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