Nestor Paiva

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).

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 CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1944 Shine On Harvest Moon. David Butler 112 min B&W sound
1944 Tampico. Lothar Mendes 6800 ft. B&W
1943 THE DANCING MASTERS Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 63 min 16mm B&W sound
1943 The Dancing Masters. Malcolm St. Clair 5 611 ft. B&W
1942 Fly-By-Night. Robert Siodmak 8 reels B&W
1940 Boom Town. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 13 reels 16mm B&W sound
1939 Beau Geste William A. Wellman 112 min 16mm B&W sound
1939 The Hunchback of Notre Dame Films inc. 114 mi 16mm B&W sound
1939 The Hunchback Of Notre Dame. William Dieterle 117 min B&W
1938 THE SPIDER'S WEB. Columbia Pictures Corp. 2 reels B&W