Nestor Paiva
1905-06-30 ( 119 years old ) in 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.

Movies

They Saved Hitler's Brain 1968-08-18
The Spirit Is Willing 1967-07-07
Let's Kill Uncle 1966-11-18
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter 1966-04-09
The Ballad of a Gunfighter 1964-03-01
The Madmen of Mandoras 1963-11-13
California 1963-03-03
The Three Stooges in Orbit 1962-07-04
The Wild Westerners 1962-06-06
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse 1962-02-07
Atlantis: The Lost Continent 1961-05-03
Gold of the Seven Saints 1961-02-18
Frontier Uprising 1961-02-01
Can-Can 1960-03-09
The Purple Gang 1959-12-18
Vice Raid 1959-12-01
Pier 5, Havana 1959-10-09
Alias Jesse James 1959-03-20
The Case Against Brooklyn 1958-06-01
The Left Handed Gun 1958-04-30
The Lady Takes a Flyer 1958-01-30
The Deep Six 1958-01-15
Outcasts of the City 1958-01-10
Les Girls 1957-10-03
Ten Thousand Bedrooms 1957-04-03
The Guns of Fort Petticoat 1957-04-01
The Wild Party 1956-12-21
The Mole People 1956-12-01
Ride The High Iron 1956-12-01
Scandal Incorporated 1956-10-12
The First Texan 1956-06-29
Comanche 1956-03-01
Menace from Outer Space 1956-01-01
Hell on Frisco Bay 1955-12-31
All That Heaven Allows 1955-12-25
Tarantula 1955-12-14
Revenge of the Creature 1955-05-13
New York Confidential 1955-02-15
Four Guns to the Border 1954-11-05
Thunder Pass 1954-09-20
The Desperado 1954-06-20
Moby Dick 1954-05-14
Casanova's Big Night 1954-04-07
Creature from the Black Lagoon 1954-03-05
Anything Goes 1954-02-28
Jivaro 1954-02-12
Killer Ape 1953-12-15
Prisoners of the Casbah 1953-11-03
I, the Jury 1953-08-14
The Bandits of Corsica 1953-02-27
April in Paris 1952-12-24
South Pacific Trail 1952-10-19
Mara Maru 1952-04-23
The Fabulous Senorita 1952-03-31
5 Fingers 1952-02-22
Viva Zapata! 1952-02-07
Phone Call from a Stranger 1952-02-01
The Living Bible 1952-01-01
Double Dynamite 1951-12-25
The Lady Pays Off 1951-10-04
A Millionaire for Christy 1951-09-02
The Great Caruso 1951-04-16
Flame Of Stamboul 1951-03-05
The Desert Hawk 1950-08-05
I Was a Shoplifter 1950-05-13
Young Man with a Horn 1950-03-01
The Inspector General 1949-12-31
Mighty Joe Young 1949-07-27
Follow Me Quietly 1949-07-07
Señor Droopy 1949-04-09
Bride of Vengeance 1949-04-07
Alias Nick Beal 1949-03-04
Joan of Arc 1948-12-22
The Paleface 1948-12-17
Mr. Reckless 1948-03-26
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House 1948-03-25
Angels' Alley 1948-03-07
Adventures of Casanova 1948-02-07
Road to Rio 1947-12-25
Robin Hood of Monterey 1947-09-06
The Trouble with Women 1947-06-25
Ramrod 1947-05-02
A Likely Story 1947-04-18
Carnival in Costa Rica 1947-03-28
Shoot to Kill 1947-03-15
Humoresque 1947-01-25
The Lone Wolf in Mexico 1947-01-16
The Last Crooked Mile 1946-08-09
The Well Groomed Bride 1946-05-17
Badman's Territory 1946-05-04
Fear 1946-03-02
Road to Utopia 1946-02-27
Cornered 1945-11-23
Sensation Hunters 1945-10-12
Along the Navajo Trail 1945-09-15
A Thousand and One Nights 1945-07-20
Nob Hill 1945-06-13
The Southerner 1945-04-30
Salome, Where She Danced 1945-04-17
A Medal for Benny 1945-04-16
The Falcon in Mexico 1944-08-04
True to Life 1943-12-24
The Desert Song 1943-12-17
The Dancing Masters 1943-11-19
Tornado 1943-08-09
Background to Danger 1943-07-03
Rhythm of the Islands 1943-04-16
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard 1943-04-06
The Flying Jalopy 1943-03-12
The Hard Way 1943-01-13
Pittsburgh 1942-12-11
American Empire 1942-12-11
Road to Morocco 1942-11-10
For Me and My Gal 1942-10-21
King of the Mounties 1942-10-17
Timber! 1942-08-01
Broadway 1942-05-08
The Girl from Alaska 1942-04-16
The Adventures of Martin Eden 1942-02-26
The Lady Has Plans 1942-01-20
Fly By Night 1942-01-19
Johnny Eager 1941-12-09
Hold Back the Dawn 1941-09-26
Hold That Ghost 1941-08-08
Pot o' Gold 1941-04-03
Meet Boston Blackie 1941-02-20
The Green Hornet Strikes Again! 1940-12-24
Santa Fe Trail 1940-12-20
Dark Streets of Cairo 1940-12-01
Arise, My Love 1940-11-08
North West Mounted Police 1940-10-22
They Knew What They Wanted 1940-10-19
He Stayed for Breakfast 1940-08-31
Boom Town 1940-08-30
The Sea Hawk 1940-08-10
Phantom Raiders 1940-06-07
Primrose Path 1940-03-22
The Marines Fly High 1940-03-04
The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1939-12-29
Another Thin Man 1939-11-17
Unseen Guardians 1939-08-26
Beau Geste 1939-07-24
Union Pacific 1939-05-05
Midnight 1939-03-24
Prison Train 1938-10-17

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