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
1938	THE SPIDER'S WEB.	Columbia Pictures Corp.	2 reels		B&W
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
1940	Boom Town.	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.	13 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1942	Fly-By-Night.	Robert Siodmak	8 reels		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
1944	Music For Millions	Irving Lesser Enterprises	120 min	16mm	B&W	sound
1944	Shine On Harvest Moon.	David Butler	112 min		B&W	sound
1944	Tampico.	Lothar Mendes	6800 ft.		B&W
1945	A Thousand And One Nights	Ideal Pictures Inc	93 min	16mm		sound
1945	Salome, Where She Danced.	B. Reeves Eason, Charles Lamont	10 reels		Color	sound
1945	Tampico.	Filmcraft (Firm)	1:30	16mm	B&W	sound
1945	Tampico.	Lothar Mendes	1 reel	16mm	B&W	sound
1945	The Southerner	Loew-Hakim Inc	1:31:00	16mm	B&W	sound
1945	The Southerner ▶	Jean Renoir	92 min		B&W
1945	The Southerner.	Jean Renoir	91 min.		B&W
1947	Ramrod.	André de Toth	94 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1947	Road to Rio	Jack Rose, Norman Z. McLeod	12:00		B&W
1947	Road To Rio.	Jack Rose, Norman Z. McLeod	100 min	35mm	B&W	sound
1947	The Trouble with women	Sidney Lanfield	80 min		B&W
1948	Adventures Of Casanova.	Roberto Gavaldón	83 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1948	Joan of Arc	Victor Fleming	132 min	16mm	Color	sound
1948	Joan of Arc	Victor Fleming	132 min		Color
1948	Joan of Arc	Victor Fleming	132 min	16mm	Color	silent
1948	Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House	H. C. Potter	94		Color & B&W
1948	MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE.	H. C. Potter	94 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1949	Mighty Joe Young.	Ernest B. Schoedsack	94 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1950	Rope of Sand ▶	William Dieterle	104 min		B&W
1950	Rope of Sand	William Dieterle	104 min	16mm	B&W
1950	THE DESERT HAWK.	Universal Pictures Co. Inc.	78 min.	35mm	Color	sound
1951	My Favorite Spy.	Paramount Pictures Corp.	93 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1951	ON DANGEROUS GROUND.	RKO Radio Pictures Inc.	82 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1951	The Great Caruso	Richard Thorpe	109 min		Color
1951	The Great Caruso.	Loew's Inc.	109 min	35mm	Color	sound
1951	The Lady Pays Off.	Universal Pictures Co. Inc.	80 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1952	Phone Call From a Stranger	Jean Negulesco	1:05		B&W
1952	Phone Call From A Stranger.	Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp	96 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1953	Call me Madam	Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. (Publisher)	1:55:00	16mm	Color	sound
1953	Call Me Madam.	Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp	118 min	35mm	Color	sound
1954	Creature from the Black Lagoon	Jack Arnold	79 min	16mm	B&W	sound
1954	Creature From The Black Lagoon.	Universal Pictures Co. Inc.	79 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1954	The desperado.	Allied Artists Pictures Corp.	81 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1955	All That Heaven Allows.	Universal Pictures Co. Inc.	89 min.	35mm	Color	sound
1955	Hell On Frisco Bay	Frank Tuttle	1600		Color
1955	Revenge Of The Creature.	Universal Pictures Co. Inc.	82 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1955	Tarantula.	Universal Pictures Co. Inc.	80 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1956	Comanche	George Sherman
1956	The mole people.	Universal Pictures Co. Inc.	78 min.	35mm	B&W	sound