Creature from the Black Lagoon1954
As Captain Lucas
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Nestor Paiva
Born
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 (147)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame1939
As Man in Street When Gypsies Arrive (uncredited)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Flying Jalopy1943
As Ben Buzzard (voice) (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
All That Heaven Allows1955
As Manuel
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Mighty Joe Young1949
As Brown
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse1962
As Miguel
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Alias Jesse James1959
As Grigsby (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Santa Fe Trail1940
As Abolitionist Noticing Army Horse Brand (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Viva Zapata!1952
As New General (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Left Handed Gun1958
As Pete Maxwell
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Joan of Arc1948
As Henri le Royer, Catherine's husband
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Hell on Frisco Bay1955
As Louis Fiaschetti
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House1948
As Joe Appollonio
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!1940
As Rufus - Henchman in Hawaii
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Tarantula1955
As Sheriff Jack Andrews
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Sea Hawk1940
As First Slavemaster
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Paleface1948
As Patient #2
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Revenge of the Creature1955
As Captain Lucas
TMDb 5.6 / 10
North West Mounted Police1940
As Half-breed
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Vice Raid1959
As Mob Boss Frank Burke
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Casanova's Big Night1954
As Gnocchi
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Hold That Ghost1941
As Glum
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Jim Thorpe – All-American1951
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Great Caruso1951
As Egisto Barretto
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Double Dynamite1951
As 'Hot Horse' Harris, the Bookie
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Young Man with a Horn1950
As Louis Galba
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Phone Call from a Stranger1952
TMDb 6.4 / 10
A Thousand and One Nights1945
As Kahim
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Desert Hawk1950
As Abdul
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Salome, Where She Danced1945
As Panatela
TMDb 4.1 / 10
Alias Nick Beal1949
As Karl
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Union Pacific1939
As Canadian Pacific Conductor (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Hold Back the Dawn1941
As Flores
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Guns of Fort Petticoat1957
As Tortilla
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Inspector General1949
As Gregor (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Ramrod1947
As Curley
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Four Guns to the Border1954
As Greasy
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Atlantis: The Lost Continent1961
As Megalos (uncredited)
TMDb 5.1 / 10
5 Fingers1952
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Road to Morocco1942
As Sausage Vendor (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Midnight1939
As Woman's Escort (uncredited)
TMDb 7.4 / 10
For Me and My Gal1942
As Nick (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Beau Geste1939
As Corporal Golas (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Humoresque1947
As Orchestra Leader
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Can-Can1960
As Bailiff
TMDb 6.7 / 10
I, the Jury1953
As Manuel
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Spirit Is Willing1967
As Felicity's Father
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Another Thin Man1939
As West Indies Club Headwaiter (uncredited)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Shine on Harvest Moon1944
As Romero (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Les Girls1957
As Spanish Peasant (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Lady Has Plans1942
As Portuguese Porter (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Road to Utopia1946
As McGurk
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Last Crooked Mile1946
As Ferrara
TMDb 5.5 / 10
They Knew What They Wanted1940
As Tony's Pal at Table (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Let's Kill Uncle1966
As Steward
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Boom Town1940
As Venezuelan Officer (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Comanche1956
As Puffer
TMDb 5.2 / 10
The Case Against Brooklyn1958
As Finelli
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Mole People1956
As Prof. Etienne Lafarge
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Fear1946
As Detective Shaefer
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter1966
As Saloon Owner
TMDb 4.3 / 10
A Millionaire for Christy1951
As Mr. Rapello
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Gold of the Seven Saints1961
As Gondora Henchman
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Mara Maru1952
As Captain Van Hoten (uncredited)
TMDb 5.2 / 10
The Three Stooges in Orbit1962
As Chairman
TMDb 5.1 / 10
The Trouble with Women1947
As 2nd Tony - the Waiter (uncredited)
TMDb 9.5 / 10
I Was a Shoplifter1950
As Deputy Sheriff Gomez
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Hard Way1943
As Max Wade (Uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
April in Paris1952
TMDb 4.9 / 10
He Stayed for Breakfast1940
As Gendarme
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Pittsburgh1942
As Barney, Cafe Proprietor
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Road to Rio1947
As Cardoso
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Lady Pays Off1951
As Manuel
