Nestor Paiva
Acting
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.
Born: June 30, 1905
Place of Birth: Fresno, California, USA
Known For
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour is a collection of thirteen one-hour specials airing occasionally from 1957 to 1960, and originally served as part of Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse. Its original network title was The Ford Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show for the first season, and The Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Presents The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show for the following seasons. It was the successor to the classic comedy, I Love Lucy, and featured the same major cast members. The production schedule avoided the grind of a regular weekly series. Desilu produced the show, which was mostly filmed at their Los Angeles studios with occasional on-location shoots at Lake Arrowhead, Las Vegas and Sun Valley, Idaho. CBS reran the show under the "Lucy-Desi" title during the summers of 1962-1967, after which it went into syndication.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
The Addams Family
A satirical inversion of the ideal of the perfect American nuclear family, they are an eccentric wealthy family who delight in everything grotesque and macabre, and are never really aware that people find them bizarre or frightening. In fact, they themselves are often terrified by "normal" people.
Get Smart
Get Smart is an American comedy television series that satirizes the secret agent genre. Created by Mel Brooks with Buck Henry, the show stars Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, and Edward Platt. Henry said they created the show by request of Daniel Melnick, who was a partner, along with Leonard Stern and David Susskind, of the show's production company, Talent Associates, to capitalize on "the two biggest things in the entertainment world today"—James Bond and Inspector Clouseau. Brooks said: "It's an insane combination of James Bond and Mel Brooks comedy." This is the only Mel Brooks production to feature a laugh track. The success of the show eventually spawned the follow-up films The Nude Bomb and Get Smart, Again!, as well as a 1995 revival series and a 2008 film remake. In 2010, TV Guide ranked Get Smart's opening title sequence at No. 2 on its list of TV's Top 10 Credits Sequences, as selected by readers.
Perry Mason
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
The Andy Griffith Show
The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised on CBS between October 3, 1960 and April 1, 1968. Andy Griffith portrays the widowed sheriff of the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina. His life is complicated by an inept, but well-meaning deputy, Barney Fife, a spinster aunt and housekeeper, Aunt Bee, and a precocious young son, Opie. Local ne'er-do-wells, bumbling pals, and temperamental girlfriends further complicate his life. Andy Griffith stated in a Today Show interview, with respect to the time period of the show: "Well, though we never said it, and though it was shot in the '60s, it had a feeling of the '30s. It was when we were doing it, of a time gone by." The series never placed lower than seventh in the Nielsen ratings and ended its final season at number one. It has been ranked by TV Guide as the 9th-best show in American television history. Though neither Griffith nor the show won awards during its eight-season run, series co-stars Knotts and Bavier accumulated a combined total of six Emmy Awards. The show, a semi-spin-off from an episode of The Danny Thomas Show titled "Danny Meets Andy Griffith", spawned its own spin-off series, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., a sequel series, Mayberry R.F.D., and a reunion telemovie, Return to Mayberry. The show's enduring popularity has generated a good deal of show-related merchandise. Reruns currently air on TV Land, and the complete series is available on DVD. All eight seasons are also now available by streaming video services such as Netflix.
5 Fingers
During WWII, the valet to the British Ambassador to Ankara sells British secrets to the Germans while trying to romance a refugee Polish countess.
Bonanza
The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.
Zorro
Diego de la Vega, the son of a wealthy landowner, returns from his studies in Spain and discovers that Los Angeles is under the command of Capitan Monastario, a cruel man who relishes in the misuse of his power for personal gain. Knowing that he cannot hope to single-handedly defeat Monastario and his troops, Diego resorts to subterfuge. He adopts the secret identity of Zorro, a sinister figure dressed in black, and rides to fight Monastario's injustice.
Zorro
Diego de la Vega, the son of a wealthy landowner, returns from his studies in Spain and discovers that Los Angeles is under the command of Capitan Monastario, a cruel man who relishes in the misuse of his power for personal gain. Knowing that he cannot hope to single-handedly defeat Monastario and his troops, Diego resorts to subterfuge. He adopts the secret identity of Zorro, a sinister figure dressed in black, and rides to fight Monastario's injustice.
