Birthday
1905/06/30
Day of death
1966/09/09 (61 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Fresno, California, USA
Also know as
Nestor Caetano 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...Read more
(1959) Pier 5, Havana
as Lopez
(1954) Creature from the Black Lagoon
as Captain Lucas
(1947) The Trouble with Women
as 2nd Tony - the Waiter (uncredited)
(1946) Fear
as Detective Shaefer
(1949) Follow Me Quietly
as Benny
(1948) Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
as Joe Appollonio
(1955) Tarantula
as Sheriff Jack Andrews
(1949) Alias Nick Beal
as Karl
(1959) Vice Raid
as Mob Boss Frank Burke
(1951) The Great Caruso
as ---
(1950) I Was a Shoplifter
as Deputy Sheriff Gomez
(1962) The Three Stooges in Orbit
as Chairman
(1950) Young Man with a Horn
as Louis Galba
(1955) Revenge of the Creature
as Captain Lucas
(1961) Atlantis: The Lost Continent
as Megalos (uncredited)
(1956) The Mole People
as Prof. Etienne Lafarge
(1946) Road to Utopia
as McGurk
(1955) New York Confidential
as Martinelli
(1966) Let's Kill Uncle
as Steward
(1967) The Spirit Is Willing
as Felicity's Father
(1955) All That Heaven Allows
as Manuel
(1947) Ramrod
as Curley
(1953) I, the Jury
as Manuel
(1957) Les Girls
as Spanish Peasant (uncredited)
(1942) Pittsburgh
as Barney, Cafe Proprietor
(1958) The Case Against Brooklyn
as Finelli
(1956) Scandal Incorporated
as Leland Miller, tabloid publisher
(1944) The Falcon in Mexico
as Manuel Romero
(1949) Mighty Joe Young
as Brown
(1941) Hold Back the Dawn
as Flores
(1946) The Last Crooked Mile
as Ferrara
(1947) Shoot to Kill
as Gus Miller
(1955) Hell on Frisco Bay
as Louis Fiaschetti
(1951) Double Dynamite
as 'Hot Horse' Harris, the Bookie
(1964) The Ballad of a Gunfighter
as Padre
(1963) The Madmen of Mandoras
as Police Chief Alaniz
(1956) The First Texan
as Priest (uncredited)
(1942) Broadway
as Rinelti
(1948) Angels' Alley
as Tony 'Piggy' Locarno
(1956) Comanche
as Puffer
(1953) The Bandits of Corsica
as Lorenzo
(1958) The Lady Takes a Flyer
as Childreth
(1954) Jivaro
as Jacques
(1953) Killer Ape
as Andrews
(1951) Flame Of Stamboul
as Joe Octavian
(1956) The Wild Party
as Branson
(1941) Meet Boston Blackie
as Martin Vestrick (uncredited)
(1941) Johnny Eager
as Tony Luce (uncredited)
(1943) The Flying Jalopy
as Ben Buzzard (voice) (uncredited)
(1943) The Desert Song
as Benoit
(1943) Tornado
as Big Joe Vlochek
(1968) They Saved Hitler's Brain
as Police Chief Alaniz
(1952) The Fabulous Senorita
as José Rodriguez
(1947) Carnival in Costa Rica
as Padre Rafael
(1954) Four Guns to the Border
as Greasy
(1945) Nob Hill
as Luigi
(1948) Mr. Reckless
as Gus
(1966) Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
as Saloon Owner
(1956) Ride The High Iron
as Yard Boss
(1954) Casanova's Big Night
as Gnocchi
(1948) Adventures of Casanova
as Prefecture Police
(1952) South Pacific Trail
as Carlos Alvarez
(1940) The Marines Fly High
as Pedro Fernandez
(1959) The Purple Gang
as Orlofsky
(1953) Prisoners of the Casbah
as Marouf
(1941) Pot o' Gold
as Canadian Guide (uncredited)
(1945) A Medal for Benny
as Frank Alviso (uncredited)
(1952) The Living Bible
as Herod Antipas
(1939) Midnight
as Woman's Escort (uncredited)
(1939) Union Pacific
as Canadian Pacific Conductor (uncredited)
(1939) Another Thin Man
as West Indies Club Headwaiter (uncredited)
(1939) Beau Geste
as Corporal Golas (uncredited)
(1939) The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Man in Street When Gypsies Arrive (uncredited)
(1952) Phone Call from a Stranger
as ---
(1943) The Hard Way
as Max Wade (Uncredited)
(1949) Bride of Vengeance
as Mayor
(1945) Along the Navajo Trail
as Janza
(1952) 5 Fingers
as ---
(1945) Sensation Hunters
as Lew Davis
(1942) Fly By Night
as Grube
(1952) Viva Zapata!
