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Nestor Paiva

1905-06-30

The Biography

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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The Hunchback of Notre Dame

7.2 average rating
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Creature from the Black Lagoon

6.8 average rating
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5 Fingers

7.563 average rating
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Les Girls

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Joan of Arc

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The Sea Hawk

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All That Heaven Allows

7.334 average rating
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The Left Handed Gun

6.029 average rating
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Viva Zapata!

6.904 average rating
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Mighty Joe Young

6.318 average rating
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Tarantula

6.5 average rating
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Revenge of the Creature

5.662 average rating
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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

5.918 average rating
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Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

7.006 average rating
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Santa Fe Trail

5.6 average rating
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Beau Geste

6.9 average rating
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Union Pacific

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Boom Town

6.9 average rating
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The Paleface

6.1 average rating
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The Mole People

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