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Arise, My Love1940
As Uniformed Clerk (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Southerner1945
As Bartender
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Bandits of Corsica1953
As Lorenzo
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Primrose Path1940
As Bluebell Manager (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
A Medal for Benny1945
As Frank Alviso (uncredited)
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Ride The High Iron1956
As Yard Boss
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Falcon in Mexico1944
As Manuel Romero
TMDb 5.7 / 10
King of the Mounties1942
As Count Baroni
TMDb 8.0 / 10
New York Confidential1955
As Martinelli
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Johnny Eager1941
As Tony Luce (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Background to Danger1943
As Koylan (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Along the Navajo Trail1945
As Janza
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Wild Party1956
As Branson
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Bride of Vengeance1949
As Mayor
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Rhythm of the Islands1943
As Chief Nataro
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Badman's Territory1946
As Sam Bass
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Desperado1954
As Captain Jake Thornton
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Menace from Outer Space1956
As Prof. Cardos
TMDb 4.0 / 10
The Deep Six1958
As Pappa Tatos
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Follow Me Quietly1949
As Benny
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Desert Song1944
As Benoit
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Jivaro1954
As Jacques
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Dark Streets of Cairo1940
As Ahmend, waiter-thug
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Well Groomed Bride1946
As Fernandez
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Pot o' Gold1941
As Canadian Guide (uncredited)
TMDb 5.7 / 10
True to Life1943
As Kapopolis (uncredited)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Adventures of Martin Eden1942
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Lady Takes a Flyer1958
As Childreth
TMDb 4.4 / 10
Prisoners of the Casbah1953
As Marouf
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Dancing Masters1943
As Silvio - Ringleader (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Cornered1945
As Police Official (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Scandal Incorporated1956
As Leland Miller, tabloid publisher
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Señor Droopy1949
As Bullfight Attender (voice) (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Moby Dick1954
As Capt. Peleg
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Ten Thousand Bedrooms1957
As Alfredo - the Jeweler (uncredited)
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Thunder Pass1954
As Daniel Slaughter
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Outcasts of the City1958
As Pastor Skira
TMDb 10.0 / 10
A Likely Story1947
As Tiny
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Carnival in Costa Rica1947
As Padre Rafael
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Shoot to Kill1947
As Gus Miller
TMDb 4.9 / 10
They Saved Hitler's Brain1968
As Police Chief Alaniz
TMDb 2.9 / 10
The Marines Fly High1940
As Pedro Fernandez
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Angels' Alley1948
As Tony 'Piggy' Locarno
TMDb 5.2 / 10
The Girl from Alaska1942
As Geroux
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard1943
As The Scorpion
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Lone Wolf in Mexico1947
As Police Capt. Carlos Rodriguez
TMDb 6.0 / 10
American Empire1942
As Defense Attorney
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Killer Ape1953
As Andrews
TMDb 5.4 / 10
The Living Bible1952
As Herod Antipas
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Phantom Raiders1940
As Policeman at Morris' Office & at Finale
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Anything Goes1954
As Dr. Henry T. Dobson
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The First Texan1956
As Priest (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Purple Gang1959
As Orlofsky
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Pier 5, Havana1959
As Lopez
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Fly By Night1942
As Grube
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Madmen of Mandoras1963
As Police Chief Alaniz
TMDb 3.4 / 10
Broadway1942
As Rinelti
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Nob Hill1945
As Luigi
TMDb 6.2 / 10
California1963
As Gen. Micheltorena
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Frontier Uprising1961
As Don Carlos Montalvo
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Adventures of Casanova1948
As Prefecture Police
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Prison Train1938
As Morose
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Mr. Reckless1948
As Gus
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Robin Hood of Monterey1947
As The Alcalde
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Wild Westerners1962
As John Bullard
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Tornado1943
As Big Joe Vlochek
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Meet Boston Blackie1941
As Martin Vestrick (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
South Pacific Trail1952
As Carlos Alvarez
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Fabulous Senorita1952
As José Rodriguez
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Timber!1942
As Jules Fabian
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Ballad of a Gunfighter1964
As Padre
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Sensation Hunters1945
As Lew Davis
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Flame Of Stamboul1951
As Joe Octavian
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Unseen Guardians1939
As Mail Order Crook
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb