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Nestor Paiva

30 Jun, 1905 en Fresno, California, USA

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 Fighting Guerrillas. He played the part of Lucas (the boat captain) in the 1954 horror film The Creature from the Black Lagoon starring Ben Chapman as the title monster; Paiva would reprise this role in that film's sequel Revenge of the Creature the following year. He appeared in more than 250 movies. Paiva married in 1941 and had two children, Joseph and Caetana, who appeared with him in the 1956 movie Comanche with Dana Andrews. Paiva died of cancer in 1966. He is buried in Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nestor Paiva, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Nestor Caetano Paiva

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Fear
43% (1946)
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Ramrod
64% (1947)
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Pittsburgh
62% (1942)
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Shoot to Kill
46% (1947)
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Broadway
55% (1942)
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Comanche
50% (1956)
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Tornado
55% (1943)
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Nob Hill
57% (1945)
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Midnight
74% (1939)
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The Hard Way
66% (1943)
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Road to Rio
67% (1947)
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California
30% (1963)
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True to Life
60% (1943)
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Cornered
60% (1945)
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The Deep Six
55% (1958)
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Burke's Law
60% (1963)
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Cheyenne
58% (1955)
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China Smith
0% (1952)
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Rawhide
70% (1959)
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Climax!
27% (1954)
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Alcoa Theatre
58% (1957)
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Lawman
54% (1958)
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Sugarfoot
42% (1957)
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The Texan
55% (1958)
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Tightrope
55% (1959)
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I'm the Law
50% (1953)
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Maverick
69% (1957)
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Burke's Law
60% (1963)