Nestor Paiva
American actor (1905-1966)
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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Filmography in the catalog
Credited on 60 films (1938–1966) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 18 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).
| Year ▲ | Title | Creator | Length | Format | Color | Sound |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Les Girls | Collectors Book Store | 1:17 | 16mm | Color | |
| 1957 | TEN THOUSAND BEDROOMS | Richard Thorpe | 114 min | 16mm | Color | sound |
| 1957 | The Guns Of Fort Petticoat. ▶ | Brown-Murphy Pictures Inc. | 9 reels | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1957 | The Lady Takes A Flyer. | Universal Pictures Co. Inc. | 94 min. | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1958 | The Sign Of Zorro. | Walt Disney Productions. | 91 min | 35mm | B&W | sound |
| 1960 | Can-Can. | Suffolk-Cummings Productions Inc. & Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. | 131 min | Color | sound | |
| 1962 | Girls! Girls! Girls! | Norman Taurog | 98 min | 16mm | Color | |
| 1962 | The Sign Of Zorro | Walt Disney Productions. | 91 min | 16mm | B&W | sound |
| 1966 | Let's Kill Uncle. | Universal Pictures Co. Inc. | 92 min | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1966 | The Spirit Is Willing. | Paramount Pictures Corp. | 100 min | 35mm | Color | sound |