Filmography
as Police Chief Alaniz
as Felicity's Father
as Steward
as Saloon Owner
as Doorman
as Menewa
as Captain Grimby
as Padre
as Police Chief Alaniz
as Padre Emiliano
as Dr. Gonzales
as Gen. Micheltorena
as Perkins
as Auctioneer
as Charley Sanchez
as Chairman
as John Bullard
as Miguel
as Megalos (uncredited)
as Gondora Henchman
as Don Carlos Montalvo
as Big Jack Anderson
as Bailiff
as Orlofsky
as Mob Boss Frank Burke
as Lopez
as Francisco Tenino
as Grigsby (uncredited)
as Hagerty
as Mexican Policeman (uncredited)
as Finelli
as Pete Maxwell
as Childreth
as Pappa Tatos
as Pastor Skira
as Jailer
as Teo Gonzales (uncredited)
as Spanish Peasant (uncredited)
as Aubert
as Louie
as Nico
as Senor Contreras
as Dan Tibner
as Emilio Tomas
as Alfredo - the Jeweler (uncredited)
as Tortilla
as Ed Fenton
as Branson
as Prof. Etienne Lafarge
as Yard Boss
as Leland Miller, tabloid publisher
as Priest (uncredited)
as Puffer
as Prof. Cardos
as Louis Fiaschetti
as Sheriff Jack Andrews
as Barman
as Manuel
as Martinelli
as Art Gallery Prop. Pataberes
as Captain Lucas
as Greasy
as Daniel Slaughter
as Michael Zolenko
as Captain Jake Thornton
as Capt. Peleg
as Gnocchi
as Captain Lucas
as Dr. Henry T. Dobson
as Jacques
as Andrews
as Marouf
as Victor Russo
as Manuel
as Lorenzo
as Perino
as Pinero
as Carlos Alvarez
as Senor Alverez
as Captain Van Hoten (uncredited)
as José Rodriguez
as New General (uncredited)
as Herod Antipas
as 'Hot Horse' Harris, the Bookie
as Captain Peleg
as Manuel
as Mr. Rapello
as Egisto Barretto
as Joe Octavian
as Self
as Abdul
as Deputy Sheriff Gomez
as Louis Galba
as Gregor (uncredited)
as Brown
as Benny
as Bullfight Attender (voice) (uncredited)
as Mayor
as Karl
as Henri le Royer, Catherine's husband
as Patient #2
as Gus
as Joe Appollonio
as Tony 'Piggy' Locarno
as Prefecture Police
as Cardoso
as The Alcalde
as 2nd Tony - the Waiter (uncredited)
as Curley
as Tiny
as Padre Rafael
as Gus Miller
as Orchestra Leader
as Police Capt. Carlos Rodriguez
as Ferrara
as Fernandez
as Sam Bass
as Detective Shaefer
as McGurk
as Police Official (uncredited)
as Lew Davis
as Janza
as Kahim
as Luigi
as Bartender
as Panatela
as Frank Alviso (uncredited)
as Manuel Romero
as Romero (uncredited)
as Kapopolis (uncredited)
as Benoit
as Silvio - Ringleader (uncredited)
as Big Joe Vlochek
as Koylan
as Chief Nataro
as The Scorpion
as Ben Buzzard (voice) (uncredited)
as Max Wade (Uncredited)
as Barney, Cafe Proprietor
as Defense Attorney
as Sausage Vendor (uncredited)
as Nick (uncredited)
as Count Baroni
as Jules Fabian
as Rinelti
as Geroux
as Portuguese Porter (uncredited)
as Grube
as Tony Luce (uncredited)
as Flores
as Glum (uncredited)
as Canadian Guide (uncredited)
as Martin Vestrick (uncredited)
as Rufus - Henchman in Hawaii
as Abolitionist Noticing Army Horse Brand (uncredited)
as Ahmend, waiter-thug
as Uniformed Clerk (Uncredited)
as Half-breed
as Tony's Pal at Table (uncredited)
as Gendarme
as Venezuelan Officer (uncredited)
as First Slavemaster
as Policeman at Morris' Office & at Finale
as Bluebell Manager (uncredited)
as Pedro Fernandez
as West Indies Club Headwaiter (uncredited)
as Man in Street When Gypsies Arrive (uncredited)
as Mail Order Crook
as Corporal Golas (uncredited)
as Canadian Pacific Conductor (uncredited)
as Woman's Escort (uncredited)
as Morose