as New General (uncredited)
(1940) The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
as Rufus - Henchman in Hawaii
(1957) The Guns of Fort Petticoat
as Tortilla
(1945) The Southerner
as Bartender
(1951) A Millionaire for Christy
as Mr. Rapello
(1958) Outcasts of the City
as Pastor Skira
(1954) The Desperado
as Captain Jake Thornton
(1947) A Likely Story
as Tiny
(1943) Rhythm of the Islands
as Chief Nataro
(1947) The Lone Wolf in Mexico
as Police Capt. Carlos Rodriguez
(1940) Santa Fe Trail
as Abolitionist Noticing Army Horse Brand (uncredited)
(1940) Boom Town
as Venezuelan Officer (uncredited)
(1943) The Dancing Masters
as Silvio - Ringleader
(1947) Road to Rio
as Cardoso
(1940) North West Mounted Police
as Half-breed
(1945) Salome, Where She Danced
as Panatela
(1940) The Sea Hawk
as First Slavemaster
(1960) Can-Can
as Bailiff
(1940) Arise, My Love
as Uniformed Clerk (Uncredited)
(1940) Phantom Raiders
as Policeman at Morris' Office & at Finale
(1940) They Knew What They Wanted
as Tony's Pal at Table (uncredited)
(1940) Primrose Path
as Bluebell Manager (uncredited)
(1940) He Stayed for Breakfast
as Gendarme
(1940) Dark Streets of Cairo
as Ahmend, waiter-thug
(1961) Gold of the Seven Saints
as Gondora Henchman
(1939) Unseen Guardians
as Mail Order Crook
(1952) Mara Maru
as Captain Van Hoten
(1942) The Lady Has Plans
as Portuguese Porter (uncredited)
(1951) The Lady Pays Off
as Manuel
(1950) The Desert Hawk
as Abdul
(1942) King of the Mounties
as Count Baroni
(1947) Robin Hood of Monterey
as The Alcalde
(1942) American Empire
as Defense Attorney
(1954) Thunder Pass
as Daniel Slaughter
(1961) Frontier Uprising
as Don Carlos Montalvo
(1963) California
as Gen. Micheltorena
(1962) The Wild Westerners
as John Bullard
(1941) Hold That Ghost
as Glum (uncredited)
(1947) Humoresque
as Orchestra Leader
(1945) A Thousand and One Nights
as Kahim
(1948) The Paleface
as Patient #2
(1946) The Well Groomed Bride
as Fernandez
(1943) Don Winslow of the Coast Guard
as The Scorpion
(1943) Background to Danger
as Koylan
(1949) Señor Droopy
as Bullfight Attender (voice) (uncredited)
(1943) True to Life
as Kapopolis (uncredited)
(1949) The Inspector General
as Gregor (uncredited)
(1942) Road to Morocco
as Sausage Vendor (uncredited)
(1946) Badman's Territory
as Sam Bass
(1959) Alias Jesse James
as Grigsby (uncredited)
(1942) The Girl from Alaska
as Geroux
(1945) Cornered
as Police Official (uncredited)
(1954) Anything Goes
as Dr. Henry T. Dobson
(1956) Menace from Outer Space
as Prof. Cardos
(1938) Prison Train
as Morose
(1942) The Adventures of Martin Eden
as ---
(1948) Joan of Arc
as Henri le Royer, Catherine's husband
(1962) The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
as Miguel
(1942) Timber!
as Jules Fabian
(1957) Ten Thousand Bedrooms
as Alfredo - the Jeweler (uncredited)
(1942) For Me and My Gal
as Nick (uncredited)
(1958) The Left Handed Gun
as Pete Maxwell
(1954) Moby Dick
as Capt. Peleg
(1952) April in Paris
as ---
(1958) The Deep Six
as Pappa Tatos
(1960) The Andy Griffith Show
as Big Jack Anderson
(1966) Family Affair
as ---
(1963) Burke's Law
as Padre Emiliano
(1955) Cheyenne
as ---
(1954) December Bride
as ---
(1950) The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
(1957) The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
as Jailer
(1962) The Lucy Show
as Perkins
(1962) The Beverly Hillbillies
as Auctioneer
(1957) Perry Mason
as Nico
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Barman
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Perino
(1954) Lassie
as Michael Zolenko
(1957) Zorro
as ---
(1965) Get Smart
as ---
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Captain Peleg
(1958) Sea Hunt
as ---
(1961) Target: The Corruptors!
as ---
(1958) Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
as ---
(1952) China Smith
as ---
(1959) Rawhide
as Hagerty
(1957) Have Gun, Will Travel
as Dan Tibner
(1964) Daniel Boone
as Menewa
(1956) The Count of Monte Cristo
as ---
(1955) The Millionaire
as Art Gallery Prop. Pataberes
(1962) The Virginian
as Charley Sanchez
(1954) Climax!
as ---
(1957) Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Axel
(1957) Alcoa Theatre
as Aubert
(1956) The Adventures of Jim Bowie
as ---
(1958) Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Mexican Policeman (uncredited)
(1958) Lawman
as ---
(1957) Sugarfoot
as Senor Contreras
(1964) The Addams Family
as Captain Grimby
(1958) The Texan
as ---
(1959) Wichita Town
as ---
(1963) The Bill Dana Show
as ---
(1956) Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
as ---
(1952) Cavalcade of America
as Senor Alverez
(1959) Tightrope
as ---
(1953) I'm the Law
as ---
(1956) Telephone Time
as ---
(1952) Dangerous Assignment
as ---
(1960) Johnny Midnight
as ---
(1953) Letter to Loretta
as Victor Russo
(1954) Passport to Danger
as ---
(1958) Behind Closed Doors
as ---
(1960) The Barbara Stanwyck Show
as Joe
(1956) Hey, Jeannie!
as Gino
(1957) Maverick
as Louie
(1957) Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Emilio Tomas
(1953) General Electric Theater
as ---
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Pinero
(1963) Burke's Law
as Dr. Gonzales
(1952) Four Star Playhouse
as Judge Le Beau
(1952) Four Star Playhouse
as Mr. Davis
(1952) Four Star Playhouse
as Rocco
(1952) Four Star Playhouse
as Mario
(1957) Zorro
as Teo Gonzales (uncredited)
(1957) Whirlybirds
as Ed Fenton