandal Incorporated
Leland Miller, tabloid publisher