Nestor Paiva
American actor (1905-1966) · United States · Actors · Died at 61
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Something wrong?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.
A life in dates
Get SmartSeries, Doorman1964
Daniel BooneSeries, Menewa1962
The Beverly HillbilliesSeries, Auctioneer
The Four Horsemen of the ApocalypseFilm, 1962Miguel1961
Atlantis: The Lost ContinentFilm, Megalos (uncredited)1960
The Andy Griffith ShowSeries, Big Jack Anderson1959
BonanzaSeries, Francisco Tenino1958
The Left Handed GunFilm, Pete Maxwell1957
Have Gun, Will TravelSeries, Dan Tibner
Les GirlsFilm, 1957Spanish Peasant (uncredited)1955
CheyenneSeries
All That Heaven AllowsFilm, 1955Manuel1954
Climax!Series
Creature from the Black LagoonFilm, 1954Captain Lucas1952
5 FingersFilm1951
The Red Skelton ShowSeries, Spike1950
The Colgate Comedy HourSeries1949
Follow Me QuietlyFilm, Benny1948
Joan of ArcFilm, Henri le Royer, Catherine's husband1947
HumoresqueFilm, Orchestra Leader1945
CorneredFilm, Police Official (uncredited)1942
For Me and My GalFilm, Nick (uncredited)1940
Boom TownFilm, Venezuelan Officer (uncredited)1939
Another Thin ManFilm, West Indies Club Headwaiter (uncredited)1905Born30 June 1905Also in Deutsch
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Filmography 40
TAThe Four Horsemen of the ApocalypseACAtlantis: The Lost Continent
CCCan-CanTGThe Left Handed GunLGLes Girls
TPThe Guns of Fort Petticoat
TPThe Mole PeopleAAAll That Heaven Allows
TATarantula
RCRevenge of the CreatureCLCreature from the Black Lagoon
VZViva Zapata!FI5 Fingers
YHYoung Man with a Horn
MYMighty Joe Young
TGThe Inspector GeneralFQFollow Me Quietly
MHMr. Blandings Builds His Dream HouseJAJoan of Arc
TPThe PalefaceHUHumoresque
RARamrod
RRRoad to Rio
RURoad to Utopia
TSThe SouthernerCOCornered
RMRoad to MoroccoFGFor Me and My Gal
HGHold That Ghost
HDHold Back the Dawn
JEJohnny Eager
THThe Sea Hawk
STSanta Fe TrailBTBoom Town
NPNorth West Mounted Police
TDThe Hunchback of Notre DameAMAnother Thin Man
BGBeau Geste
UPUnion Pacific
MIMidnight213 credits on file
Television 24
GSGet SmartDBDaniel Boone
TFThe Addams Family
BLBurke's LawTHThe Beverly Hillbillies
TSThe Lucy Show
TVThe VirginianTSThe Andy Griffith ShowBOBonanza
RARawhide
LALawman
WAWanted: Dead or Alive
PMPerry Mason
MAMaverickHTHave Gun, Will Travel
ZOZorro
GUGunsmokeCHCheyenne
LALassieCLClimax!
FPFour Star PlayhouseTSThe Red Skelton ShowTHThe Colgate Comedy HourIn common with Nestor
About this person
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).
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