# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nestor-paiva
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:28:00.651Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nestor-paiva"
name: "Nestor Paiva"
slug: "nestor-paiva"
description: "Nestor Caetano Paiva was an American stage, radio, film and television actor of Portuguese descent. He performed in over 400 motion pictures either as an extra, a bit player, or as a significant supporting character. He also appears in such roles in a variety of television series produced during the 1950s and early 1960s. Among his notable screen appearances is his recurring role as the innkeeper Teo Gonzales in Walt Disney's late 1950s televised Spanish Western series Zorro, as well as in its adapted theatrical release The Sign of Zorro (1958). Paiva also appears as the boat captain Lucas in the Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) and in that horror film's sequel Revenge of the Creature (1955)."
tagline: "American actor (1905-1966)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nestor_Paiva_in_Mr._Reckless.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1905-06-30"
deathDate: "1966-09-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.04
  momentum:             0.6190476190476191
  historical:           10.78952933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0656980/"
    handle:    "nm0656980"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f1ca16e7-0967-46d5-a55e-97fc05485899"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestor_Paiva"
    title: "Nestor Paiva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%8A%DA%A4%D8%A7"
    title: "نيستور پايڤا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "نستور پایوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%DB%8E%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%86%D8%B1_%D9%BE%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A4%D8%A7"
    title: "نێستۆر پایڤا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestor_Paiva"
    title: "Nestor Paiva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestor_Paiva"
    title: "Nestor Paiva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1_%D9%BE%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%A7"
    title: "نستور پایوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestor_Paiva"
    title: "Nestor Paiva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestor_Paiva"
    title: "Nestor Paiva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B2%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9D%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80"
    title: "Пайва, Нестор"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestor_Paiva"
    title: "Nestor Paiva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1400299"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56924"
    title: "Nestor Paiva"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump